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UI Research Park aims to lure biotech firms with new changes

The University of Iowa is ending its master lease with the Iowa Board of Regents and the Iowa Research Park Corporation (UIRP) in favor of more appealing terms that could attract biotech and medical research firms. Right now, research companies…

Kate Moreland undertakes well-being venture

Open the door and invest in yourself. That’s one of the first messages displayed on…

Kate Moreland

Will Iowa City reap benefits of ICAD, ICABP merger?

On Nov. 17, the Iowa City Area Business Partnership (ICABP) and Iowa City Area Development…

Leaders from ICAD and the ICABP anticipate the merger will be beneficial for all parties.

Iowa City economic development organizations agree to merger

The Iowa City Area Business Partnership (ICABP) and Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) are…

Board members of the Iowa City Area Business Partnership (ICABP) and Iowa City Area Development Group formally approved a resolution to merge by July 1, 2023.

Builders + Backers returns to IC, welcoming third cohort class

The Builders + Backers Idea Accelerator is once again accepting applications for a new class…

Builders + Backers returns to Iowa City in January.

Proposal would merge Iowa City Area Business Partnership, Iowa City Area Development Group

The leaders of the Iowa City Area Business Partnership (ICABP) and Iowa City Area Development…

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ICAD launches Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program

One rising senior at Iowa City West High School sees an opportunity to better cultivate…

Himani Laroia, founder of the new Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program, is a rising senior at Iowa City West High School.

Applications open for second cohort of Builders + Backers

Heartland Forward and its partners, Builders + Backers and the Iowa City Area Development Group…

Builders and Backers

Inclusive ICR launches free diversity, equity and inclusion assessment for area employers

*This story was originally posted on April 18* Inclusive ICR, a regional coalition with a…

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Builders and Backers celebrate successes, preview summer cohort

A collection of local entrepreneurs gathered May 5 to celebrate the progress they have made…

Builders and Backers

North Liberty narrowly fails in $650M biomanufacturing facility bid

Updated June 7 North Liberty’s proposal to bring a 500,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility — equal…

Rendering of commercial biomanufacturing facility in North Liberty

Black entrepreneurs navigate the business world

There are two things Candice Luter has learned since turning her part-time side hustle, where…

ICAD quarterly investor council meeting previews development projects

City officials from Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, Tiffin and Solon met Feb. 17 to…

Applications open for Iowa City idea accelerator program

Heartland Forward and its partners, Builders + Backers and the Iowa City Area Development Group…

Elizabeth (Liz) Hubing

Director of Marketing, Community Development, and Entrepreneurship Iowa City Area Development Group AGE: 26 What…

RE | Connect collective forms to address racial equity in Eastern Iowa

Members of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Immigrant, Asian, and People of Color populations who lead nonprofit…

RE Connect racial equity group