Museum on schedule for July grand opening
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids will reopen at its new location in an expanded building. The museum sustained severe damage when the Cedar River flooded in 2008.
Recent News
Itsy Bitsy offers used and handmade, local baby items
May 16, 2012
North Liberty couple opens Itsy Bitsy Boutique, a children’s store along Highway 965 in North Liberty.
Gardial is first female business dean at UI
May 14, 2012
Sarah Gardial,University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s vice provost was recently hired as the dean of the University of Iowa’s business school, effective July 1. She will be the UI business school’s first female dean.
Biodegradable business
May 8, 2012
GreenRU offers businesses a workplace composting program that collects and diverts food scraps, paper products and other organic materials from being taken to a landfill.
Iowa women status report released, notes inequities
April 24, 2012
The release of the report coincides with the Iowa Women’s Leadership Conference’s April 25 “State of Change 2012” leadership conference at the Coralville Marriott.
Backpocket preparing for July grand opening
April 17, 2012
Construction is nearly complete on Backpocket Brewing’s 15,000-square-foot brewery in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing District.
Consulting
What to do when you need a real team
May 21, 2012As a manager, sometimes you inherit a group of people who simply don’t work well together. The symptoms are clear: team members would rather discuss issues behind each other’s backs rather than directly confront someone.
Does the customer’s journey lead to you?
May 14, 2012The journey a customer makes from consideration to buy – and on to bond, if the value proposition is strong enough – hasn’t been linear in a while. The decision journey is much more open-ended than itinerated, more hostel than concierge service.
Sorting out the bad apples in your company
May 7, 2012Dennis Schrag/Tree Full of Owls
Bad apples, including deadbeats, downers and —holes bring down performance 30 percent to 40 percent compared to teams that don’t have them.
Regional Business News
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Upcoming Events
The 2012 Fastest Growing Companies in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor will be recognized in a focus issue of the Corridor Business Journal, and the fastest growing companies will be honored at an awards breakfast on May 22, 2012 at the Coralville Marriott.
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