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Cedar Rapids design agency earns 25 awards at ADAI design exhibition

Cedar Rapids-based design and branding agency FUEL earned 25 Excellence awards at the Art Directors Association of Iowa (ADAI) 68th Annual Design Exhibition, held in Des Moines. According to a news release, the ADAI exhibition celebrates top design work from…

Greater Iowa City leadership program opens applications for 2026-2027 cohort

Greater Iowa City, Inc., is now accepting applications for its 2026-2027 Community Leadership Program, the…

Registration is open for the 2026-27 Leadership Program offered by Greater Iowa City, Inc. Register this week to get the early bird rate.

380 Express bus system to add new North Liberty, Coralville route in June

The 380 Express, a regional bus service connecting the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor, will launch…

380 Express bus

Big Grove Brewery now largest-volume craft brewer in Iowa

Big Grove Brewery officially became the largest craft brewery by volume in the state of…

Big Grove's craft beer production highest in Iowa

Iowa City government creates business guide to local option sales tax

Beginning July 1, a 1% Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) takes effect in Iowa City,…

The City of Iowa City website provides answers for businesses about the local option sales tax that they will start collecting on July 1.

UPDATE: Inside Sub-Zero plant in Cedar Rapids

The Sub-Zero plant in southwest Cedar Rapids is still several months away from full production,…

Sub-Zero Cedar Rapids aerial view

UPDATE: VASA Fitness expects to open new location this fall in former Collins Road Hy-Vee store

The former Hy-Vee store on Collins Road in northeast Cedar Rapids is being repurposed as…

Lindale Mall Collins Road former Hy-Vee

Corridor Media Group wins seven AABP editorial excellence awards

The Corridor Media Group, parent company of the Corridor Business Journal and the Quad Cities…

2026 AABP CBJ

Free Solar Power Hour event May 26 at Big Grove Iowa City

A free “Solar Power Hour” – for people interested in powering their homes with solar…

Learn more about solar arrays at the Solar Power Hour on May 26. CREDIT PEXELS

Wings2Water awards $30,000 in water quality grants for 2026

Wings2Water, an environmental nonprofit focused on water quality improvement and education, has named seven organizations…

Iowa Project AWARE River Cleanup

Iowa unemployment holds at 3.3% in April; leisure, health care sectors show gains

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3.3% in April, down from 3.6% one…

Unemployment rate

Neighborhood Centers launches youth entrepreneurship program this summer in Iowa City

Neighborhood Centers is launching a new Youth Entrepreneurship Program this summer for young people ages…

Neighborhood Centers

Iowa City Downtown District celebrates people, expansion

The Iowa City Downtown District celebrated the evening of May 20 with an acknowledgement of…

Jason Ilstrup, president of Downtown Madison, Inc., gives the keynote speech on campus downtowns.

Cedar Run Company opening training, wellness center in Hiawatha; project also includes standalone veterinary clinic

Cedar Run Company, which provides dog and cat boarding, daycare, grooming, and training services, plans…

Cedar Run Hiawatha new training and wellness center

de Novo wins six Communicator and two NOVA awards

de Novo Marketing, a Cedar Rapids-based creative marketing agency, was awarded six Communicator Awards and…

The deNovo staff celebrates seven wins: 5 Communicator Awards and 2 NOVAs. CREDIT DE NOVO

North Liberty’s Hy-Vee Center announces summer concert series

North Liberty’s newest entertainment destination opens its Summer Concert Series this Friday, May 22, with…

The Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park kicks off its inaugural concert series with The Pork Tornadoes on Friday.