April 7, 2023 | Public Policy
State Policy Update March 31 was the deadline for the 2nd funnel deadline of the 2023 legislation session, further narrowing the legislation still eligible to become law ...
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April 5, 2023 | Business Support, Economic Development & Workforce, Live Here
Sometimes, you really don’t know what you’ve got until you’re gone. And when the right opportunity pops up, you come back! Christina Jones was living in Colorado Springs...
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March 28, 2023 | Buy 319, Membership
Expertise in change. Expertise in leadership. Words that the small, but mighty power team at leadership consulting company, Slingshot25, knows a thing or two about. Their comp...
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March 23, 2023 | Public Policy
State Policy Update The 2023 session’s first funnel deadline was last Friday. Following this deadline, hundreds of bills did not survive, making them ineligible to advance, ...
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March 10, 2023 | Buy 319, Membership
When opportunities arose to take their products international, Jamie Siefken, General Manager and Executive VP at Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery, knew staying true to their...
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March 10, 2023 | Economic Development & Workforce, Uncategorized
Manufacturing 4.0 grant applications opened for 2023 on March 1. These grants provide opportunities that encourage innovation through funding businesses and organizations that...
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March 2, 2023 | Buy 319, Membership
When it comes to having a local first mindset, Christina Springman, owner of The Map Room restaurant in downtown Cedar Rapids, has the recipe down to a science....
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March 1, 2023 | Community Development, Economic Development & Workforce
Valued members, as you know, a focused mission of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has always been to unite the community in as many facets as possible. That being sai...
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February 24, 2023 | Public Policy
State Policy Update This week was the final week before lawmakers head into the first funnel of the session next week. March 3 is the deadline when bills are required to pass ...
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February 20, 2023 | Business Support, Community Development
Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company is the proud supporting sponsor of the Economic Alliance’s Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week 2023. Restaurant Week is a ten day, buy local foo...
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February 13, 2023 | Business Support, Downtown Cedar Rapids, Member Stories, Membership
As community leaders, you most likely know some of the Gazette journalists who ask hard questions about key issues. Perhaps about your business. They live and work here and wa...
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February 10, 2023 | Public Policy
State Policy Update Lawmakers have several more weeks until their first legislative deadline. March 3 marks the end of the first “funnel week” of the session when bills ar...
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February 3, 2023 | Business Support, Downtown Cedar Rapids, Economic Development
Mo Nasraddin personally connects to living a healthier lifestyle by embracing the Keto diet. Now he’s brought healthy food to downtown Cedar Rapids with the opening of The K...
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February 1, 2023 | Economic Development & Workforce
Workforce issues touch every industry from health care to retail to manufacturing. Companies get creative with recruiting through social media efforts, job site visits, and jo...
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January 27, 2023 | Public Policy
Week three of the 2023 Iowa legislative session saw plenty of action. The first part of the week was dominated by the Governor’s school choice legislation that will allow lo...
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