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CR native is building the future, block by block
The global startup founded by Corridor native Brendan Blumer is becoming a central player in the race to decentralize everything. PHOTO KATHARINE CARLON
By Katharine...
Forecasting the business trends of 2018
Compiled by Adam Moore & Katharine Carlon
news@corridorbusiness.com
In early December, we asked a handful of Corridor business leaders from various sectors for the trends and...
Optimizing your Google business listing
By Sherry Bonelli / Guest Column
Four out of five consumers use the internet to find local businesses. Are potential customers finding your business online?...
Lura McBride named 2017’s Most Influential
Lura McBride poses for a photo inside Van Meter's wire center in southwest
Cedar Rapids on a recent morning. PHOTO SHUVA RAHIM
By Christine Hawes
news@corridorbusiness.com
Lura McBride,...
Ron Corbett, CR’s economic development mayor, looks back
Ron Corbett, shown in his former office at Cedar Rapids City Hall during a December interview. PHOTO ADAM MOORE
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
He was the economic...
In good hands for five generations
Charlie and Bill Nusser, with Bill Nusser's sister, Anne Rizzo, the store's comptroller, represent the fourth and fifth generations to own and operate 164-year-old...