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Who We Are
Our Philosophy
At Greater Dubuque Development, we do not rest on our laurels. It is our intent to help shape the future of the Greater Dubuque area instead of reacting to what has been set before us. Greater Dubuque's Board of Directors and staff have embraced the acronym CREATE to not only describe our philosophy but explain outline what we do on a daily basis to promote economic development in our community.

Collaborate: The importance we place on communicating and working alongside other organizations—those within our community and those from surrounding areas.

Retain: Serving our community’s existing industry—our first priority.

Expand: Facilitate the growth of existing companies.

Attract: Recruit new companies and industries to the area.

Transform: Guide the economy from a challenged past to our promising future.

Empower: The information, financial resources, services and tools in place to help guide entrepreneurs and to assist existing businesses in becoming even more successful.


Our Mission
With the implementation of our Greater Dubuque: Destination for Opportunity campaign, we have defined our focus for the next five years. This includes Business Retention & Expansion, Workforce Development: Recruitment & Retention, New Business Recruitment, and Retail Expansion.


Greater Dubuque Development | 300 Main Street, Suite 120 | Dubuque, IA 52001 | 563.557.9049