Many Iowans are familiar with Pella’s historic Strawtown Inn and downtown shops, with buildings dating to the region’s settlers in 1850s.  Although the shops are no longer there, the historic space remains, and it is now home to an innovative software development and consulting firm that is the Iowa Farm Bureau Renew Rural Iowa (RRI) Award winner.  

Founded in 2003, Lean Techn­ologies is a problem solving and software development company, yet they do more than sell a product. Thrive is the off-the-shelf software offered by Lean Technologies, and it is sold as a package...