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Former Yellowbook USA executive tapped to lead GO Cedar Rapids

A former Yellowbook USA executive has been named as interim chief executive officer to lead GO Cedar Rapids in the wake of newbo evolve, a first-time festival that lost $2.3 million, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. …

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Board says $2.3 million loss on newbo evolve could have been avoided

The former chief executive of GO Cedar Rapids refused to cut expenses as the budget for the newbo evolve festival continued to grow to a $2.3 million loss, including the last-minute signing of a rock …

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Report: Iowa ranks 34th for growth in women-owned firms in past decade

Iowa ranks 34th among the states in growth of the number of women-owned firms since 2007, according to the eighth annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report. It’s the best showing yet for Iowa, which last year ranked …

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IEDA delays Mason City project financing deadline, again

Mason City has until Sept. 17 to provide details of hotel financing to the Iowa Economic Development Authority, the board decided unanimously on Friday, reports the Mason City Globe Gazette. Although the board agreed with IEDA …

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IEDA approves funding for Iowa Bioscience Development Center

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board on Friday approved $4.5 million in funding for the creation of the Iowa Bioscience Development Center.  

The grant for the Iowa Bioscience Development Center supports implementation of a Biosciences …

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State unemployment rate reached 18-year low last month

The Iowa unemployment rate dropped to 2.6 percent in July, the lowest level in 18 years, Iowa Workforce Development said today. Employment has grown by 13,200 since a year ago, when the unemployment rate was …

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Q&A with YPC’s new president

The Young Professional Connection had a leadership change in recent months, with Ryan Bruner become president and Abby Rodewald now the past president. We wanted to get to know a little about Bruner and what…
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Advice for young Professionals

Five generations of workers make up most offices these days with the youngest — Generation Z, ages 7-21 —  just starting in the workforce.

For those in the millennial and Generation Z generations (and for …

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Site With A History

Several years ago, former Des Moines City Manager Rick Clark was in his office in city hall late in the afternoon, running through a list of development projects that were transforming the city. A Business …

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SBA backs $3M in Central Iowa loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed seven Central Iowa loans for a combined $2.96 million in July. The loans were for projects expected to create 21 jobs and retain 54.

That was significantly less than …