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Construction continues at Google’s data center project, near the intersection of 76th Avenue and Edgewood Road SW, Cedar Rapids.

CBJ Newsmakers: Tech giant’s Iowa presence grows with Duane Arnold partnership, potential new facility

Since Google’s landmark $7 billion investment announcement in May, the tech giant has moved aggressively to secure the infrastructure and partnerships needed to support its expanding Iowa operations. In October, Google revealed plans for a second data center complex in…

Pictures of Health 2016

CR businesses avoid major flood damage, but challenges remain

City workers survey floodwaters and businesses on the other side of a line of Hesco…

Trumpet Blossom Cafe

310 E. Prentiss St., Iowa City

Kale Salad

For a kale salad to be successful, use the most tender kale you can find…

Kirkwood continuing ed praised as ‘model program’

Iowa fire departments sent hundreds of volunteer firefighters last week to fire school training, hosted…

Cedar Rapids officials: Flood preparations complete

Volunteers stack sandbags outside the Geonetric building on Sept. 23 in Cedar Rapids’ NewBo district. …

Could a smaller CR casino squeeze in the door?

A rendering shows the proposed design of the Wild Rose Cedar Rapids, with a skywalk…

Iowa City narrows affordable housing focus

Members of the Iowa City Council and staff offer feedback on several affordable housing initiatives…

iConnect looks to triple its ranks

The Connectivity platform in operation, taken from a video on the company’s website.   By…

Tour spotlights urban living in NewBo/Czech Village

By Angela Holmes When Cedar Rapids native Beth DeBoom saw a demolition notice on the…

Cedar Rapids’ retail sector heating up

Van Miller, a broker associate with GLD Commercial talks about developments in Cedar Rapids during…

Still room to run for commercial real estate market

Investment trends in the U.S. commercial real estate market remain positive, Aegon Asset Management Co-Head…

Linn County minimum wage: Is it settled?

By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Linn County will become the second county in Iowa to boost…

Turner Alley Brewing in CR to be sold

Brewer Travis Scheidecker (left) and owner Bill Patterson stand next to a portable tap stand…

Q&A: Karl Cassell

Karl Cassell President and CEO, Horizons, A Family Service Alliance By Adam Moore [email protected] Cedar…