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Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust announces future Mt. Vernon Road branch 

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust (CRBT) announced plans Monday to open a new branch facility in southeast Cedar Rapids in spring 2027, which will lead to the permanent closure of its Bever Avenue branch. The new facility will be located…

UI Carver College receives $28 million clinical research grant

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has secured a seven-year, $28 million Clinical…

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Medical Education Research Facility. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE

Cedar Rapids council endorses Conveyor Engineering expansion plan

The Cedar Rapids City Council has approved financial support for a planned $5 million expansion…

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Johnson Co. greenhouse gas inventory finds decreased emissions

Johnson County’s first-ever countywide greenhouse gas inventory revealed a nearly 28% decrease in greenhouse emissions…

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New owners of Cedar Rapids’ Caucho plan to extend menu

Caucho, a Latin American restaurant in Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia neighborhood, is under new leadership.…

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Clickstop featured on Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces list

Clickstop, located in Urbana, Iowa, has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list.…

Pearson plans 37 layoffs in Cedar Rapids

Pearson has announced plans to lay off 37 employees from its Cedar Rapids operations. The…

Pearson office in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT ACME ELECTRIC

General Mills to close Independence plant by end of 2023

General Mills will close its Blue Buffalo manufacturing plant in Independence by year’s end. Spokesperson…

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Boys & Girls Club hosts ribbon cutting for renovated Iowa City club

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor and the Iowa City Area Business Partnership…

Mark Butland leaving Iowa EdTech Collaborative

Mark Butland, the director of the Iowa EdTech Collaborative (IETC), is joining a higher education…

Mark Butland is headed west to California and leaving the Iowa EdTech Collaborative.

Rising through the ranks: How four Corridor leaders found themselves in the C-suite

Past experiences inform how leaders manage many different aspects of their companies. At Shive-Hattery, Clickstop…

Shea Kelly, Cari McCoy, Jennifer Bennett and Brandon Achen photographed at the Cedar Rapids Country Club by Brian Draeger of Draeger Photography. CEO

Bob Brown takes helm of Modern Companies

The third generation of the Brown family is now leading Modern Companies. Bob Brown began…

Bob Brown stands in his office at Modern Companies

Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Scott Keplinger of Intellisee

Scott Keplinger is the CEO of Intellisee, the real-time artificial intelligence (AI) risk mitigation platform working…

Scott Keplinger

Johnson County offers $1.75 million for affordable housing

The Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County is offering $1,750,000 to support the development and/or…

Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County

CR receives Aa1 Bond Rating on general obligation debt

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Aa1 rating to the City of Cedar Rapids’ $57.9…

Collins Aerospace ‘successfully demonstrates’ Air Force network

A network developed by Collins Aerospace will help the U.S. Air Force share tactical data,…

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