Tag: businesses
Iowa County Development set to launch business facade/signage grant
Iowa County Community Development (ICCD) is set to launch a facade/signage grant, incentivizing businesses in Iowa County to make exterior building improvements or add...
Iowa Chamber Alliance talent poll: Talent attraction remains key issue
The Iowa Chamber Alliance (ICA) released its second annual Iowa Talent Poll Jan. 18, showing that slow population growth creates an acute problem for...
IowaWatch: How a handful of Iowa towns thrive, rise above rural decline
A handful of small Iowa towns with populations of less than 5,000 and not part of a larger metro area bucked the trend and...
Sobering statistics
CBJ Editorial
We were disappointed, but not surprised, that about 12% of Iowa small and medium-sized businesses went out of business and 20% reduced employment due to the pandemic, according to a February survey by Facebook of 227 businesses.
CR asks businesses to complete storm loss questionnaire
By CBJ News Staff
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In response to the business impacts of the Aug. 10 derecho, the city of Cedar Rapids is asking area businesses to...
CR partnering with DM nonprofit on workforce program
Izaah Knox. CREDIT DM BUSINESS RECORD
By CBJ News Staff
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The city of Cedar Rapids is partnering with Urban Dreams, a Des Moines-based nonprofit, to create...
Keep Iowa ahead of online sales curve
CBJ EditorialÂ
There are hundreds of state rankings with varying levels of authenticity and usefulness, but recent state rankings by Amazon have us intrigued and...