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A rendering of the Dows Farm agri-community project along Mount Vernon Road SE. CREDIT LINN COUNTY

Several Corridor projects among recipients of Iowa Workforce Housing Tax Credits

The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced Sept. 11 it had awarded Workforce Housing Tax Credits to several Corridor projects as part of $35.9 million in total awards to support 63 projects across 36 counties statewide. The following Corridor projects received…

Iowa residents among most likely in U.S. to own their homes

The American housing market took off during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

Cedar Rapids neighborhood median square footage

Dows Farm ‘agri-community’ development in Linn County set to begin soon

Development work on the long-planned and oft-discussed Dows Farm Urban Renewal Area in Linn County…

Rendering for Dows Farm

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

Rogers: Linn County persevered through challenges, but many more lie ahead

Linn County has persevered admirably through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the August…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

NAR report: National land market has its best year in nearly a decade

The national land market had its best year in nearly a decade in 2021, as…

national land market

Increasing inflationary pressures, higher energy costs affecting small businesses

Small business owners across the country and in Iowa are reporting inflationary pressures are hurting…

Matthew 25 opens Cultivate Hope Corner Store in Cedar Rapids

Curtis Odom was happy to buy bacon and a dozen eggs during a quick stop…

Collins Community Credit Union to open new branch in Cedar Rapids

Collins Community Credit Union’s new full-service branch, located at 1800 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids,…

Collins Community Credit Union’s new full-service branch

Marion Economic Development Corporation launches Marion Community Index

The Marion Economic Development Corporation has released the Marion Community Index for the first quarter…

MEDCO logo

Principal Financial Group launching Global Financial Inclusion Index

Principal Financial Group, which has several offices in the Corridor, today announced it will launch…

Principal Financial Group logo

Popoli Ristorante & Sullivan’s Bar in Cedar Rapids will close in May

Popoli Ristorante & Sullivan’s Bar in Cedar Rapids will cease operations on May 8, according…

A plate of food at Popoli Ristorante

Linn County supervisors award first round of ARPA funding

The Linn County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday awarded the first round of funding from…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

Red Vespa closes in Solon

Red Vespa, the first pizzeria in Iowa to be certified by the True Neapolitan Pizza…

Iowa’s next marketing opportunity

Even before the pandemic, the State of Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority were…

Easy Living

Before Jim and Judy Jorgensen moved from north-central Iowa to North Liberty in July 2020…