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BI or B&I Business and Industry
BIDCO Britt Industry and Development Corporation
BOS Board of Supervisors
BRE Business Expansion and Retention
CAT Community Attraction and Tourism
CEBA Community Economic Betterment Account
CEcD Certified Economic Developer
CDBG Community Development Block Grant
CF Community Facilities
COC Chamber of Commerce
CVB Convention and Visitors Bureau
E4D Entrepreneur for a Day
ED Economic Development
EDC Economic Development Corporation
EDO Economic Development Organization
EVA Entrepreneurial Venture Assistance
EDSA Economic Development Set Aside
EZ Enterprise Zone
FCED Forest City Economic Development
HCEDC Hancock County Economic Development Corporation
HQJC High Quality Job Creation [Grant]
IDED Iowa Department of Economic Development
IADG Iowa Area Development Group
IDED Iowa Department of Economic Development
IDOT Iowa Department of Transportation
IEDC International Economic Development Council
IRP Intermediary Relending Program
IWD Iowa Workforce Development
JPEC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
LOIS Location One Information System
LOS Letter of Support
MAEDC Mid-American Economic Development Council 
NIACC North Iowa Area Community College
NIACOG North Iowa Area Council of Governments
NCIA North Central Iowa Alliance
OU-EDI University of Oklahoma - Economic Development Institute
P&L Profit and Loss statement
P&Z Planning and Zoning
PDI Professional Developers of Iowa
PFSA Public Facilities Set Aside
RBEG Rural Business Enterprise Grant
RC&D Resources Conversation and Development
RCDI Rural Community Development Initiative
REC Rural Electric Cooperative
RET Rural Enterprise Team
RISE Revitalize Iowa's Sound Economy [Grant]
RLF Revolving Loan Fund
SBDC Small Business Development Center
SBA U. S. Small Business Administration
SELP Self Employment Loan Program
TIF Tax Increment Financing
TOI Top of Iowa
TOIT Top of Iowa Tourism
TSB Targeted Small Business
USDA US Department of Agriculture
VAAPFAP Value Added Agriculture Products and Processes Financial Assistance Program
VC Venture Capital
VNI Venture Network of Iowa

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