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A vision for HUB 712 · Carroll, Iowa

The entrepreneurial engine of West Central Iowa, rebuilt.

One modern front door for coworking, meeting space, events, and business help across the Hub's eight counties. Built to turn ideas into businesses.

Nothing is lost

Everything the Hub already does, made effortless

Every program the Hub runs today carries forward. Same mission, same programs, same welcome. Just faster to find and easier to use.

Coworking Plans

Day passes, dedicated desks, and five private offices, with options for around the clock access. The same plans, presented clearly and joinable online in minutes.

Meeting Space Rentals

The conference room, the big display, the Meeting Owl, the flexible layouts. Book it by the hour, half day, or full day without a phone call.

Business Resource Center

The resource navigator that meets owners at every stage, from first idea to launch, growth, and succession. Interactive, searchable, and always current.

Events

Workshops, peer roundtables, and learning sessions in one clean calendar people can actually find, share, and add to their phones.

Eight counties, one front door

Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Audubon, and Guthrie. The whole service area, served from Carroll, reachable from any kitchen table.

A multilingual welcome

The Hub greets its neighbors in many languages today. The new site carries that forward, front and center, so every entrepreneur feels at home from the first click.

The centerpiece

One account. Every door to help.

Any business owner in the eight counties creates a single account and gets matched to the right help: programs, grants, mentors, resources, and tools. The Hub's playbook made interactive, not a PDF on a shelf.

Sign up in minutes

A few plain questions. Where you are, what you do, and what you need right now.

Get matched to the right help

The portal pairs each owner with the right programs, people, and funding paths, drawing on the Hub's partner network.

Everything in one place

Matches, bookings, events, and follow-ups live on one dashboard. No more hunting through emails and handouts.

Hub staff see the same picture from the other side, so no owner ever falls through the cracks.

portal.hub712.com · concept
Maria's BakeryCarroll County
My matches Programs Grants Mentors Book space Events

Good morning, Maria

Three matches based on what you told us
Business plan sessionWith an SBDC advisor, at the Hub or online
Matched
Rural small business grantApplications open now, guided checklist ready
New
Peer roundtable, ThursdayFood and retail owners, hosted at the Hub
Reserved
One account, everything in one place
Meeting and event space

Book the space online, any hour of the day

A real-time calendar for the conference room and event space. Pick a time, pay online, get a confirmation. Done.

Renters see live availability and book in a couple of taps, day or night. Hub staff get a clean back end to manage availability, bookings, and calendars, built for busy people, not for IT departments.

Blocked dates, recurring holds, layout notes, and confirmations all live in one place, and the public calendar updates the moment staff change anything.

This is the same booking pattern I already run in production for another Iowa venue: a public availability calendar in front, a simple staff admin behind it. Proven, not theoretical.
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Staff admin: manage availability, bookings, and calendars from one simple screen.
Fundraising, reimagined

From logo on a website to a funding engine

Today a sponsor gets a logo on a page. The rebuilt Hub treats partners the way the best chambers and development groups do: real visibility, real access to new and growing businesses, and real proof their support works. That turns goodwill into steady funding the Hub can plan around.

1

A sponsorship page that is always open

A live partner page on the new site where any business can see the levels, what each includes, and raise their hand today. The door stays open year round, not just when someone thinks to ask.

2

One annual partner campaign

A single well run partner season each year, with clear packages and a set renewal window, replaces scattered one-off asks. Partners know when the ask comes and exactly what it covers.

3

Everything the Hub does is sponsorable

Events, workshops, roundtables, rooms, and scholarship seats each become inventory a partner can put their name on. Category partners stay exclusive, one per lane, which is what makes the top levels worth holding.

4

An impact report that makes renewal easy

Every partner gets a yearly report of who they reached: members, events, businesses served. Showing sponsors their reach is the single best driver of renewals, so the engine feeds itself.

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Partner with the Hub

Choose your level. Own your category. Stand in front of the region's next businesses.
Cornerstone partnerA small circle of lead partners, woven through everything
Limited
Category partnerBanking, insurance, tech, professional services
One per category
Community partnerStand behind the mission and be seen doing it
Open
Become a partner
Every partner receives a yearly impact report: members reached, events hosted, businesses served.
Tier one

Cornerstone partners

A small circle of lead partners woven through the whole experience.

  • Presence across the portal, the space, and every event
  • First position wherever partners appear
  • A voice in the programs they help make possible
Tier two

Category partners

Banks, insurers, tech, and professional services, each owning their lane.

  • Recognized as the Hub's partner for their category
  • Visibility at the moments members need that service
  • Introductions that feel like help, not advertising
Tier three

Community partners

Local businesses that want to stand behind the Hub's mission and be seen doing it.

  • Recognition on the site and at the space
  • Invitations to member events and roundtables
  • A simple way to invest in the region's next businesses
The real unlock

One login across Carroll County's front doors

The Hub gets dramatically stronger when it shares one account with the sites a business already uses: the Growth Partnership and the Chamber. A business signs up once and is known at all three. Each site keeps its own brand and its own audience, and behind the scenes they share one member record.

The Hubhub712.com
The Growth Partnershipcarrollcountygrowth.com
The Chambercarrolliowa.com
One account. One login. One member record.

Every program, event, and opportunity reaches the right business, each site makes the other two stronger, and the whole county benefits.

Partner of record

Built to be owned by the Hub

This is the Hub's platform, full stop. Plain terms, agreed up front, written down.

The Hub owns it all

The brand, the content, and every piece of data belong to the Hub, with a full export available anytime, no questions asked.

Cared for close to home

Built and maintained by a local technology partner of record who answers in person, not a ticket queue in another time zone.

Fixed prices, agreed in advance

Every piece of work is scoped, priced, and approved before it starts. No hourly meters running in the background, ever.

A written response guarantee

When something needs attention, there is a response commitment in writing. Plain language, no lock-in, no surprises.

A gift to Carroll. A legacy for the region.

The Hub already punches above its weight. Rebuilt like this, it becomes the model other communities aspire to, and proof that West Central Iowa leads instead of follows. That is a legacy worth building, and it starts with a conversation.

Let's talk me@davidpedelty.com