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Iowa Progress Project: Announces formal organization
4/11/2008

Des Moines, IA -- Iowa Progress Project announced today its formal organization and outlined its goals and objectives in the near and long-term.

President David Kochel said, "Iowa Progress Project is the direct result of the response thousands of Iowans have had to ads and issues highlighted by the Iowa Future Fund. While the Iowa Future Fund has been very effective at highlighting important issues in our state, what was also abundantly clear is that a grassroots-centered conservative issues organization is also needed in this state. IPP will provide citizens from all corners of Iowa a voice in their community and state."

Iowa Progress Project will serve as a mechanism for conservatives to engage in important issues debate in this state. Kochel said, "We will build a 21st century grassroots backbone that will bring together like-minded people and enable them to directly connect to elected leaders and educate others about issues that are important to them and are vital to the future of our state."

IPP operates as a 501(c)(4) organization and will advocate a conservative and free market viewpoint on issues and public policy. IPP will aggressively work to enable like-minded Iowans to have a place to share ideas and empower them with the tools necessary to be effective grassroots activists in their own community. An important part of that will be IPP's web presence. Kochel indicates that a fully functional state of the art website will be active in a few short weeks.

Kochel also announced that Iowa Progress Project will have a separate political action committee arm as well.

Kochel said, "A number of Iowans have implored us to be more politically active. In order to do that, a separate Iowa political action committee will be formed."

IPP announced the following Board of Directors for the organization:

President: David Kochel
Director: Kathy Pearson
Director: Gary Grant

Last, Kochel indicated, "There is a vital need for an organization of this type. We will be very active in the weeks and months ahead as we make our hiring decisions and proceed ahead with our grassroots issue education and advocacy efforts."

Contact the Iowa Progress Project at info@iowaprogressproject.com


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