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Keep Iowa Beautiful launches refreshed brand identity

Keep Iowa Beautiful has unveiled a refreshed brand identity aimed at better unifying the statewide nonprofit’s programs and communicating its work across Iowa communities. The Des Moines-based organization, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate focused on community beautification and volunteer engagement,…

Big Grove Foundation celebrates $36k in local microgrants

The Big Grove For Good Foundation announced its Neighborhood Micro-Grant Program’s distribution has topped $36,000…

Iowa unemployment rate dips to 3.3% in March

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.3% in March, down from 3.4% in…

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Iowa job losses continue, state ranks 46th in job growth

New analysis from Common Sense Institute, based on the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…

Corda Credit Union named Emerging Investor of the Year

Corda Credit Union has been named the Emerging Investor of the Year by Greater Iowa…

Hyatt names Matt Traetow ‘GM of the Year’

Matt Traetow has been named the Hyatt General Manager of the Year among Hyatt properties…

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Top four products advance to the final round of 2026 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa

And then there were four.  The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has announced…

Southeast Middle School students to paint murals for Iowa City’s South of 6 neighborhood

Studio art students at Southeast Middle School are creating four original murals this week for…

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Iowa tourism professionals receive $40,000 in scholarship funding for 2026

Iowa Travel Industry Partners and the Iowa Tourism Office have announced the final round of…

Elevate Iowa Tourism scholarship

Gallery: CBJ’s Women of Influence celebration

Friends, family and business associates gathered Thursday, April 30, to celebrate the Corridor Business Journal…

Winter named president of UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation

Melissa Winter will become the next president of UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Health Care…

Melissa Winter

Greater Iowa City launches annual survey to gauge business climate across Johnson County

Greater Iowa City, Inc. has opened its 2026 Business Retention and Expansion Survey, inviting Johnson…

Greater Iowa City Business Expansion and Retention Survey 2026

Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter breaks ground on Minnesota distribution center expansion

Van Meter held a groundbreaking ceremony April 29 for a major expansion of its regional…

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Greater Iowa City honors business leaders at annual awards ceremony

Greater Iowa City, Inc. celebrated outstanding business and community leaders at its annual A Toast…

A Toast to Business Greater Iowa City

GreatAmerica executives featured in Cannata Report video interview series

Cedar Rapids-based GreatAmerica Financial Services is the subject of a multi-part video interview series published…

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Iowa nuclear energy sales tax bill heads to governor

Lawmakers in the Iowa House and Senate have reached agreement on a measure providing tax…

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