Angela Holmes's stories
Mount Vernon couple renovates space above Bauman’s clothing store
When Mike and Valerie Smith were looking to downsize from their Mount Vernon home a decade ago, they weren’t very excited about the typical options. However, one option, the space above Bauman’s men’s clothing store in the building they own…
CommUnity Crisis Services hires new diversity, equity and inclusion specialist
Amel Ali knows what it’s like to feel isolated from her peers and even her…
Presidents discuss the future of higher education at CBJ event
From remote learning to the expansion of mental health services, many aspects of higher education…
Easy Living
Before Jim and Judy Jorgensen moved from north-central Iowa to North Liberty in July 2020…
Betting on herself
When Raina Harmon was a high school girls basketball assistant coach in her hometown of…
Welcome to the club
Traditional service groups like Kiwanis and Rotary are not your grandfather’s clubs anymore. Instead, they…
Back to Basix
A couple of days after the grand re-opening of Basix, former owner Andrew “Belle” Harrison…
‘Historic’ investment headed to the Eastern Iowa Airport
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today the plan for distributing $100 million in Federal American Rescue…
Mutually beneficial
As many business sectors settle into a much more virtual work world, even as the…
Taking the good with the bad of the pandemic
Pandemics historically tend to change society and COVID-19 has been no exception, said Gerard Clancy,…
Breaking barriers
When Julie Parisi started out as a shopkeeper at NewBo City Market in 2015, she…
UI benefactor Henry Tippie dies
Henry Tippie, the Belle Plaine farm boy who went on to become a major benefactor…
Active Endeavors moving to Iowa River Landing
A longtime downtown Iowa City business is pulling up stakes as its new owner hopes…
Planting a seed
When Samantha Flores was growing up in a small Illinois town, she didn’t have a…
Pandemic remains top topic at CBJ Health Care Summit
The COVID-19 pandemic, and its effects on the health care system and life in general,…
Pandemic pet boom
Like most business owners, those in the pet industry didn’t know what to expect in…