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New downtown Iowa City café blends Middle Eastern, Western cuisine
A new café combining Middle Eastern and Western culinary traditions opened at 14 S. Clinton St. in downtown Iowa City. Le Crave, a family-owned establishment, occupies the former Molly’s Cupcakes location and offers handcrafted crepes, traditional Middle Eastern flatbreads, cold-cut…
Interchanges trigger commercial surge in Tiffin
Scott Andersen, president of the Ders Group, talks to Tiffin City Administrator Doug Boldt at…

Downtown IC bucks national retail woes
A tranquil night on Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall. CREDIT ICDD By Katharine Carlon [email protected]…

Corridor hotels go from budget to boutique
The guestrooms at the Graduate Hotel in Iowa City are meant to “radiate the city’s…

Business leaders, officials discuss 2008 flood rebound
Former Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett discusses the emotions and lessons of the 2008 floods…

KZIA’s new CEO shares joys of life in broadcast
KZIA CEO Julie Hein stands in the Z102.9 studio on a recent afternoon. The station’s…

C-suite parity still eluding Iowa women
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] It’s lonely at the top – and it might be loneliest…

IC’s Foster Appliance gets new owner, digital facelift
Jenny Novick, who took over Foster Appliance in Iowa City this February, has already stepped…

Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Debbie Takes
Nate Kaeding with Debbie Takes, of Dan and Debbie’s Creamery in Ely. Sponsored by West…

MCI named 2018’s Fastest Growing Company
Anthony Marlowe shares his story after his company, MCI LC, was named 2018’s Fastest Growing…

Analysis: 2018’s Fastest list features diverse cast
By Adam Moore [email protected] The Corridor Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies list included a wide…

Matt Swift is 2018’s Entrepreneur of the Year
Matt Swift shown inside the new St. Burch Tavern in downtown Iowa City on a…

Iowans are getting hooked on fly fishing
Novice anglers practice their casts at the Liberty Center Pond in North Liberty as part…

CID sets high mark at inaugural State of the Airport
The framework is erected for the rotunda section of a new 54,000-square-foot terminal addition at…

Investment portfolios built to weather the storm
Corridor advisors offer thoughts on navigating the market’s choppy waters By Dave DeWitte [email protected]…

The millennial twist on money management
As the hulking millennial generation comes of age, they’re poised to take over older generations…






