Monthly Archives: May 2016
CR seeks balance in food truck regs
The Grateful Crepe parked in downtown Cedar Rapids on a recent afternoon. Some restaurant operators want to require food trucks and mobile vendors to...
CRCC golf course completes Ross-toration
Cedar Rapids Country Club Head Golf Pro Dustin Toner stands just beyond the fully restored sixth hole.  PHOTO/Shuva Rahim
By Angela Holmes
angela@corridorbusiness.com
The golf course at...
Wellmark, UI Health Alliance partner on new health insurer
By Angela Holmes
angela@corridorbusiness.com
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state’s largest health insurer, and the University of Iowa Health Alliance are joining forces to create...
Brand focus makes you matter
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Column
In this fast-paced, saturated marketing and advertising world, you have only seconds to convince a potential customer to pause...
Measure the effectiveness of your marketing
By Nancy Garberson / Guest Column
With marketing resources much more fragmented than ever before across multiple channels, measuring the effectiveness of a specific marketing...
How to deliver a memorable graduation speech
By Greg Dardis / Guest Column
The truth is, if you’re delivering a commencement address, your speech is just one box on a long checklist...
Daydreams Comics turns page on 30 years
Customer Alexis Smith thumbs through back issues at Daydreams Comics on May 2.
By Chase Castle
chase@corridorbusiness.com
Daydreams Comics, the quaint shop on Dubuque Street in downtown...
‘GO Cedar Rapids’ new name for CR tourism efforts
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
The Cedar Rapids Convention & Visitors Bureau has dropped its former name, adopting ‘GO Cedar Rapids’ as its name and slogan for...