U.S. Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler participated in a small business roundtable discussion hosted by the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and attended by Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson on Monday.
A SCORE mentor helped Marion business succeed and grow
Iowa state and federal lawmakers — from both sides off the political aisle — were in Washington on Wednesday as part of separate efforts seeking to advance policies to expand access to affordable child care.
Sydney Rieckhoff, the 24-year-old co-founder of a family-owned gourmet popcorn company in Cedar Rapids, is using her passion for entrepreneurship to advocate for changes to the Small Business Administration. Rieckhoff traveled to Washington D.C. in January to attend the State of the Union address and speak with lawmakers about ways to help small business owners.
115 Iowa arts and entertainment organizations received a total $44,537,369 in federal pandemic grants to help recoup losses from COVID-19.
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