MondayJuly 28, 2025

North Liberty’s Copper Boar named CBJ’s Fastest Growing Company

Long-term friendships fuel Copper Boar’s success
By: Richard Pratt|July 28, 2025
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    • Ty Medema, Shane Durian and Zeph Leaton are the co-owners of Copper Boar American Pub in North Liberty, the CBJ’s Fastest-Growing Company in the Corridor for 2025. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

    Ty Medema, Shane Durian and Zeph Leaton are the co-owners of Copper Boar American Pub in North Liberty, the CBJ’s Fastest-Growing Company in the Corridor for 2025. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

    There’s no requirement that partners in a locally-owned restaurant have a longstanding personal friendship that predates their business relationship, but in the case of the Copper Boar in North Liberty, it certainly hasn’t hurt.

    Opened in August 2022 by partners Ty Medema, Shane Durian and Zeph Leaton, the restaurant has been named the Corridor Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Company in the Corridor for 2025, with just…

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