Economic development
Utilities and Telecommunications
The Le Mars Business Initiative works in partnership with utility service providers to meet the needs of business and industry. We understand that an advanced utility and telecommunications infrastructure is another important ingredient to business success. Utility partners also work with our organization to provide businesses with site location and expansion assistance including financial incentive packaging, competitive rate offerings and location/infrastructure analysis.
Electric and
Natural Gas
Le Mars is served by North West Rural Electric Cooperative and
MidAmerican Energy. Visit their economic development Web sites for
more information on services available to new and expanding
businesses.
Water/Sewer
Le Mars has a municipally-owned water system. Water plant capacity
is 5,200,000 gallons and elevated storage capacity is 1,000,000
gallons. The wastewater treatment plant’s daily flow is 1.7 MGD and
the design flow is 2.5 to 4.3 MGD.
Telecommunications
T1-DSL service is available. Le Mars Communications offers wireless
high-speed internet. Frontier Communications and Premier
Communications
offer high-speed internet service. Video conferencing service is
available at three Iowa Communications Network (ICN) sites.
