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Willis Dady Wins Rotary Grand Impact 2025

Willis Dady Homeless Services wins $100,000 at Rotary Grand Impact Luncheon

Willis Dady Homeless Services received a $100,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids during the annual Grand Impact Luncheon on May 12 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Cedar Rapids Convention Complex. The Cedar Rapids nonprofit, which focuses on…

CR, Vinton projects get $2.8M in brownfield tax credits

Proposed Banjo Flats project in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT: TWG Development Iowa Brownfield/Grayfield Redevelopment Tax Credits…

Frontier Co-op awarded incentives for $7.3M expansion

Frontier Co-op was awarded $300,462 in state incentives Friday for a $7.3-million expansion project that…

Area restaurant professionals named ‘Women to Watch’

Brittany Hannah, chef and owner of Cedar Marion’s Bistro 3 Nineteen, was one of seven…

Week brings glimmers of hope for area boutique hotels

The 65-room Hotel Millwright in Amana combines history and modern industrial design. The hotel will…

IC dog community center facility to be named W.A.L.K.

The proposed W.A.L.K. dog center CREDIT: Shive-Hattery Inc. The name ‘W.A.L.K.’ has been chosen for…

Mercy Medical Center announces furlough plan

Citing a substantial drop in revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercy Medical Center in Cedar…

Mercy Medical Center

Bar owners sound off on shutdown impacts: ‘We are being crushed’

DC’s on Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall was serving customers the night of Sept. 30. But…

Lumber prices threaten to stall state’s homebuilding market

Home construction and remodeling have been among the bright spots of 2020’s bleak pandemic economy…

DeltaV launches training for those displaced by pandemic

DeltaV has launched new curriculum and a program that features fully-paid tuition costs. CREDIT NEWBOCO DeltaV…

IDT expands global footprint with launch of China office

Coralville-based Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has announced the launch of IDT China, an official business…

IBC survey finds new optimism about economic future

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa Business Council (IBC) members are increasingly optimistic about the…

IBC economic outlook

Marion conducting outdoor aquatic center feasibility study

The Marion pool. CREDIT KCRG By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The city of Marion is…

IDx rebrands to lead AI health care revolution

3Derm co-founders Liz Asai and Elliot Swart have joined newly-renamed Digital Diagnostics as the company’s…

New hockey franchise promises moneymaking draw for the Corridor

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] Based on his history taking the Newfoundland Growlers to the 2019…

Rising wind turbines push Alliant past 1,000 MW milestone

A worker stands in the shadow of an Alliant-owned wind turbine. PHOTO ALLIANT By CBJ…