Dreamer: Jesse Bell

Business: River City Moto

Location: Mason City, IA

We offer parts, services and repair on all makes and model of motorcycles. We specialize in rare, vintage and custom bikes that are hard to find parts and literature for. We also provide an outlet for accessories for motorcycles that cannot be purchased anywhere else in the area. If we were to win...

Dreamer: RNR Baked Goods

Business: RNR Baked Goods

Location: Britt, IA

RNR Baked Goods provides homemade baked and frozen foods with the highest quality ingredients. We have established an excellent client base through farmer's market, word of mouth, and social media. Our business is in the beginning stages and the money would be used for start up and expansion costs...

Dreamer: Eric Nobbs

Business: Ean's Playhouse

Location: Nora Springs, IA

Our mission is to provide a safe, fun and nurturing environment for overnight stays by kids with special needs. The intent is to allow parents, family members, or other care-givers a short term respite from caring for the special needs child while meeting the child’s need for fun, therapeutic activities...

Dreamer: Eric Hejna/ Doug Faktor

Business: Green Thumb Castings

Location: Garner, IA

Green Thumb Castings raises earthworms for the organic castings that they produce. The castings are sold to private and commercial growers. Green Thumb Castings is applying for the Dream Big Grow Here contest to allow our business to go greener by using solar power to run the operation.

Dreamer: Nikole Benson

Business: Tug's Daycare and Preschool

Location: Mason City, IA

Tug's Daycare and Preschool offers care and education to children ages 6 weeks - 12 years. We also offer 3 different preschool classes from 2 days a week to 5 days a week. We are open Monday -Friday, 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. We have the ability to transport children to and from school, we offer the same conviences...

Dreamer: Cheri Brueggeman

Business: Mod Photography

Location: Clear Lake, IA

There is nothing more inspiring than capturing people in their world, whether it’s a special event or just every day life! We would like to build a photography studio and would use the money to meet our clients needs with the space. We are here to help people in any way we can and love creating images...

Dreamer: Stacy Anderson

Business: Hanson Family Life Center

Location: Forest City, IA

Our goal at Hanson Family Life Center is to provide a high quality nurturing program for children in a Christian-based atmosphere. Our building was built 16 years ago and with the high volume of children that have passed through our program our building is in need of some updating. With this grant...

Dreamer: Stacey Wood

Business: Fashion Gemz

Location: Mason City, IA

My business 'Fashion Gemz' will sell moderatly priced men's and women's clothing sizes 2 to 6X. We will provide on site tailoring so customer's can leave happy, with clothing that truly fits at a price they can afford to pay. I am applying because this is my dream business. Since I was a little girl...

Dreamer: Jan Libbey

Business: One Step at a Time Gardens

Location: Kanawha, IA

One Step at a Time Gardens our motto is "raising healthy food...raising hope". Our business provides individuals and families with top quality farm fresh food through weekly deliveries. Our products, our farming practices, our mentoring of interns, and our whole system approach underscores this motto....

Dreamer: Hillary Bartell

Business: Grandma Sugar's Cupcakery

Location: Mason City, IA

Grandma Sugar's makes delicious gourmet cupcakes from scratch daily and sells them locally in Mason City at Market 124. We are applying for the Dream Big Grow Here contest, just to do that... dream big. We would like to expand our business into a retail location. Our short term goals are to expand...

Dreamer: Jonathan Branstad

Business: JB Professional Home Inspection

Location: Nora Springs, IA

JBI is North Iowa's only professionally certified home inspection business. As a member of the InterNACHI Association (International Association of Home Inspectors); I have invested in continuing education and keeping informed about the lastest inspection news. I have recently completed my association's...

Dreamer: Joyce Crowley

Business: Saint Ansgar GreenHouse & Floral Shop

Location: Saint Ansgar , IA

Saint Ansgar GreenHouse and Floral Shop is a full service floral shop able to accomodate weddings,funerals,and flowers for any occasion. My Grandmother started the the floral shop in 1970 and the retail shop area is in need of updating and repairs for the 20th century. The money would be used to update...

Dreamer: Tyler Anderson

Business: Roller City

Location: Mason City, IA

Roller City is in the business of creating wonderful experiences by providing open skate sessions, private parties, large events, and group fundraisers. We are applying to "Dream Big, Grow Here" because we believe in our community and see this grant opportunity as another avenue to serve both individuals...

Dreamer: Chuck & Julia Crail

Business: Otter Creek Orchard

Location: Saint Ansgar, IA

Having grown up in the apple capital of the world, Wenatchee, Washington, and home to the famous Red Delicious Apple, it has been a long time dream of Chuck Crail to own and operate his own orchard. Little did he know in moving to Iowa he was moving to the state that in 1940 was second only to Michigan...

