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House honors Iowa Small Business Development Centers, recognizes 2025 entrepreneur award winners
Summary
The Iowa House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 7 to honor Iowa Small Business Development Centers for counseling services statewide and to congratulate the 2025 entrepreneur award winners, including Abe Sandquist and Sierra Albert.
The House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 7 recognizing Iowa Small Business Development Centers and congratulating the winners of the 2025 entrepreneur awards.
Representative Anne Meyer of Webster introduced the resolution, which credits Iowa Small Business Development Centers with providing confidential business counseling and training to entrepreneurs in all 99 counties. The resolution names Abe Sandquist of Woodbine as the 2025 Neil Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner and Sierra Albert of Emmetsburg as the 2025 Deb Dizelle Woman Entrepreneur Achievement Award winner and expresses thanks to the centers for their work.
The resolution text, as read into the record, says the centers provide one-on-one professional business counseling, workshops and classes, and other services that foster growth across Iowa. The resolution states the Neil Smith award recognizes an entrepreneur in business a minimum of three years who has been significantly assisted by an Iowa Small Business Development Center; the transcript identifies Sandquist as founder and owner of Natural Fertilizer Services. The transcript identifies Albert as founder and owner of Groom Curriculum.
A representative from Dickinson moved adoption of the resolution. The adoption was by voice vote; the presiding officer announced, “The ayes do have it,” and the resolution was adopted.
The recognition occurred during the routine portion of the House session; no further debate or amendment of the resolution was recorded.
