HEARTLAND INN

'Heartland Inn' is an Iowa based chain of hotels. The company operates 19 locations, 18 are located in Iowa, and one is located in Wisconsin. The company is based out of Waterloo, Iowa. The corporate name is Heartland Midwest Management, Inc. The company was put up for sell by Joe Minard at the start of June 2007, the sell includes Heartland Midwest Management and 18 of the 19 properties (All except the Clear Lake, IA Location)

Contents

Background

Locations

Iowa

Wisconsin

External links

Background

In 1984, Joe Minard and Ross Christensen of Waterloo began efforts to develop hotels. They decided that there was a need for moderately priced hotels. They opened the first such hotel in Waterloo. Eventually 18 other locations were opened in Iowa and Wisconsin.
The hotels are built with a red brick exterior. Most Heartland Inns are "rooms only" facilities, most of the hotels do have swimming pools. The hotels do offer a deluxe continental breakfast featuring over 30 different hot and cold items.
The company began moving in 2006 towards making their properties entirely smoke free. On June 14, 2006 the company announced that their hotels were 100% smoke free. Heartland Inn was one of the first hotel chains to move all their properties in such a direction. American Cancer Society has since endorsed the smoke free status of Heartland Inn.

Locations

Iowa

★ Ames

★ Cedar Rapids (2 Locations)

★ Clear Lake

★ Council Bluffs

★ The Des Moines Metropolitan Area

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★ Altoona

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★ Ankeny

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★ Des Moines

★ Decorah

★ Dubuque (2 Locations)

★ Iowa City

★ Mt. Pleasant

★ The Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois

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★ Bettendorf

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★ Davenport

★ Ottumwa

★ Waterloo (2 Locations)

Wisconsin

★ Eau Claire

External links

★ Heartland Inn Web Site