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Casey Baustian

2025 Forty Under 40: Casey Baustian

Casey Baustian Program Officer  |  Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation  |  AGE: 39 Family: Parents, Gordon and Jann Baustian Residence: Coralville Hometown: Cedar Rapids Education: Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Economics from, St. Olaf College; Master of Social Work,…

MEDCO Q3 report shows concern about workforce attraction

Marion Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) has released the Marion Community Index for the third quarter…

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IEDA to accept applications for butchery innovation program

The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s (IEDA) Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Program will accept applications Nov.…

IEDA Butchery Innovation program.

Brain networks linked with resilience in depression, UI study finds

A University of Iowa Health Care study that links the location of a brain injury…

Dr. Nick Trapp is the University of Iowa assistant professor of psychiatry and lead author of the study

Hoover museum project awarded $5M Destination Iowa grant

The Hoover Presidential Foundation was one of four recipients of a Iowa Economic Development Authority…

UIHC settles $15 million class action lawsuit with employees

Approximately 11,000 University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics employees will receive a combined $15 million…

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. CREDIT CBJ

ChildServe to expand Coralville facility, open satellite location in Hiawatha

ChildServe, a specialty pediatric health care provider for children and young adults with special health…

ChildServe Iowa City

Pearson+, Headspace partnership to support mental wellness for college students

Pearson, the learning company with operations in southwest Cedar Rapids, and Headspace, a global leader…

Pearson office in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT ACME ELECTRIC

Mercy Medical Center recognized on best rehab centers list

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has been recognized on Newsweek America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation…

Mercy Medical Center

Workers lose $900 million per year through wage theft, report finds

An estimated 250,000 Iowa workers are losing out on more than $900 million per year…

Wage theft is a larger scale issue than previously thought, Common Good Iowa discovered in a report released Oct. 13.

University of Iowa pauses search for new VP, Carver College dean

The University of Iowa is temporarily suspending its search for a new vice president for…

Elevated Cuts in Marion celebrates grand opening

Elevated Cuts, located at 3217 Seventh Ave., in Marion, will celebrate a grand opening with…

IEDA announces $96 million investment in Iowa’s small businesses

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has announced a $96 million investment in growing Iowa’s…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

GALLERY: Bowling and mingling with the CBJ’s Forty Under 40

On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Corridor Business Journal hosted an exclusive congratulatory happy hour for…

Forty Under 40 SpareMe Iowa City

National ACT score average sinks to 30-year low

The national ACT score average for the high school class of 2022 was 19.8, the…

National ACT score average

OPN Architects, RDG among 2022 AIA Iowa Design Awards winners

Several Iowa architecture firms, including Cedar Rapids-based OPN Architects and RDG Planning and Design, were…

OPN Architects Flint Public Library AIA Iowa Award Architectural Billings Index