COVID-19
EIHC offers Saturday vaccine clinics, free transportation
Eastern Iowa Health Center in Cedar Rapids is offering eight Saturday clinics for individuals interested in receiving free COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. The clinics are part of an effort to encourage people to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including bivalent…
Making school work
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] School is back in session across much of the Corridor, and…
Big Ten reverses decision, fall football will resume
Hawkeye football players taking the field in 2019. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff [email protected]…
New IowaWORKS app connects job seekers with services
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa Workforce Development has announced the launch of the new…
Iowa Leading Indicators Index shows increase in July
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials…
General Mills project sends positive signal
CBJ Editorial An award of tax incentives for General Mills in Cedar Rapids by the…
Pandemic accelerating touchless tech adoption
A poster at Clean Laundry in Marion promotes Dexter Pay, a mobile app from Dexter…
Businesses face fall without Hawkeye football
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] Still reeling from the one-two-three blow of a crippling pandemic, a…
ECICOG doubles revolving loan fund with $4.25M award
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) has been…
Hotel report shows dire numbers since start of pandemic
CHART: The percent of hotel rooms booked two weeks before Labor Day dropped dramatically from…
Replacing our ‘flyover’ image
CBJ Editorial The derecho that ravaged much of the Corridor, especially Cedar Rapids and Marion,…
MEDCO launches loan program for businesses
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Marion Economic Development Corp. has partnered with three community banks…
Four lessons from coronavirus for improving work performance
By John Graham | Guest Column “The comfort zone is the dead zone,” says Mike…
A Big (Ten) loss
CBJ Editorial First came the COVID-19 pandemic, then the destructive derecho storm, and now the…
Expanding entrepreneurship: Empower by GoDaddy going Corridor-wide
Jermaine Wilson prepares to hit the streets for his Jay’s Water Ice business in Cedar…
Floral entrepreneur takes big risk on pandemic pivot
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] Entrepreneur Allison Krivachek spent three years building her Tiffin-based floral operation…
