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Marion celebrates completion of Central Plaza with ribbon cutting
Ominous thunderheads bearing the threat of rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd gathered at Marion’s City Square Park Wednesday, May 7, to celebrate the completion of the city’s Central Plaza project with a ribbon cutting. “This event is…
Newsmakers: Eco Lips announces acquisition of Bug Soother
APR 12 Cedar Rapids-based organic lip care manufacturer Eco Lips is acquiring Simply Soothing, a…
Newsmakers: Return to the office?
MAR 29 For certain industries — manufacturing, food production, hospitality and health care, to name…
Newsmakers: Shopping ahead
MAR 1 With online grocery sales projected to reach $250 billion by 2025, Corridor stores…
Newsmakers: Banks rally to the rescue — again
FEB 1 Last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program issued 5.1 million…
Newsmakers: Residential rebound
JAN 11 Corridor residential developers and city planners enter 2021 cautiously optimistic after weathering months…
Local restaurants donate food to Souper Bowl fundraiser
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP)’s 25th Anniversary Souper Bowl fundraiser will be held from…
Economic Alliance unveils local business list for last-minute gifts
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is offering shoppers a go-to list of places to…
Carlyle acquiring Cedar Rapids-based Involta
Global investment firm Carlyle announced Dec. 22 that funds managed by Carlyle have agreed to…
Integrated DNA Technologies wins Most Innovative New Product award
Coralville-based Integrated DNA Technologies won the Gold Award for Most Innovative New Product in the…
Long-planned NewBo housing project proceeding with new name, new developer
A previously-planned 110-unit housing development near Cedar Rapids’ NewBo neighborhood is moving ahead with a…
New ISU project will design 3D-printed housing for rural Iowa
The housing market has not kept up with demand for affordable housing in Iowa, leading…
Housing experts predict interest rate hikes, home price growth in 2022
Expect slower housing price appreciation, easing inflation and rising interest rates in 2022, according to…
Casey’s closes acquisition of 40 Pilot stores
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. has announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of 40…
Senators propose Iowa constitutional amendment ending marijuana prohibition
Democratic state senators Joe Bolkcom, Janet Petersen and Sarah Trone Garriot introduced a constitutional amendment…
General Mills reports higher net sales, but profits, earnings fall
Despite an overall increase in net sales, General Mills reported declines Dec. 21 in operating…
