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New McDonald’s planned for northeast Cedar Rapids
Plans for a new McDonald’s restaurant in northeast Cedar Rapids are moving forward. At its meeting this week, the Cedar Rapids City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to rezone properties at 1712 32nd St. NE and 3201…
Workforce Roundtable offers strategies, resources for small businesses
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) and IowaWORKS hosted a workforce roundtable on Nov. 15 for Corridor-based…

Perfect Game, K-Motion roll out cutting-edge technology
Each year, baseball players sink countless hours into perfecting their swing hoping to one day…
CommUnity’s Project Holiday returns for 34th year
For the 34th year, CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank plans to provide over 1,300…
Time to vote for the CBJ’s Most Influential Person award
The Corridor Business Journal has opened voting for the 2021 Most Influential Person award, and…

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Foundation honoring nursing school legacy
The St. Luke’s School of Nursing program closed in 1987, but its legacy has lived…
Vote this week as Deere, UAW reach third tentative agreement
Deere & Co. and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America…

IEC event explores clean energy, celebrates local leadership in Iowa
Clean energy professionals and advocates will gather Thursday, November 18, to celebrate Iowa’s clean energy…

QCR Holdings announces acquisition of Guaranty Federal Bancshares
QCR Holdings, a multi-bank holding company that serves the Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities,…

Linn County group standing up to industrial solar proposals
Sara Ritchie Alden of Center Point maintains her group, Iowa for Responsible Solar, isn’t opposed…

ITC Midwest awards $200,000 to ReLeaf Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids-based ITC Midwest has awarded $200,000 to ReLeaf Cedar Rapids to support tree replanting…

Subscription-based produce company to deliver in Cedar Rapids
Nebullam Farms is taking its environmentally-conscious, same-day delivery produce business from Ames to Cedar Rapids.…

Bickford Senior Living adds home care division
Bickford Senior Living has added a new home care division, offering non-medical, in-home care to…

Woman-owned boutique reopens in renovated original location
Revival, a woman-owned boutique in Iowa City, reopened Nov. 11 at its original retail location…

Cedar Rapids wedding venue, private park sold to new owners
Quint and Jennifer Howell, business owners of A Touch of Class Event Center and Private…

Alliant Energy donates $25,000 to Jane Boyd fundraising campaign
Jane Boyd Community House is nearly two-thirds of the way to reaching its fundraising goal…