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Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association recognizes builders, remodelers at Parade of Homes awards breakfast
The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association recognized several builders and remodelers at its 2026 Parade of Homes Awards Breakfast, honoring achievement in craftsmanship, energy efficiency and industry collaboration. Navigate Homes received the award for most energy-efficient homes entered…
Public voting opens for ‘Coolest Thing Made in Iowa’ competition
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has opened public voting for its third annual…
Regional housing markets show strong price growth in 2025
Home prices in the regional market continue to outpace national trends, with some local metropolitan…
Barker’s Bowling to open this summer in former SpareMe space
A new multi-use entertainment venue is coming to downtown Iowa City this summer, filling the…
CSPS parts ways with executive director, appoints interim leader
CSPS has parted ways with Executive Director Jason Zbornik, with the Cedar Rapids arts nonprofit’s…
Why population trends matter across Iowa
Across Iowa and much of the Midwest, communities are asking a similar question. How do…
Mercy names new senior director for DeWolf Family Innovation Center for Aging & Dementia
Mercy Medical Center has named Kelly Hawthorne as senior director of The Chris & Suzy…
Iowa workforce program partners with eastern Iowa employers to keep young workers in state
A Des Moines-based nonprofit is working to keep Iowa’s youth workforce in-state through a combination…
Cedar Rapids city manager named among top 250 ‘Government Champions’ nationwide
Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz has been recognized as one of the nation’s top…
NEFCO opens new branch in Cedar Rapids
NEFCO, a leading supplier of construction materials, announced Thursday it was opening a new branch…
Corridor Business Journal hiring a Business Reporter
The award winning Corridor Business Journal, a bi-weekly business publication in Iowa’s Creative Corridor, seeks…
Iowa Healthiest State Initiative opens nominations for 2026 awards
The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative are looking for four individuals whose work has made a…
Iowa creates mechanism for rural site certification
After more than a decade of success attracting new and expanding companies to Iowa’s shovel-ready…
Bondurant leads the state in certified sites
The poster child of the Iowa Certified Sites program clearly would be the City of…
Iowa’s Certified Sites accelerating ‘speed to market’
Amazon. Conagra Foods. Fair Oaks Foods. Google. Kraft Heinz. Microsoft. QTS. Nestle Purina. Saber Industries.…
Iowa Medical Society Foundation names 19 medical students as 2026 Global Health Scholarship recipients
The Iowa Medical Society Foundation has selected 19 medical students — 11 from the University…
