(Spencer)--The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation (Corridor) has announced four grant award winners for the Homegrown Talent Initiative recruiting young minds back to the Corridor’s four county region.
The winners are Morgan White-Muller of Emmet County, Tyler Adams of Dickinson County, Dalayna Brugman of Clay County and Clayton Ehlers of Buena Vista County.
The Homegrown Talent Initiative is a program by the Corridor to encourage former students of the region’s schools to come back to the Corridor and fill the high-quality jobs available here.Recipients of the grant receive $6,000 paid over four years to be used toward student loan repayment, mortgage payments, or childcare reimbursement. This is the second year of the program.
Applications were accepted through the winter, and 17 applications were received. The top 12 applicants scored by the Homegrown Talent Committee were invited to participate in in-person interviews with the committee.
