Destination for Opportunity:
Objectives and Progress

Greater Dubuque Development's Destination for Opportunity is a five-year campaign (2007-2012) with aggressive, measurable objectives:

5,500 New Jobs

Create 5,500 net new jobs to bring our workforce to a record of 61,000 by December of 2012. Job growth is tracked by utilizing the Iowa Department of Workforce Development official monthly statistics.


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$16.00+ Wage Levels

Targeted wages for new jobs will be $16.00+ or an average annual income of $33,280. Dubuque County wage levels are monitored using the data released by Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Department of Economic Development.


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$300 Million Commercial Construction

Achieve $300 million in new commercial construction in Dubuque County. Construction data is tracked through information provided by the City of Dubuque's Building and Permits Department and the Dubuque County Assessor's office.


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6% Population Growth

Grow the Dubuque County projected population by 6%, from 89,143 in 2000 to 94,500 by 2012. Population estimates that are provided by the U.S. Census Bureau are used to monitor Dubuque County's population growth.

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