Dreamer: Karey & Kathy Fish

Business: The Wild Whisk

Location: Fort Madison, IA

(SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW OUR VIDEO) WHEW! Thank goodness you're here, we really need your vote! We are Karey and Kathy Fish, born and raised in Fort Madison. Like most kids raised in small towns, we couldn't wait for our chance to get out. And we did. We worked and studied and traveled and worked....

Dreamer: Bradley Laborman

Business: WeACT Youth Theatre of Iowa

Location: Mount Pleasant, IA

WeACT Iowa helps to teach kids theatre, but it goes beyond that. It helps kids to enhance their talents and to share those talents with other kids in a non-judgmental setting. We are currently renovating our building to include not only classrooms but a small theatre for weekend performances from...

Dreamer: Alex Peitz

Business: Keokuk Dragway

Location: Keokuk, IA

Keokuk Dragway, formerly known as Lee County Dragway, is a drag racing facility which closed in 1988. Keokuk Dragway is currently in a dilapidated state and is in need of extensive repair and re-modeling. Keokuk Dragway will offer racing enthusiasts and fans a new medium for which to enjoy their sport...

Dreamer: Rachael Roewe

Business: made, llc

Location: Burlington, IA

{made} is the brand behind our online eco-shop (www.madecommunity.com). We believe customers want to do good for the earth and their communities. Our shop offers the opportunity to buy goods {made} better by local artists and to give back at the same time. By using local, sustainable, eco-conscious...

Dreamer: Ray Springer

Business: Ray's Specialty Meats

Location: Mt. Pleasant, IA

Offers individual custom cut meats, brats, summer sausage, wieners, ring bologna, beef sticks, and beef jerky. To fulfill the need for customized high quality meats. To help with the down payment of a building and equipment.

Dreamer: Stephanie Zinkle

Business: Wholesome Goodness

Location: Mt Pleasant, IA

Wholesome Goodness provides healthy, homemade freezer meals to its customers. I am applying for this grant to receive assistance in creating a website. A website would allow me to reach a wider customer base and grow my business, educate people on healthy eating and cooking habits, and help our community...

Dreamer: Kalen Henderson

Business: Reunion Vineyard

Location: Mount Pleasant, IA

Our dream is to be able to build a place in Southeast Iowa where families, friends, co-workers and others can gather, relax, and just reunite, whether after a long day at work or years and miles apart. We want to be more than a winery and vineyard, but a year-round event center that could seat up to...

Dreamer: Dan and Heather Snavely

Business: Nutrition in Focus

Location: Mt. Pleasant, IA

We provide resources of natural nutrition to the community: kids, elderly, families, etc. This will be done through education opportunities, screenings, nutrition and fitness, and disease prevention products We desire to enable people with the knowledge of nutrition issues and give them the recommendation...

Dreamer: Melanie Patton

Business: Victory Barn

Location: Mt Pleasant, IA

Our business, Victory Barn, tears down and salvages old barns and other farm buildings. We then design and build barn wood furniture and other items using vintage farm relics and hardware. We are applying for the Dream Big Grow Here Grant to expand our business, so that we may become a viable business...

Dreamer: Jennifer Hauff

Business: Oddball Photography Services

Location: Keokuk, IA

I specialize in scenic and portrait photography, as well as photo, slide, and negative restoration. I am applying for this because I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to expand and promote my business. If I were to win the money I would use it to acquire extra space in order to offer more...

Dreamer: Diana Johnson

Business: CrossFire Travel Plaza

Location: Mt. Pleasant, IA

This travel plaza would be designed to meet the needs of professional drivers and motorist/tourists. The area is extremely underserved and with increase of industry in and near our area and increased truck traffic on local Hwys, this has become an extreme issue. There is not a place for professional...

Dreamer: Terry Arellano

Business: Riverview Business Center & Artists Studios

Location: Burlington, IA

While Riverview Business Center & Artist Studios is providing for my dream, significant funding to “get the word out” to entice entrepreneurs, new business and existing businesses to lease offices and studios at property potentially adds to the rejuvenation and beautification dreams for downtown Burlington....

Dreamer: megan hoschek

Business: Thirty & Single

Location: BURLINGTON, IA

Create a place that single people in their 30s can go that will provide a way of meeting other people in the same age group who are also looking to find or expand their friend base. There will be a commonality amoung the members that is comforting and inviting. Providing a mature classy atmosphere with...

Dreamer: Jason Hall

Business: Audio Asphyxiation

Location: Wayland, IA

I am looking to start a business that could have mobile sound reinforcement for parties, weddings, social events. I have invested heavily in music equipment and I already have a good start. Eventually I would love to convert an old church or abandoned factory into a club/venue. I am applying because...

Dreamer: Kevin Copeland

Business: TurnKey Creations

Location: Burlington, IA

TurnKey Creations is a graphic design company. We provide web, print, multimedia, and marketing services. We would use the money to update software and market to new audiences. This in turn would allow us to hire additional personnel.

Dreamer: troy willis

Business: ASAP

Location: burlington, IA

my business is liquid laundry deterget getting a grant would be real good because with the money it will help my business finance