Roux Orleans

We are back on the road after our first event of the day in Waterloo.

We began our tour today with a stop to a new restaurant here - the Roux Orleans - which is located in the historic Black Building.

Now - this was not my first time at this particular place. In 2004, the Black Hawk County Democratic Headquarters was located where the restaurant now stands, so I visited several times promoting various candidates that year.

Just last night the staff and I had a great dinner here. The food was spicy and it was great to find a little slice of New Orleans in Northeast Iowa.

We included a stop at Roux Orleans because this restaurant benefitted from the Jumpstart Iowa Small Business programs after the floods of last year. Thanks to thousands of dollars in state aid, this restaurant was able to get off the ground and on its feet.

It demonstrates once more that when state government helps small businesses - disaster or not - we can create new jobs and keep our economy moving forward.

We are now on our way to our next stop - Dubuque.

Until next time,

Patty