Small Business

Hy-Vee accepting applications for 2025 Opportunity Supplier Impact Summit

Hy-Vee’s Opportunity Supplier Impact Summit will be held in Central Iowa this fall, the company announced Monday. Small businesses and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their products Sept. 18 and 19 at Hy-Vee, Inc.’s headquarters in Des Moines,…

Seeds Apparel plans grand opening Oct. 14

Seeds Apparel, the brainchild of creative couple Joshua and Ashley Spang, will celebrate its grand…

Seeds Apparel

Peace Tree Brewery Co. seeks new ownership

Iowa’s first 100% woman-owned brewery is seeking a new owner after 15 years of operation…

The Des Moines' Peace Tree taproom is a red brick building. Parked outside are bicycles.

Hibu acquires Signpost’s marketing technology platform

Hibu Inc., based in Cedar Rapids, has acquired the marketing technology platform of Signpost, Inc.,…

Hibu Cedar Rapids

ICAD, Business Partnership rebrands as Greater Iowa City, Inc.

The recently merged Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) and the Iowa City Area Business…

The Greater Iowa City, Inc. blue banner displays its new logo.

Iowa City’s only Pakistani restaurant serves big flavors

Hot & Roll may be the best-kept secret in Iowa City. Nestled unobtrusively in a…

Fawad Nawaz, owner of Hot & Roll, stands at his counter. Hot & Roll is the only Pakistani restaurant in Iowa City. CREDIT ANNIE BARKALOW

SBA awards $300,000 grant to boost Iowa exporting efforts

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $300,000 to the Iowa Economic Development Authority…

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

SBA approves $17.5 million in small business loans in August

For the month of August, the U.S. Small Business Administration backed 30 loans for $17,582,300…

In August, the SBA backed 30 loans for a total of $17,582,300 and 112 new jobs. CREDIT US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

NewBo City Market eyes $3 million expansion project

A $3 million expansion project is in the works for the NewBo City Market in…

NewBo City Market

Dhakai wins $40k at annual entrepreneurial competition

Dhakai, a Des Moines-based technology company and marketplace that helps connect U.S. clothing brands with…

John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition

Popular Iowa City dry bar to open Cedar Rapids location

A dry bar, with locations in the Quad Cities and Iowa City, is expanding to…

Historic Stone City General Store Pub to close Nov. 1

The historic Stone City General Store Pub will be closing its doors as a bar…

Stone City General Store Pub

Eastern Iowa couple acquires renowned Oregon Flute Store

Jonny and Maria Lipford of Cedar Rapids, esteemed figures in the flute community, have announced…

Iowa City’s ‘mindandmineral’ offers iridescence to homes across the U.S.

When Brooke Dearborn Huston graduated from the University of Iowa in 2015, she took a…

mindandmineral offers several stained glass art designs and custom work to customers on Etsy. CREDIT BROOKE DEARBORN HUSTON

Taste of Iowa City 2023 postponed

Taste of Iowa City, presented by MidWestOne Bank, returns to Downtown Iowa City next Tuesday,…

Taste of Iowa City

‘Hub of hospitality:’ Coralville turns 150

As the city of Coralville began to grow into the city it is now, it…

A mural commemorating the 150th anniversary of Coralville is seen on the side of Randy’s Flooring at 401 Second St. on July 26. CREDIT ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT