Perry Economic Development News Today

"Perry has dealt with similar situations in the past," said a past leader of city's economic development efforts. "This is something we can overcome."

The Tyson Foods plant in Perry, the city's largest employer, will close permanently.

Tyson Foods, the largest employer in Perry, Iowa, announced it will be closing for business, amid financial struggles for the pork industry.

The Tyson Foods plant in Perry, the city's largest employer, will close permanently.

Tyson Foods confirmed with Local 5 that its pork plant in Perry, Iowa, will be permanently closing soon. At this time, the reason for the closure is unknown.

Retreat Hotels & Resorts (“Retreat”), the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority (“GAEA”), and the City of Perry, GA announced the start of construction of a new TownePlace Suites / Fairfield by Marriott dual-branded hotel on the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter (“Fairgrounds”) in Perry, GA. The hotel is expected to open in the summer of 2025.

Part of $29 million in federal funding announced Tuesday.

Christine Page won't need much of an orientation when she begins serving as a Perry Township trustee, starting Jan. 1.

Guthrie County Rural Electric Cooperative, in partnership with Perry Economic Development, is building a five-megawatt electrical transformer substation in the southwest corner of the Perry Industria…

Perry Economic Development, through an Iowa Arts Council Creative Places Project Grant, will unveil a destination-worthy mural at the Raccoon River Valley Trailhead in Perry on Saturday, June 3. This…