The public is invited to welcome Gov Terry Branstad and Lt Gov Kim Reynolds when they come to Jefferson Thursday to announce that Jefferson and Greene County are the first Home Base Iowa Community. With them will be Maj. General Timothy Orr of the Iowa National Guard.
The announcement will be made in the showroom at AAI on Highway 30 in Jefferson.
James O. Andrew will serve as master of ceremonies and will make all introductions.
Mayors and council members of Greene County towns, the Greene County board of supervisors, and representatives of the major employers in the county have been invited to attend.
The program will begin at 9:30 am, but all those planning to attend are asked to arrive at 9 am. Arrangements have been made by Ken Paxton, executive director of Greene County Economic Development Corp.