Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell speaks about Coe College's new flight school program in front of an airplane at the Eastern Iowa Airport on May 22, 2024, in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT PARKER JONES

Eastern Iowa Airport opens aviation workforce campus to address labor shortages

The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) has launched a new Aviation Workforce Development Campus aimed at addressing growing labor shortages across the aviation industry. The initiative, which includes academic partnerships with Coe College and Kirkwood Community College, is designed to train…

Market studies to determine casino’s fate

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – April 17 is right around the corner for the…

Breaking news: Fareway, gastropub to open in CR Town & Country Shopping Center

By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – Changes coming to Iowa’s oldest shopping center will bring…

Kingston Commons to open in May

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – With or without the casino, it will be a…

New Pioneer Co-op selects Cedar Rapids

By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – New Pioneer Food Co-op’s third store will bring 50…

CR native returns to start brewery

By Angela Holmes CEDAR RAPIDS – Quinton McClain is proud of the progress his hometown…

Geonetric leaders to launch startup accelerator

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – Geonetric and ImOn Communications leaders on Sept. 9 announced…

Bracing for Obamacare

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – Typically in the Corridor, when people talk about looking…

NewBo City Market wraps up inaugural year

By Pat Shaver Photo by Rachel Jessen The NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids has…

NewBo City Market

Building leaders locally

By Leah Grout Garris Photo by Rachel Jessen CEDAR RAPIDS — Two Corridor companies invest…

Geonetric to build business incubator, partners with Vault Coworking

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – Tony Hsieh, the iconic CEO of Zappos.com, has led the…

RuffaloCODY plans continued growth, expansion

By Molly Altorfer CEDAR RAPIDS — With a recent investment from growth equity investor Summit…

Inaugural Coolest Places to Work unveiled

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS – Ah, company culture, that coveted intangible. To stay competitive…

Leading by example

By Angela Holmes CEDAR RAPIDS – When Frew Development Group took over the long-struggling Westdale…

Spring floods test lessons from 2008

By Cindy Hadish CORRIDOR–Relentless rains pummeled Cedar Rapids as Mayor Ron Corbett discussed remaining recovery…

Cirque du Soleil sneak peek

The newly-completed U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids was abuzz June 5 with the…