Every day I search for just the right saying, sometimes it is about the saying and sometimes it is about the person saying it. I felt that this saying was perfect for today. We have all spoken about how unsettling these times are and we don’t know what life will look like on the other side. What we do know is that we have the opportunity to make it better. Gandolf, from Lord of the Rings fame, once said, “All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.” What I mean is, we have been given the opportunity to rewrite a stronger Iowa. It is not the way I would have liked to do it but this is where we are. Sometimes our decisions are happy and sometimes they are devastating. We need to stay together and support each other, now more than ever. From the farmers to the main street businesses, we are here to stand together to get Iowa #Back2Biz. #Iowansunite


-Lisa Shimkat, State Director