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Iowa City chooses developer for vacant downtown lot
Three months after hearing development proposals for 21 S. Linn St., Iowa City has made its choice. The city council is moving forward with Grand Rail Development’s proposal, which envisions a six-story, mixed-use building at the downtown lot. The council…
Moving beyond a bedroom community
For decades, the city of Robins has been the virtual epitome of a Corridor bedroom…
Xavier HS graduates’ startup selected for accelerator program
Fantasy teams and gambling have forever altered the world of sports fandom. The shift toward…
Culturing consistent growth
Red Star Yeast’s plant in southwest Cedar Rapids may fly somewhat under the radar in…
Training solar energy’s future workforce
It’s no secret that renewable energy generation has experienced exponential growth despite rising costs for…
Debate over 340B drug discount program continues
The 340B drug discount program, created in 1992 as part of the Veterans Health Care…
Maher Brothers Transfer & Storage celebrates 100 years
Moving has always been in the Maher Brothers Transfer & Storage DNA, but the mode…
Return to the office?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to subside in both case numbers and hospitalizations, many Corridor…
Welcome to the club
Traditional service groups like Kiwanis and Rotary are not your grandfather’s clubs anymore. Instead, they…
Back to Basix
A couple of days after the grand re-opening of Basix, former owner Andrew “Belle” Harrison…
From computers to smoked meats
Tim Sines worked as a computer systems engineer for more than two decades. But there…
How federal loans altered the manufactured housing landscape
As litigation director for Iowa Legal Aid, Alex Kornya has noticed the trend of large,…
Advocates fight for manufactured housing rights against Havenpark Communities
Candi Evans bought her mobile home with her husband in 1998. The two, hoping to…
Five years on, Tiffin’s Park Place is taking shape
In 2017, The Ders Group officially broke ground on Park Place, and although a lot…
Mutually beneficial
As many business sectors settle into a much more virtual work world, even as the…
A fresh look at regional economic development
The development of a new roadmap for economic development in East Central Iowa took the…