Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
Neumann to step down as Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance executive director
Doug Neumann has announced plans to step down as executive director of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, stressing that he doesn’t consider the announcement to be the end of his professional career. “I’m not using the word retirement here…
Retail churn worries spawn ideas, strategies
Gordmans, located at Lindale Market Place in Cedar Rapids, with new tenant Boot Barn shown…
Rally C.A.P. initiative aims to spur a comeback
By Adam Moore [email protected] The rally cap, a time-honored superstition for baseball fans hoping for…
Greenfield projects coming down the pipe in Cedar Rapids
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Despite the recession caused by COVID-19 – or partly because of…
Economic Alliance aims to rally community with challenge
Doug Neumann, executive director of the Economic Alliance, wears a Rally cap. By CBJ News…
Regionalism takes a step back
CBJ Editorial ICR Iowa, the joint venture between the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and…
CR Downtown Farmers Market to have drive-thru format
Produce will be available to order online through the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market. CREDIT…
Vote set on $2 trillion stimulus bill
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The U.S. Senate will vote this afternoon on a massive…
City leadership fills a void
CBJ Editorial We don’t live in a perfectly cohesive region, but fortunately that hasn’t been…
Annual brand confusion reins
CBJ Editorial It’s the time of year for those annual meetings of economic development organizations…
Cargill’s CEO sees big things ahead for CR
Cargill Chairman and CEO David MacLennan (right) discusses the importance of open and free trade…
Let’s really merge economic development
CBJ Editorial An old adage says the best time to plant a tree was 20…
Navigating the ESOP maze
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Transferring a company’s ownership from a private owner to employees through…
Let’s fix our immigration policy
CBJ Editorial Hass Machlab, Naftaly Stramer, Pankaj Monga, and Tony Golobic – they are just…
Jesse Thoeming
Executive Director, Downtown District Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance AGE: 38 Best advice you ever…
CBJ’s 15th Anniversary: 15 things that made us a region
A screenshot from the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 video showing a handful…
