Tag: pandemic
MEDCO launches loan program for businesses
By CBJ News Staff
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Marion Economic Development Corp. has partnered with three community banks to launch the Derecho Storm Business Recovery Loan Program. Initial lending partners...
Veridian names Christoffer as its new CEO, president
Renee Christoffer. CREDIT: Veridian
By CBJ News Staff
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Veridian Credit Union has named Renee Christoffer as its new president and CEO. She replaces Monte Berg, who...
Expanding entrepreneurship: Empower by GoDaddy going Corridor-wide
Jermaine Wilson prepares to hit the streets for his Jay's Water Ice business in Cedar Rapids on Aug. 7. PHOTO DAVE DEWITT
By Dave DeWitte
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Although...
Floral entrepreneur takes big risk on pandemic pivot
By Katharine Carlon
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Entrepreneur Allison Krivachek spent three years building her Tiffin-based floral operation from a one-woman shop into an Eastern Iowa wedding powerhouse, providing...
Checking in: COVID-19 sparks demand for employee health apps
An automotive plant worker wears the armband device that connects her with her MakuSmart employee safety platform from MakuSafe, based in West Des Moines,...
UI warns of possible furloughs, layoffs ahead
A birds-eye view of the University of Iowa campus. CREDIT UIOWA
By CBJ News Staff
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As the University of Iowa continues to assess the major budget...
Kirkwood in-person classes to return for fall
A class at Kirkwood Community College, shown in an undated photo. Socially distanced in-person classes will resume this fall, the institution announced. CREDIT KIRKWOOD
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Supply and (big) demand
By Katharine Carlon
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Mile-long lines of cars at food pantries have become one of the defining images of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with layoffs and...