Dreamer: Michael Owen

Business: Owen Family Concessions ETC

Location: Leland, IA

Our business provides a broad menu for any type of occassion. We are able to bring good food and good times to you. We are applying because we need to put some advertising on our concession trailer, at this time it is completely white with no advertising on it at all. We also need to purchase a Gas...

Dreamer: Mary Imlay

Business: Accessible AdVantage

Location: Clear Lake, IA

Accessible AdVantage -- Let everyone enjoy the ride! Just imagine what it would be like if you never went to a grocery store, never went to a restaurant to enjoy a meal with family or friends, or never attended church services simply because you had no transportation options available to you. This...

Dreamer: Arian Schuessler

Business: Mason City Brewing

Location: Mason City , IA

Our mission is to produce quality craft beer in small batches. We will educate people about craft beer while promoting the local beer, food, and retail movement in our community. We hope to be a travel destination for tourists and a potential amenity for people considering moving to Mason City. Our...

Dreamer: Amy & Chad Olson

Business: AC Outfitters & Fur Trade

Location: Osage, IA

AC Outfitters & Fur Trade will sell hunting, fishing, trapping and archery equipment. We will also have techno hunt which is a virtual bow hunting simulator. We will service bows and help teach people how to shoot if they are new to bow shooting. We will also buying fur and deer hides. We are applying...

Dreamer: andy beyer

Business: green devil dusters

Location: osage, IA

Our business will be a helicopter crop dusting service which will be much more efficient than other competitors. I am applying for this grant because with every business start up there is a lot of time and effort that goes into it. Not to mention start up costs and the fact that this industry takes a...

Dreamer: Kate Rogers

Business: Serenity Spa

Location: Forest City, IA

Serenity Spa is a full day spa located downtown Forest City. We offer a wide range of services to help bring a welcomed balance to life. Massage, facials, waxing, natural nailcare and more is what we are all about. We have such a unique space that limits our possibility of growth. The spa is long...

Dreamer: Mike DeHart

Business: M & M Home Improvement, Inc.

Location: Britt, IA

We are a home improvement company that strives to transform a person’s home or business into their dream home or business. We offer a wide array of services including shingling, remodeling, landscaping, and custom cabinetry. Efficiency and affordability make us a go to company to give your home or...

Dreamer: Rae Anne Havig

Business: Bridges Mentoring Program

Location: Osage, IA

Bridges is a community-based mentoring program that matches trained & screened adult mentors with children & youth, ages 5-17, in need of additional support in their lives, at no cost to the youth or family. Bridges has been in business in Mitchell County for 13 years and has positively impacted more...

Dreamer: Andrew Johnson

Business: River City Tech

Location: Mason City , IA

In home, pick up with delivery, also over the phone computer support. Offering a Variety of options from repairs, maintenance, and also upgrades for optimal PC performance at an affordable price. No more hard to understand technical terms. I will promise to make sure every customer clearly understands...

Dreamer: Wendy Ruby

Business: The Ladybug Greenhouse Cafe, Bakery & Spa

Location: Clear Lake, IA

We are presently building The Ladybug Greenhouse Cafe, Bakery & Spa in Clear Lake, Iowa. Dedicated to my parents that passed away from Cancer in 2008 and my husband's father that passed away from Cancer, our goal is to promote health and wellness! The concept of The Ladybug is unique...we grow all of...

Dreamer: JULIE HANSON

Business: CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS ~ART CENTER FOR KIDS

Location: CLEAR LAKE, IA

Creative Inspirations~Art Center for kids!will offer various forms of art in which your child can participate. For ages 2-18. I will employ art students to teach their art specialties. I actually had this business idea for a few years now while I was still living in California and never before has the...

Dreamer: Linda Holmes

Business: L & M Marketing

Location: Mason City, IA

I have a monthly shopping guide called Get It Straight from GABBY'S Shopping Guide that promotes small businesses at a affordable price in North Central Iowa. I design their ads take pictures of their business and reach their target market. I am applying so I can better serve my customers and provide...

Dreamer: Katie Wold

Business: Market 124

Location: Mason City, IA

Market 124 is a unique, old-world market-inspired, indoor shopping experience for the discerning customer who values handmade, locally created items, antiques and home decor. Market 124 purchased and is renovating the historic downtown building located at 124 North Delaware in Mason City, Iowa. The...

Dreamer: Patrick Kealiher

Business: Maple City Brewing Co.

Location: Osage, IA

Our business will make home brewed beer available for sale to pubs and restaurants in Mitchell County, IA. We don't want to be the next Tallgrass or Dogfish Head, we just want to provide fresh brewed beer for our local area. We are applying because we need every cent we can get to make this dream happen...

