2024

Eastern Iowa Airport gates baggage handling

Eastern Iowa Airport sets all-time passenger record in 2024

The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids set a passenger record in 2024, with 1.5 million total passengers utilizing the airport last year. The total passenger count for 2024 is 9% more than the previous record of 1.4 million passengers,…

Three companies with Corridor connections named Prometheus Award winners

Three companies with Corridor connections were named as award winners at the 2024 Prometheus Awards…

2024 Prometheus Awards

Four Linn County companies receive SBA loans in October

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

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

Iowa unemployment rate remains at 2.9% in September

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 2.9% in September amid a labor force that…

Iowa unemployment

ABI unveils Leadership Iowa 2024-25 class, community hosts

A group of 40 Iowa leaders been selected to participate in the 2024-2025 program of…

Iowa Association of Business and Industry ABI

Iowa unemployment rate remains at 2.8% for fourth straight month

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in July, unchanged from June and .2% lower…

Iowa Workforce Development office unemployment

Iowa unemployment unchanged at 2.8% for June

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in June, unchanged since April and .1% percent…

Iowa unemployment rate

SBA approves loans to two Iowa Corridor small businesses in June

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa…

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

Iowa Business Council again projects positive six-month economic outlook

The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its second-quarter Economic Outlook Survey (EOS) for 2024,…

Iowa Business Council

Cedar Rapids mayor asks in 2024 State of the City address: ‘What Is Your Why?’

Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell chose a short but impactful quote from author Simon Sinek to encapsulate…

2024 State of the City TIffany O'Donnell 1

Iowa unemployment rate decreases to 2.8% in April

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in April, down from last month’s rate of…

Iowa unemployment rate

Iowa Leading Indicators index up slightly in March

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) increased to 105.6 in March from 105.2 in February,…

Iowa Leading Indicators Department of Revenue

Cedar Rapids wins SBA award as Iowa Small Business Community of the Year

The Iowa district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named the City…

Cedar Rapids city hall

Keynote speakers announced for EntreFEST 2024

EntreFEST, an annual entrepreneurship and innovation conference, has announced that Charise Flynn, COO of The…

EntreFEST

Van Meter receives DEI award from Rockwell Automation

Van Meter received Rockwell Automation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award during the 2024 PartnerNetwork…

Van Meter DEI award

EntreFEST 2024 tickets now on sale

EntreFEST, a two-day conference celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurialism and innovation, returns to Cedar Rapids…

IEDA and IFA Director Debi Durham speaks on the Iowa Innovation podcast in front of a live crowd to begin EntreFEST 2023. CREDIT NEWBOCO