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Construction teams package 30,000 meals at QTS Data Center site
Construction workers building QTS’s seven-building data center campus assembled 30,000 meals Wednesday, Jan. 28, for Iowa families facing food insecurity, partnering with two regional nonprofits to address hunger during National Poverty in America Awareness Month. Layton Construction and Weitz Company…
Corridor’s natural foods scene evolves with demand
Andrez Reid, a Natural Grocers cashier, stocks salad dressings as Grocery Manager Brandi Carmer works…

Community banks thriving amid consolidation
F&M’s Tim German talks regulation, ag lending among community banks By Dave DeWitte [email protected]…

Fleck purchases Evans Distributing
Ed Evans, president of Evans Distributing in Iowa City, hopes to have a tenant for…

BMO arrives in the Corridor
The Fountains in northeast Cedar Rapids, shown in an undated photo. BMO Transportation Finance will…

Bloat-busters: CR firm supports changing tech needs
SecurityCoverage President and COO Jon Bartleson (l) and Marketing Director Dan Timmer display the eight…

MetaCommunications names new CEO
Scott Kokotan, MetaCommunication’s interim CEO. By Chase Castle [email protected] The founder of Iowa City-based…

Pipeline pain extends to the Corridor
A security guard passes time with his cellphone as crews and equipment behind him bore…

Unlocking the secrets to cybersecurity
The CBJ’s Cybersecurity Power Breakfast panel included (from left) moderator Jodi Selby, of Bankers Trust;…

Women gain momentum at Iowa Startup Accelerator
Girls With Ideas Founder and CEO Allison Poss works with Abbie Schneider, GWI’s director of…

International Auto Components cuts 477 jobs in IC
The exterior of the International Automotive Components plant, located at 2500 U.S. Highway 6 in…

Introducing 2016’s Forty Under 40
By Adam Moore [email protected] The Corridor Business Journal is proud to introduce another outstanding class…

Rockwell Collins to acquire B/E Aerospace for $6.4 billion
Aircraft seating produced by B/E Aerospace. CREDIT: B/E AEROSPACE By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Rockwell…

Hibu move more than fills downtown CR office gap
Hibu CEO Kevin Jasper discusses the company’s plans to relocate to the Town Centre building…

VTI grows behind success of heavy-duty farming tool
Phil Reed (right) and his wife Rhonda stand inside VTI’s new location in Washington with…

Smart grid needs push coop into broadband market
Spools of fiber optic cable stand ready for a network build-out to the 17,000 members…