Dreamer: Mark Koenigsfeld

Business: Mk Fenders

Location: Greene, IA

MK Fenders, was created to provide the service of keeping people dry while allowing them to enjoy the outdoors on there favorite bike with custom, one of the kind, fenders. I would like for my products to become a household name and would use the money to market them, expand product range, and reduce...

Dreamer: Mike Tickal

Business: Oak Leaf Collectibles

Location: Mason City, IA

We are the premier source for comics, toys, dolls, games, sports collectors items, and pop culture in Iowa! We are applying to this to expand our inventory to include many many more pop culture items to make the store even more unbelievable! We would stock more Elvis, more Marilyn, and more pop culture...

Dreamer: Marina Ludwigson

Business: Minding Victuals

Location: Osage, IA

Minding Victuals is a nutritional culinary and gardening school educating in the culinary arts of growing and preparing all types of foodstuff that can be utilized by the human body for nutrition. Helping students become aware of all that's edible and available around them to create their own nutritious...

Dreamer: Mark Miller

Business: FitnessDigest.us

Location: Manly, IA

Our Iowa based LLC publishes a quarterly digital-edition magazine titled FitnessDigest.us ISSN 2164-3997. We feature stories from nationally known contributors as well as publish short narratives sent in from readers. The e-edition magazine is created as digital materials in ISO 32000 PDF format and...

Dreamer: Robert Bonner

Business: MidWest Web Design Studio

Location: Clear Lake, IA

At Mid West Web Design Studio, I build attractive and functional web sites to the meet clients needs. As a bonus to every client I add free search engine optimization, SEO. I am applying because the grant would help me with advertising. I would like to get my business on the radio. Also I would like...

Dreamer: Nora Hardy

Business: Re-Creations

Location: Mason City, IA

This business would enable everyone in the local area (and visitors) to see what activities are going on and promote wellness and fun, by allowing everyone to choose and participate. The Re-Creations Center will co-ordinate activities and provide a space for health and wellness groups to meet and...

Dreamer: Dave Ries

Business: EXCEL Business Solutions Inc.

Location: Mason City, IA

EXCEL Business Solutions Inc. Is North Iowa's locally owned Xerox Sales Agency and Office Equipment and supplies dealer. At EXCEL we provide hardware and software solutions from leading manufacturers such as Xerox and HP. At Excel we specialize in the Managed Services business such as Managed Print Services...

Dreamer: Tony Halsted

Business: Hoovers Hatchery

Location: Rudd, IA

Hoovers Hatchery is a poultry hatchery (chickens) specialzing in hatching day old chicks from fertilized eggs. We have been in existence for 68 years with an incredible customer base in the midwest as well as nationally. We are applying for Dream Big Grow Here because it fits our business plan and...

Dreamer: Mike Booth

Business: North Country Grain Systems llc

Location: Hampton, IA

I have been in agriculture all my life. I use these products on my own farm. I was in the need of a service provider and never had one with my equipment purchased. I have been providing my service to farmers and coops through other companies and want to go out on my own. I am applying for this contest...

Dreamer: Jason Laube

Business: Laube's Cutting Edge Fitness LLC

Location: Clear Lake, IA

We would use this money for going 24 hours and the purchase of one new peice of equipment to better serve our members. Going 24 hours would mean the world to our members and the ability for them to have more access to our facility. Right now we are staffed for about 13-14 hours a day. This would allow...

Dreamer: Heath Heimer

Business: Heath's Computer Repair LLC

Location: Garner, IA

The money would either help for a down payment for a loan to buy a main street location somewhere or rent and go for the remodling costs.

Dreamer: Michael Meacham

Business:

Location: Plymouth, IA

I provide high quality, handcrafted jewelry, and accessories at affordable prices. I am applying to expand and improve my business in many ways. I would use the money to make improvements in transportation, equipment advancement, retail expansion, and hiring an employee.

Dreamer: Jim Winters Jr

Business: Winters Racing

Location: Clear Lake, IA

My business is called Winters Racing. Winters Racing custom builds high performance automotive parts. I specialize in chassis, suspension, and custom built rear end housings for all types of racing vehicles. I am applying because I need to build a shop(building). I am a very small business. My family...

Dreamer: Kyle Wagner

Business: Wagner Landscaping

Location: Clear Lake, IA

My business is Wagner Landscaping. I install custom paver patios, driveways, and sidewalks. I build and rebuild retaining walls, and other hard scape products, such as ponds. I am applying because my business is currently ran out of my home, and from my personal vehicle. I have been working for the last...

Dreamer: Lori Denton

Business: unknown

Location: Mason City, IA

Our business would be selling modern, urban clothing for children, teens, and adults. My husband and I would own & operate the store. We are applying to get a start on our dream of setting this up in the Mason City area. The money would go toward starting our business: getting a building, inventory and...