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Iowa City firm awarded $10,000 in state homeownership competition
Iowa City-based Residential Mortgage Network was awarded $10,000 in the 2025 Iowa Homeownership Incubator Pitch Competition for its program to strengthen partnerships between real estate agents, lenders and community organizations. The company was one of three winners announced at the…
2021 Effie Awards names Procter & Gamble among most effective marketers
Procter & Gamble received multiple accolades at this year’s U.S. Effie Awards. Selected winners represent…
Alliant Energy’s Drive Out Hunger supplies 1.2 million meals to food banks
Seven food banks, including the HACAP Food Reservoir in Hiawatha, are receiving a total of…
ADM earnings, revenue beat analysts’ estimates
ADM on Tuesday reported financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, beating analysts’ expectations…
Stephanie Watts
Owner Stephanie Marie Photography AGE: 39 Best advice you ever received? “Just start” – start…
Ashley Vanorny
Owner Vanorny Consulting Council member District 5, Cedar Rapids AGE: 36 What was your first…
Devin van Holsteijn
Director of Development Hancher Auditorium AGE: 31 What was your first job? Lifeguard at the…
Ben Symonds
Assistant Director Johnson County Ambulance Service AGE: 37 What was your first job? Bagging groceries…
Cherrie Spurlin
Executive Director Iowa & Western Illinois, MRA AGE: 36 What was your first job? Bussing…
State of Iowa awards $1.5 million in tax credits to two Cedar Rapids downtown housing projects
Two downtown housing projects have received redevelopment tax credits for brownfield and grayfield sites from…
Lauren Shovein
Marketing Program Manager Van Meter AGE: 37 What was your first job? Grocery store bagger.…
Daniel Runde
Physician UIHC Department of Emergency Medicine AGE: 39 What was your first job? Bag boy,…
Raphael Robertson
President Robertson Marketing & Branding Corporation AGE: 39 What was your first job? McDonalds on…
Brooke Prouty
Director Uptown Marion Main Street Program AGE: 29 What was your first job? Working at…
Dan Perez
Commercial Product Manager Bankers Trust AGE: 34 What was your first job? Meat department employee,…
Jaimen Pangborn
Site Manager Zach Johnson Foundation AGE: 39 What was your first job? As a teenager,…