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National Small Business Week June 16-22

  Every year since 1963, the U.S. Small Business Administration takes the opportunity to highlight through National Small Business Week the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs, small business owners, and others from all 50 states and U.S. territories.  Small business owners can participate in online-only panel discussions on hot topics like social media and business financing [...]

Iowa Property Taxes Reduced for Commercial & Industiral Tax Payers

The persistence of Iowa commercial and industrial property owners finally paid dividends in a reduction in your property tax burden! After several tries over the last decade, the legislature and Governor came to agreement on the start to property tax reform, and provided modest tax reduction at the same time. We appreciate those of you [...]

Advanced Manufacturing Hub Step Closer with State Funding

The Cedar Valley TechWorks is one step closer to becoming the physical location of an Advanced Manufacturing Hub for the region and state thanks to legislation adopted this week.  Nearly $4 million was included in Iowa Economic Development Authority appropriations for the project. The IEDA’s Iowa Invocation Council, which will administer the funds, has been [...]

Alliance & Chamber Investor, Banno, unveils marketing tool Kernel

Banno, a provider of data-enriched Web and transaction marketing services for financial institutions, introduced Kernel today at FinovateSpring. Kernel powers interactions between financial institutions and customers to deliver the best product offering based on interest, across any channel. It helps financial institutions to deliver relevant content and enhance lead generation. According to Aite, financial institutions [...]

The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber Launches New Data Tool Resource

As part of its portfolio of business services, the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, in partnership with Far Reach of Cedar Falls, introduces the Cedar Valley Data Portal. Through the Cedar Valley Data Portal website, statistics and data about the Cedar Valley, from a multitude of sources, is collected and routinely updated in one [...]

CEDAR FALLS IS IOWA’S FIRST GIGABIT CITY

“CFU now offers  1-Gig service to every home and every business in the city making Cedar Falls Iowa’s first  ‘Gigabit City.’ There are fewer than 50, 1-Gig cities in the nation. Of those that claim 1-Gig service, most only deliver it to a small area of the city or a certain class of customer. CFU [...]

The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber Assists Black Hawk Engineering, Inc. in Acquiring Expansion Funding

The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber is proud of their role in the State of Iowa’s $137,000 incentive package award to Black Hawk Engineering, Inc. The incentive package, awarded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, helps fund a 40,000 square foot expansion at the firm’s facility in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park. This project [...]

“College Planning Open House” for Veterans and Military Members at Hawkeye Community College

WATERLOO—Hawkeye Community College is hosting a College Planning Open House for veterans, military members, and their families on Thursday, May 23, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.  The event will focus on providing information to help military personnel and their families transition into college life in order to build careers through education.  The Open House will be held [...]

Clock Runs Out on Iowa Legislature

May Update from Professional Developers of Iowa Lobbiest Friday, May 3rd was the 110th day of the 110-day 2013 legislative session.  Pay for legislators officially stops after Friday.  Any days spent doing legislative work after that are on their own dime.  This 16th week of the session has been the busiest in many ways as [...]

Lane Shifts and Ramp Closures Begin May 6 on I-380 Between Raymond and Evansdale in Black Hawk County

 As part of the northbound Interstate 380 reconstruction, traffic will be shifted from the northbound to the southbound lanes in a two-lane, two-way pattern from U.S. 20 (exit 65) near Raymond to the west interchange of I-380 with U.S. 20, U.S. 218 and Iowa 27 (exit 71) near Evansdale beginning Monday morning, May 6, weather [...]