Tag: Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce
Editorial: Iowa City’s evolving chamber
Twenty years ago the idea of merging the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Iowa City Area Development Corporation (ICAD) would have...
Let’s really merge economic development
CBJ Editorial
An old adage says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today.
This adage can...
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 of high-profile Johnson County leaders on a bus trip...
IC Chamber sets the stage for a year of change
Incoming Board Chair Shawn Meaney said the Iowa City Chamber is in for a “year of reinvention” as part of the organization’s Feb. 28...
Inside Iowa’s new innovation hotspot
The University of Iowa’s former Art Building, which was mothballed after being damaged in the flood of 2008, will be home of a new...
3 lessons from this year’s Coolest Places to Work
This week, we’re proud to honor the CBJ’s newest class of Coolest Places to Work – a growing, fun-loving group of Corridor employers showcasing...
Cracking the (dress) code
Hawkeye Hotels' Raj Patel. PHOTO GABE HAVEL
By Katharine Carlon
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Photography by Gabe Havel
Everyone knows Mark Twain’s famous line that “Clothes make a man,” but few...
Are Iowa City Chamber, ICAD better together?
Kim Casko, president and CEO of the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce, focused on the future at the Chamber’s annual banquet Feb. 15....
Grubhub’s appetite worries Iowa City restaurateurs
By Steve Gravelle
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IOWA CITY—Grubhub, the mobile food ordering and delivery giant, has been gobbling up the competition in recent months, leaving some restaurateurs wondering...
Q&A with Kim Casko
By Adam Moore
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Kim Casko
President and CEO
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce
Age: 42
Hometown: Pearl River, NY
Education: BA, Management and Psychology, Bucknell University; MSEd, Higher Education...