Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has narrowed down the list of
possible new sites for the Economic Research Service and the National Institute
of Food and Agriculture. The USDA’s first
cut has 67 finalists from 136 initial applications.
The list of finalists includes nine in Illinois, six in Ohio, five in Iowa, three in Minnesota, two in Nebraska, and one each in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin.
Perdue says USDA will
make the best choice for employees and customers and says relocation will help
ensure that USDA is the most effective, most efficient, and most
customer-focused agency in the federal government. Relocating the ERS and NIFA has received
criticism from the scientific community, which stresses the importance of being
close to other collaborators in the D.C. area.
Midwestern applicants still under consideration include:
(This is not the complete USDA list.)
Iowa:
City of Ames and Iowa State
University
City of Ankeny/Greater Des
Moines Partnership, Cultivation Corridor, and the Iowa Economic Development
Authority
Ankeny-DRA Properties
City of Des Moines &
the Greater Des Moines Partnership
City of Council Bluffs, Advance
Southwest Iowa Corporation, Pottawattamie County
Illinois:
Village of Algonquin
Village of Barrington, Bourns Inc.
City of Des Plaines
Economic Development Agency for DuPage County
Village of Huntley
Kane County
Orland Park, State of Illinois, Will County, Illinois Intersect, and the Will County Center for Economic Development
Village of Schaumburg
NAI Hiffman of Warrenvill
Indiana:
Indiana Economic Development Corporation, AgriNovus Indiana, Indiana State Department of Agriculture, and Purdue University
Kansas
+ Missouri
HPI Group of Kansas City
805 Penn of Kansas City
The Kansas City Area
Development Council
Michigan:
Michigan State University,
State of Michigan, Capital Region International Airport, Greater Lansing
Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, Lansing
Regional Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Economic Development Corporation,
Michigan Farm Bureau
Minnesota:
Buhl Investors of Falcon
Heights
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership, Minnesota
Food and Agriculture Initiative
The Opus Group of Shakopee
Missouri
+ Illinois:
A consortium of regional
leaders across Missouri and Illinois, State of Missouri and Missouri’s
Departments of Agriculture, Economic Development, and Workforce Development,
Missouri Partnership
Nebraska:
The Nebraska consortium led
by Governor Ricketts and former USDA Secretary Johanns, includes the State of
Nebraska, University of Nebraska System, City of Lincoln, Nebraska Innovation
Campus Development Corporation, Nebraska Department of Economic Development,
Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce, Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and public and private business
partners.
SPW Partners G and S and
SBRE MEGA of Omaha
Ohio:
County of Summit, Akron
Geauga County Department of
Development
Village of Middlefield
City of Twinsburg
City of Streetsboro
Brimfield Township, Portage
County
Wisconsin:
City of Madison, University
of Wisconsin Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of
Wisconsin Madison Office of University
Relations, University Research Park, State of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Trade, and Consumer Protection, 910 Mayer LLC.
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