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About John Deere

John Deere works every day to uphold their founder’s core values. Integrity, quality, commitment, and innovation are more than ideals they work toward. They are values John Deere lives and breathe – values found in every product, service, and opportunity they offer.

What They Say About SparkTank

"SparkTank is a wonderful program that allows students to work on industry projects to get workplace experience while still in high school. John Deere Ottumwa Works had a team of SparkTank associates who worked with our employees to develop plans for a new conference room. The team presented their recommendations to our leadership, and we now have a brand new conference room that is so nice, it’s quickly become an employee favorite that is always booked!" - Amber Pargmann

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About The Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra

Let us plan your evening out in Ottumwa, Iowa! We provide directions to venues, recommend great places to eat, and get concert tickets.

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About Iowa Emergency Management Association

The Iowa Emergency Management Association is a professional society of local Emergency Management professionals united for the purpose of mitigating, preparing, responding and recovering from the effects of man-made and natural hazards in order to preserve life and protect property for the citizens of our communities and the State of Iowa.

How We Have Helped Them

“A critical part of Emergency Management’s function is to effectively and efficiently communicate information to the public.  Spark Tank has been a crucial part of improving that core capability by supporting the development of a new website and creating branding graphics for our local alerting software.  These projects wouldn’t have come to fruition without the help of the Spark Tank associates.” - Tim Richmond of Iowa EMA

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About Indian Hills

 The college began operations on July 1, 1966, at the Ottumwa Regional Airport under the governance of a nine-member board of trustees. Then known as Iowa Tech-Area XV Community College, the college conducted technical programs that included those formerly operated by the Ottumwa Community School District. The newly-renovated North Campus (formerly known as the “Airport Campus”) is where the college’s Aviation Maintenance Technology, Aviation Pilot Training, Welding Technology, Commercial Driver Training, Automotive Collision Technology, and Diesel Technology programs are taught. The campus covers 215 acres and is located seven miles northwest of Ottumwa.

Mission

Indian Hills Community College changes lives by inspiring learning, diversity, social enrichment, and regional economic advancement.

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About Ottumwa Schools

"As a school district, our vision is to engage, educate, and empower every student every day; our mission is to inspire every student to think, learn, achieve, and care.  Together, our teachers, families, staff and community continue to expand our educational opportunities, focus on quality instruction, continue to utilize strong collaboration, respond to data, and ensure that every student matters in all decision making." - Superintendent, Nicole Kooiker

 

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About the Legacy Foundation

The Legacy Foundation in Ottumwa are individuals, working together with each other and their partners to make the community all that it can be, to give citizens opportunities to thrive, be successful and enjoy a higher quality of life.

Their vision for the future of the City of Ottumwa and Wapello County has been built out of hundreds of community conversations, advice from experts in their respective fields, best practices learned from our peers all over the country who have succeeded where others have failed and vast amounts of research and hard data. Within all that that they do, their values are the compass that guides us in our work.

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About Their Business

The Ottumwa Area Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit business and professional association whose mission is "to promote, support and advocate the needs of business and industry that will encourage positive growth in which to live, work and do business." The Chamber is first and foremost a membership-based organization whose resources are the time, skills and financial support of its members.

Our vision statement is "to strengthen local business that will enhance the business culture of Ottumwa and make it the location to live and work in the southeast region of Iowa."

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About Frenchie's Bakery

"We are a team of talented individuals with the intention of providing high quality service when it comes to specialty bakery needs."

 

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About Noel Insurance

Since 1960, our mission has been to provide individuals with the tools to manage their financial risk. We offer our clients insurance products tailored to their individual needs, and counsel them how to best achieve their financial goals. As the market changes, we are continually creating new services and policies to better serve our clients.