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Media lessons from the derecho

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate When you study each generation’s “where were you when” stories, like the JFK assassination or 9/11, you’ll notice...

General Mills project sends positive signal

CBJ Editorial  An award of tax incentives for General Mills in Cedar Rapids by the state’s economic development board on Aug. 21 didn’t attract much...

Mount Mercy names Tim Laurent as interim president

Tim Laurent. CREDIT MOUNT MERCY By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Tim Laurent, who has served as Mount Mercy University's provost and vice president for academic affairs, has...

CR asks businesses to complete storm loss questionnaire

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com In response to the business impacts of the Aug. 10 derecho, the city of Cedar Rapids is asking area businesses to...

A Duane Arnold Energy Center eulogy

CBJ Editorial When a prominent business or community leader dies or retires in ordinary times, there is a funeral or reception to honor them. But...

Pandemic accelerating touchless tech adoption

A poster at Clean Laundry in Marion promotes Dexter Pay, a mobile app from Dexter Laundry that enables customers to pay for washer and...

Businesses face fall without Hawkeye football

By Katharine Carlon katharine@corridorbusiness.com Still reeling from the one-two-three blow of a crippling pandemic, a recession and a damaging derecho, battered Johnson County businesses are now...

ECICOG doubles revolving loan fund with $4.25M award

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com The East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) has been awarded $4.25 million for the Business Assistance Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)...

Alliant named a Top Utility in Economic Development

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Alliant Energy has been named a Top Utility in Economic Development by Site Selection magazine, making it the only Iowa energy...

Small business relief coming for bars and taverns

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Bars and taverns closed due to Gov. Kim Reynolds' COVID-19 disaster proclamation last week will be eligible for small business relief...

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