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Braden Smith is the co-creator of SAIL Assistant, a chatbot designed to assist small cities with resident requests.

SAILing into the future: chatbot helps small municipalities navigate resident requests

Chatbots are rapidly reshaping the way we communicate with businesses, blending AI and instant messaging to deliver customer service, tech support and even therapy – without a human on the other end. Two entrepreneurs from Tiffin are hoping to bring…

BankIowa to acquire Rowley Savings Bank

BankIowa of Independence has entered into an agreement to acquire Rowley Savings Bank. The proposed…

Coggon Solar LLC submits application in Linn County

Coggon Solar LLC has submitted its application to Linn County Planning & Development for a…

Solar panels

Usage of Workgroups DaVinci products hits milestone

Workgroups DaVinci, an Iowa City-based company providing workflow and project management solutions for creative and…

Kasasa, Collins Community Credit Union launching Take-Back® loan program

Kasasa, a Texas-based fintech solutions provider that equips community banks and credit unions with the…

Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association names Maybanks executive director

The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association (ISETA), a trade association serving Iowa’s solar energy industry,…

Genie Maybanks

Lerud named Iowa Travel Industry Partners interim director

Iowa Travel Industry Partners (iTIP), a newly-formed statewide organization set to represent the travel, tourism,…

Chelsea Lerud

Iowans register a record number of business filings

Iowans registered for the highest amount of new business entities in state history during the…

Business decisions

Reconstructed railroad bridge connects past to new trail in Marion

A bridge that once shouldered cattle cars, passenger trains and more is now taking on…

Celebrate 2021’s Best of the Corridor

At this time last year, we discussed businesses shut down for much of the spring;…

Mercy Cedar Rapids wins highest distinction from Epic

Cedar Rapids’ Mercy Medical Center has earned the Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll distinction from…

CommUnity hosting food drive to strike out hunger

CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City is sponsoring a Strike Out Hunger…

Transportation provider GTI USA opens Cedar Rapids office

Total transportation management provider GTI USA has announced it will open a new office in…

CR Summer Rally set to boost area cultural venues

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance announced a new program Monday morning to spur attendance…

Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance

New board members join Community Foundation of Johnson County

Five new members have joined the Community Foundation of Johnson County’s board of directors. The…

Hy-Vee stores hosting Indy car appearances this weekend

Hy-Vee, Inc., in partnership with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL), is displaying a Hy-Vee-sponsored Indy…