Do you know a junior high or high school student in Marion County that is a budding entrepreneur? Nominate them for the Red Rock Area YEA award (young entrepreneur award). 

The goal is to elevate young entrepreneurs in our area and share their stories to inspire other students.

It’s easy to nominate an outstanding entrepreneurial student, just fill out the online form. Four top finalists will be selected and honored at the Red Rock StartUP! pitch-off event on April 20.  

There are two divisions:  junior-grades 5-8 and high school-grades 9-12. Students must be a full-time-student who lives in Marion County. 

Marion County Economic Development, Director Carla Eysink tells KNIA/KRLS News, “We would really love folks to go on our website marioncountyiowa.com that’s our economic development site not the one that most of you in tourism are used to but the marioncountyiowa.com site and nominate a youth that you know of that’s doing great  entrepreneurial things whether they are working with entrepreneurs, whether they have their own small business doing babysitting or shoveling sidewalks or whatever it might be.”

Nomination deadline is Friday at noon.