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2025 Best of the Corridor winners announced

For the past 20 years, the Corridor Business Journal has had the privilege of celebrating the local businesses that make our region such a vibrant, welcoming place to live and work. Each summer, we turn the spotlight on the winners…

The CBJ’s 20th Forty Under 40 class

Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

Forty Under 40 2024

NextEra president addresses Duane Arnold nuclear plant’s potential restart

NextEra Energy chairman, president and chief executive officer John Ketchum said this week the company…

Duane Arnold Energy Center

Frontier Co-op launches two new organic products at Whole Foods

Frontier Co-op has announced the national release of two new Regenerative Organic Certified® products: Indonesian…

Eastern Iowa Airport receives $3.6 million federal grant for new baggage handling control system

The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids has received a $3.6 million federal grant from…

Eastern Iowa Airport gates baggage handling

New affordable housing development planned near westside library site

A new 192-unit affordable housing development is in the works adjacent to the site of…

Westside housing project rendering

Kirkwood president selected for Aspen Institute Presidents Fellowship

Kirkwood Community College President Kristie Fisher has been named one of 25 leaders chosen for…

Winners of 2024 Corridor Vegan Chef Challenge announced

The winners have been announced from the month-long Eastern Iowa Corridor Vegan Chef Challenge. Winners…

Full Bowl entree Corridor Vegan Chef Challenge

Iowa unemployment rate remains at 2.9% in September

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 2.9% in September amid a labor force that…

Iowa unemployment

Marion city council approves six-month extension of limited development moratorium

The City of Marion has extended its development moratorium in key rapidly-growing portions of the…

Marion development moratorium map

Leaders praise ‘transformational’ new Westside Library at groundbreaking ceremony

As hundreds of community leaders and library officials gathered Oct. 18 for a groundbreaking ceremony…

Dara Schmidt Cedar Rapids westside library groundbreaking

FeatherStone senior living community hosts grand opening celebration

FeatherStone at Hickory Hill, a new senior living community in Iowa City, held its grand…

Iowa Economic Development Authority approves innovation funding for FBB Biomed

Last month, the Iowa Economic Development Authority approved a $250,000 Innovation Acceleration Launch Fund loan…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

CRBT donates $100K for new Linn County housing program

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust (CRBT) has announced that it has donated $100,000 to the…

crbt

‘Out of sight, out of mind’: UI study reveals bias in insurers’ climate change risk strategies

A new study by a University of Iowa researcher has found that, when it comes…

A house destroyed by the derecho is pictured Sept. 14, 2020 on 27th Street NE in Cedar Rapids.

Xavier Catholic Schools to remodel, repurpose former Toyota Financial Services building for new middle school

The Xavier Catholic Schools Board announced plans Oct. 17 to remodel the existing Toyota Financial…

Toyota Financial