Business Notes

Awards

Goodwill of the Heartland's services to veterans through the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program will be included in the Best Practices Profiles of Employment Assistance Program, to be published by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and the National Vets Technical Assistance Center.

Crystal Group Inc. in Hiawatha was recognized by the U.S. Air Force for work on the Adaptable Communications Suite program on the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.

Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors with offices in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids was ranked the largest privately owned real estate company in Iowa for the number of transactions, according to RISMedia's 2012 Power Broker Report. The firm ranked 93rd in the country - 4,152 closed in 2011.

Seminars

The 15th annual ProCon, a professional development conference for all business professionals, will be 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 1200 Collins Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. Cost is $90 for members, $115 for non-members. Go to http://smgs.us/m16 for more information.

Erb's Technology Solutions in Cedar Rapids will host a “Let's Get Real” event 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 16, at the McCord Club at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City. Mark Ironside, owner of Ironside Apparel and former Hawkeye wrestler, will be the speaker. Call Brittani Von Roden at (319) 364-5159, ext. 126, or email grow@erbs.com.

“Impact on Iowa: The Affordable Care Act” will be discussed by a panel of experts 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, at Kirkwood Training and Outreach Services, room 100, 3375 Armar Dr., Marion. Cost is $40. To register, call 1-(800) 332-8833.

Networking

American Advertising Federation CR-IC will host a “Business Crawl Bus Tour” 2:45 to 6 p.m., Thursday, beginning in downtown Cedar Rapids, from Third and Fourth avenues and Second and Third streets. Highlights include a tour of the new HD studio at KCRG-TV9. To register, email LeeAnn Eddins at leeann-eddins@uiowa.edu.

Austin, Texas, lawyer Pike Powers will keynote the Iowa City Area Development Group fundraising kickoff Breakfast April 24 in the Grand Ballroom at Hotel Vetro, 201 S. Linn St., in Iowa City. Networking begins at 7 a.m. Reservations can be made online at www.icadgroup.com/vision2030 or call (319) 354-3939.

“Appreciating Clients, Customers and Co-workers,” an interactive session on building stronger relationships, will be 1 to 4 p.m., April 24, at the Kirkwood Training & Outreach Center, 3375 Armar Dr., Marion.

New location

Dental Associates of Cedar Rapids will hold an open house and ribbon cutting from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at its new location at 3605 Center Point Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids.

The Nolte Academy in Coralville will be renovating and moving to 1619 Second St., Coralville. An open house will be 6:30 p.m., Monday, in the Coralville Performing Arts Center lobby.

Alliant Credit Union opened a new branch office at 1305 First Ave. in Cedar Rapids.

Meetings

The Society for Technical Communication's Eastern Iowa chapter will meet at 5:30 p.m. May 8, at the Longbranch Restaurant, Cedar Rapids. Best Buy staff members will discuss data security. RSVP to Rebecca Beardsley at (319) 743-4548, or email rebecca.beardsley@trapezeits.com by May 4. More information is available at www.stc-easterniowa.org/.

More

MobileDemand in Hiawatha, a provider of rugged tablet PCs, has formed a partnership with Brother Mobile Solutions, a Colorado-based provider of mobile printing and label solutions.