Awards

The Iowa Children's Museum is one of three Iowa Tourism award recipients of local interest.

Iowa Travel Industry Partners announces award winners

Iowa Travel Industry Partners (iTIP), the leading statewide association of the tourism and hospitality industry, has named the recipients of the annual iTIP Awards. Honorees included the Iowa Children’s Museum and the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center, both located…

Wendler Inc. earns double honors at Master Builders of Iowa conference

Cedar Rapids-based heavy civil construction firm Wendler Inc. walked away from the 2026 Master Builders…

Wendler project in downtown Cedar Rapids

IEDA awards first BIG program incentives to five Iowa companies, including Hiawatha, Vinton projects

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board approved its first round of awards through the…

CCB Packaging Hiawatha

Dream City founder, executive director honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Frederick Newell, executive director and founder of Dream City, received the Lifetime Achievement Award Feb.…

Dream City's Executive Director and Founder Fred Newell speaks during the facility's grand opening Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.

Corridor Business Journal honored by Iowa Newspaper Association with two awards

The Corridor Business Journal (CBJ) was honored with two awards at the statewide 2026 Iowa…

CBJ INA

Google awards $1 million to Iowa nonprofits for education, community programs

Google awarded more than $1 million to Iowa nonprofit organizations last year to support education…

Construction continues at Google’s data center project, near the intersection of 76th Avenue and Edgewood Road SW, Cedar Rapids.

Better Together 2030 to host fourth annual Excellence in Action Awards Jan. 29

Better Together 2030 will host its fourth annual Excellence in Action Awards Thursday, Jan. 29,…

The Better Together Excellence in Action Awards ceremony at Courtyard Marriott Height's Rooftop on Jan. 18.

TrueNorth Companies named 2025 ‘Coolest of the Cool’ workplace

For TrueNorth Companies, the phrase “the spirit of small, the power of scale” isn’t just…

TrueNorth Companies Chief Executive Officer Jason Smith speaks at the CBJ’s Coolest Places to Work event, Nov. 19, 2025. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

National Philanthropy Day awards reception set for Nov. 13 in Cedar Rapids

The Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Eastern Iowa chapter will hold its 2025 National Philanthropy Day…

Philanthropy awards reception

Retaining talent, building community: Meet the 2025 Forty Under 40

Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

Forty Under 40 2025

Kirkwood honors safety professionals at women’s conference

Kirkwood Community College recognized three safety professionals at the 2025 Midwest Women in Safety Conference…

Denise Tucker and Peggy Peterson Women in Safety Conference

Several Corridor projects among recipients of Iowa Workforce Housing Tax Credits

The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced Sept. 11 it had awarded Workforce Housing Tax Credits…

A rendering of the Dows Farm agri-community project along Mount Vernon Road SE. CREDIT LINN COUNTY

TrueNorth recognized with national and regional industry awards

Insurance brokerage firm TrueNorth has received a series of national and regional accolades for industry…

TrueNorth

2025 Best of the Corridor winners announced

For the past 20 years, the Corridor Business Journal has had the privilege of celebrating…

Corridor Media Group wins nine AABP editorial excellence awards

The Corridor Media Group, parent company of the Corridor Business Journal and the Quad Cities…

Corridor Business Journal

CRST president, CEO Mike Gannon discusses trucking company’s past, present and future

It’s become a tradition of sorts for CRST to be named the Corridor Business Journal’s…

Headshot of new CRST President and CEO Mike Gannon. CREDIT CRST