Small Business

Randy's Flooring's new facility at 1125 240th Street, North Liberty, Iowa.

Randy’s Flooring acquires Advance Millwork, plans North Liberty facility

Randy’s Flooring has acquired Advance Millwork, a North Liberty-based manufacturer of interior and exterior doors, wood trim and stair components, and announced plans to move the operation into a new 124,000-square-foot facility at 1125 240th Street in North Liberty. The…

Flight Ready Parking promises seamless car-to-gate experience

An educational IT consultant, Briana Mills quickly came to know what to expect from business…

Briana and Ean Mills launched Flight Ready in February 2025, striving to provide a seamless car-to-gate-and-back experience at the Eastern Iowa Airport. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

Five Cedar Rapids companies receive SBA loans in May

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

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

Real Success: Nate Kaeding bets on a new kind of golf club

Nate Kaeding, the former University of Iowa All-American and NFL All-Pro kicker who has since…

Real Success With Nate Kaeding

The Downtown Dish: Adam Knight, producing artistic director of Riverside Theatre

In this episode of Downtown Dish, hosts Anna Moyers Stone and Charlie Nusser chat about…

Riverside Theatre

Iowa City government creates business guide to local option sales tax

Beginning July 1, a 1% Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) takes effect in Iowa City,…

The City of Iowa City website provides answers for businesses about the local option sales tax that they will start collecting on July 1.

de Novo wins six Communicator and two NOVA awards

de Novo Marketing, a Cedar Rapids-based creative marketing agency, was awarded six Communicator Awards and…

The deNovo staff celebrates seven wins: 5 Communicator Awards and 2 NOVAs. CREDIT DE NOVO

The Eat Shop adds Coralville location

The Eat Shop has added a fifth location, bringing its sweet and savory offerings to…

The Eat Shop

As grocery prices climb, Iowa farmers markets try to hold steady

Iowa farmers markets could be a refuge from food inflation, at least in the short…

Customers make their way through the Downtown Farmers Market in Cedar Rapids during opening day in 2025. Iowa’s farmers market season begins in May, with the large-scale downtown market opening on May 30.

Good Makers Market celebrates 10 years

Billed as the “hippest handmade and vintage market in the Midwest,” the Good Makers Market…

Good Makers Market

The Purple Wagon, Frankie P’s moving to former Maid-Rite building in Uptown Marion

One of Marion’s newest businesses is moving soon – to one of Uptown Marion’s most…

Karlee Peters and Danielle Frein The Purple Wagon Frankie P's

Corridor Home Photos built its business by keeping everything — and everyone — in-house

From the first phone call to the final delivered file, every piece of work that…

Corridor Home Photo’s Cherry Building studio offers Realtors a space to film social media and branding content. PHOTOS BY CORRIDOR HOME PHOTOS

Greater Iowa City hosting coworking event at Big Grove Brewery

Greater Iowa City, Inc., is inviting business leaders to work alongside fellow professionals at Big…

Big Grove

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

Real Success: Jeremy Wilhelm, Lamb’s Quarter Livestock and Rhubarb Botanicals

Jeremy Wilhelm is working to reshape the agricultural landscape in Eastern Iowa as the co-owner…

Jeremy Wilhelm is working to reshape the agricultural landscape in Eastern Iowa as the co-owner of Lamb’s Quarter Livestock and Rhubarb Botanicals.

NFIB report: Iowa small businesses to benefit from permanent 20% tax deduction

Iowa’s nearly 290,000 small businesses stand to gain significantly from the permanent extension of the…

NFIB