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Iowa City Downtown District seeks volunteers for new committees

The Iowa City Downtown District is forming four committees and task forces to guide its strategic work and is seeking applications from downtown property owners, business operators and stakeholders. The committees will support ICDD’s mission to champion a thriving downtown…

Home prices, rents remain high with steep interest rates, slow construction

Sharp interest rate hikes over the past year continue to impact homeownership and affordability for…

Home sales homeownership 2023

Iowa City/ Coralville/North Liberty designated as ‘Great Place’

The Iowa Great Places program, via the Department of Cultural Affairs within the Iowa Economic…

Mercy Iowa City opens new obstetrics and gynecology clinic

Mercy Iowa City has announced its affiliation with OB-GYN Associates of Iowa City and Coralville.…

Iowa awards $1.25 million in work-based learning grants

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds awarded more than $1.25 million in state grants to fund the…

Governor Kim Reynolds speaks during the annual ABI conference June 14, 2023. CREDIT JOHN LEE PHOTOGRAPHY

St. Luke’s Hospital named to Becker’s Great Hospitals in America list

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital was named to the Becker’s Hospital Review “Great Hospitals…

St. Luke's

Wings2Water announces 2023 grant recipients

Wings2Water, an environmental nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring water quality in the Mississippi River watershed,…

Wings2Water logo

UFG Insurance recognized for marketing communications, video

UFG Insurance won six 2023 Showcase Awards during the Insurance Marketing & Communications Association’s (IMCA)…

UFG Insurance

Iowa Business Council survey predicts positive second-quarter economic outlook

The Iowa Business Council (IBC) released its second-quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2023 on June…

Iowa Business Council

NewBo City Market hosting ‘Market by Moonlight’ farm-to-table dinner

NewBo City Market has announced that it will be hosting its first “Market by Moonlight”…

NewBo City Market

McClure moves into new, modern office in Coralville

Engineering firm McClure has relocated its North Liberty office into a new, modern office space in…

Involta ranked on Channel Futures list for third time

Involta, a Cedar Rapids-based hybrid IT, cloud computing and data center services company, has been…

Involta was named to Inc Magazine's inaugural Power Partner Awards list.

Corridor Media Group wins five AABP editorial excellence awards

The Corridor Media Group, parent company of the Corridor Business Journal and the Quad Cities…

Vice President Aspen Lohman (left) and CEO & President John Lohman (right) display the Corridor Media Group's AABP 2023 Editorial Excellence Awards.

GreenState Foundation donates to expand Neighborhood Centers of JC’s programming

The GreenState Foundation committed to donating $75,000 over the next three years to the Neighborhood…

Iowa City awarded federal funds to buy electric buses

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced 130 awards totaling nearly…

Iowa City Transit electric buses

West Bank recognized as a Top 20 bank by American Banker

West Bank, a subsidiary of West Bancorporation, Inc., has been named one of the nation’s…