Business Notes: March 20, 2022

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week's promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

Information and photos can be submitted to Business Notes by email to businessnotes@thegazette.com, or on our site at thegazette.com/businessnotes.

New Hires

Dr. Sreedevi Jenigiri joined UnityPoint Clinic-Kidney Center in Cedar Rapids as a nephrologist.

Ryan C. Shellady is now with Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman with a focus on family law.

CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank in Iowa City named Amel Ali to the newly created position of diversity, equity and inclusion outreach specialist.

Promotions

Thom Pritz, general manager of KCRG television station in Cedar Rapids, now also oversees Gray Television’s stations in Ottumwa; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Duluth, Minn.

Acquisitions

The operating assets of the solar division of Atwood Electric, in Sigourney, have been acquired by South Bend, Ind.-based Martell Services Group Inc. The new entity is a subsidiary of Martell Services.

Networking

Monthly in-person networking and informative breakfasts sponsored by SCORE are held at Scott's Family Restaurant in Cedar Rapids. Small business owners and those looking at options are invited to attend at 7:30 a.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month through October. The next event is Thursday. Visit scorecr.org for more information.

KUDOS

Ann Gronlund, with Brady, Preston, Gronlund law firm, has been inducted as a member of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Ellen Hallin, co-owner and CFO of Meld Marketing in Coralville, has been appointed to the communications committee of the not-for-profit TRAIL of Johnson County.

Terry and Sandra Sill, owners of Budget Blinds in Marion and in other cities in Iowa and Wisconsin, received a 2022 Budget Blinds Top Sales Award to for ranking among the top six Budget Blinds franchisees in annual sales in 2021.

Insights

The initial Gazette Business Breakfast live panel discussion for 2022, “Doing Business in Pandemic Year 3: How businesses can gain traction,” is set for 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 5, at thegazette.com/businessbreakfast. Panelists will be Jessica Dunker, Iowa Restaurant Association; Michele Miller, Wells Enterprises; Chad Simmons, Iowa Black Wall Street Investment Group; and Denny Van Zanten, Pella Corp. Michael Chevy Castranova, Gazette business editor and editor of Iowa Ideas magazine, will moderate the discussion. Registration, while free, is required.

More

Applications will be accepted through April 11 for Tanager Place’s Bridge to the Future scholarship program for 2022. Criteria and applications are available online at tanagerplace.org/outreach/scholarships.