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Ron Corbett retiring from Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
Ron Corbett is retiring as vice president of economic development at the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, ending nearly four decades of public service. Mr. Corbett’s retirement is effective March 31, according to an organizational update newsletter from the CRMEA…
Registration open for 2022 EFY Race Against Breast Cancer
Registration is now open for the 32nd annual Especially for You(r) (EFY) Race Against Breast…
Coralville volunteer receives lifetime service award from Alzheimer’s Association
The Gary Wicklund Lifetime of Service Award has been named after and awarded to Gary…
IGNITE Innovation Showcase set at Iowa State University April 18-22
The second annual IGNITE Innovation Showcase is just around the corner. Join the Student Innovation…
Iowa’s unemployment rate drops to 3.3% in March
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.3% in March, which is down from 3.5%…
Iowa City Community School District Foundation receives $1 million gift
Coralville resident Christine N. Boge committed a planned gift of $1 million to the Foundation…
Farm to Street Dinner seeking applications from restaurants
The Farm to Street Dinner, hosted by the city of Iowa City in partnership with…
Culver’s Garden Center & Greenhouse marks 25 years in retail
Culver’s Garden Center & Greenhouse, 1682 Dubuque Road in Marion, will mark 25 seasons in…
SBA approves $17.2 million in Iowa small business loans in March
The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 40 loans for $17,231,300 to Iowa businesses in March,…
Linn County supervisors award first round of ARPA funding
The Linn County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday awarded the first round of funding from…
OPN Architects opens new office in Minneapolis
OPN Architects, a Cedar Rapids-based design firm started 43 years ago in Eastern Iowa, has…
Real estate tech company STRATAFOLIO selected for REACH Scale-up Program
STRATAFOLIO, a leading provider of commercial real estate management software, has been accepted into the…
Shive-Hattery acquires WSM Architects in Tucson
Cedar Rapids-based Shive-Hattery has acquired WSM Architects, Inc., a 13-person architecture firm in Tucson, Arizona.…
Alliant Energy announces 2022 recipients of “One Million Trees” funds
Alliant Energy has announced that more than 30 Iowa communities are receiving tree planting aid…
South Slope bringing fiber network to rural Oxford
South Slope Cooperative Communications is bringing fiber optic technology to homes and businesses in Oxford.…
Grow with Google trains Iowans for high-growth tech jobs
Iowa job seekers now have access to a valuable professional training program designed to prepare…
