Archive for March 2021
Tim Sharpe inducted into Midwest CRE Hall of Fame
Panel: Iowa seen as a good place to invest in real estate
Developers …
Read MoreWill J.C. Penney’s store be razed? No, says spokesperson
Proposed plans to redevelopment Valley West Mall will include razing the former Younkers department store but not the structure that houses J.C. Penney, a mall spokesperson told the Business Record.
Planning for the mall’s redevelopment …
Read MoreSpokesperson: Redevelopment of Valley West Mall will occur ‘in some way, shape or form’
Universities air plans for in-person graduation – days after bill proposed to force them
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Just days after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill that would force Iowa’s public universities to hold graduations in-person this spring — after two of them already had announced plans for virtual …
Read MoreFlat wages in manufacturing cause Iowa’s economy to dip in February
Iowa’s economy declined slightly in February as wages in manufacturing remained stagnant, according to a survey of supply managers released this week.
According to Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index, Iowa’s index fell to 71.1 in …
Meredith Corporation to launch Good Impressions
Meredith Corporation announced the launch of Good Impressions, a pro bono media and marketing consultation program created to help BIPOC and LGBTQIA-majority owned small businesses succeed by driving awareness, supporting sales efforts and providing mentorship. Individual …
Read MoreNortheast Iowa high school’s ag-industrial center project boosted by Bank Iowa
A $25,000 lead donation by Bank Iowa kickstarted a fundraising campaign for New Hampton High School that enabled the school to renovate its ag-industrial technology center. The independent ag bank recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of the …
Read More10 Iowa communities vying for state hotel, sales tax dollars
Ten proposed projects with capital budgets totaling $1.6 billion are competing for consideration in the state’s Iowa Reinvestment Act program overseen by the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
The state program allows communities to use new …
State auditor releases new report on solar energy projects at public entities
A review of solar energy projects at Iowa’s schools, cities and other public entities reported average annual savings of more than $26,475, State Auditor Rob Sand announced recently. Eighty Iowa communities are currently using solar …
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