Warren County was officially recognized Thursday as the 25th Home Base Iowa community during an event attended by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. Home Base Iowa designates qualified communities as centers of opportunity for military veterans based on these four standards: 10 percent of businesses within a designated community must become Home Base Iowa businesses, each community develops its own incentive package for veterans, the community prominently displays the Home Base Iowa Community designation, and it obtains a resolution of support from the appropriate local governing body. To date, members of the Iowa Business Council, which represents the state’s largest employers, have hired more than 1,700 employees through Home Base Iowa, according to a release.