The Iowa Business Council released its fifth annual “Competitiveness Index” at its annual meeting. The index is a report card of sorts that ranks areas of business using green, red and yellow. I-B-C executive director, Elliott Smith, says overall many areas stayed yellow, indicating no significant change from last year, but there was one area which stood out.
Smith says Iowa’s slow population growth is one of the problems in this area.
He says that makes it tougher to increase the diversity and skill of the workforce and means they must focus on keeping college graduates in the state. The Iowa Business Council includes the top 25 largest employers in the state.
