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Eastern Iowa Airport sets record for passengers in 2025

The Eastern Iowa Airport welcomed more than 1.6 million passengers in 2025, a 6% increase over the previous year and the third consecutive annual record. The Cedar Rapids airport reached another milestone: each of the 12 months in 2025 set…

Corridor cities discuss regulations as Uber launches

By Dave DeWitte [email protected]   The Corridor’s two largest cities are pulling together to create…

Startup Weekend heads to Cedar Falls

By Dorothy de Souza Guedes CEDAR FALLS—It was a first place win for the youngest…

Rinderknecht’s Tom Amosson to retire after 12 years at helm

By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS—Rinderknecht Associates President Tom Amosson doesn’t have to go far to…

UI’s Sally Mason voted Most Influential

By Angela Holmes The votes are in, and University of Iowa President Sally Mason has…

Q&A: Amy Reasner

By Dave DeWitte From her beginnings as a broadcast journalist in Cedar Rapids, Amy Reasner…

$17.5 million Depot to energize NewBo

By Dave DeWitte A $17.5 million development proposed for a city-owned brownfield site promises to…

SBA approves $8.4 million in small business loans in October

The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa for…

Iowa Startup Accelerator grads show off their progress

By Adam Moore Maybe it was the animated rockets set in a continual launch pattern…

Driving on a new mission

By Cindy Hadish Work wasn’t the same for Kurt Gudenkauf after he returned from his…

Area college presidents discuss present and future

By Angela Holmes CEDAR RAPIDS—Although the panelists at the CBJ’s “Future of Higher Education” forum…

Acumen finds opportunity in health care uncertainty

By Dave DeWitte In its first two years, Acumen Benefit Advisors in Cedar Rapids has…

Pella developer plans Coralville’s first senior living co-op

By Dave DeWitte As Ewing Land Development prepares to develop the first independent living co-op…

Technology transforms farmers markets in Iowa

By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS—Jason Grimm doesn’t perceive a technological divide when it comes to…

Q&A: Bruce Rastetter

President, Iowa Board of Regents Interview by CBJ Editorial Board   As CEO of Summit…

CBJ honors Forty Under 40

The annual Forty under 40 awards recognize forty leaders under the age of 40 who are…