[company_age]51.0[/company_age][employees]101-250 employees[/employees][funding]grant[/funding][description]Region XII Council of Governments (Region XII COG) is a non-profit organization established in 1973 to support local governments in six counties in western Iowa: Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, and Sac. The organization facilitates multi-community collaboration and development, providing initiatives in the region that are needed and otherwise not provided. Region XII COG has two departments: Local Assistance and Western Iowa Transit (WIT).[/description][ps]Grant writing and administration, municipal service and technical assistance, housing, transportation planning, Iowa Waste Exchange, public transit, business loans[/ps]