Business Notes

Awards

1000 Friends of Iowa announced the winners of the 2011 Best Development Awards, designed to recognize development projects that reflect the principles of smart growth and sustainable development. In Eastern Iowa, the Municipal Marina and Visitor Center, Guttenberg, won in the new commercial/civic category.

Seminars

“The Hiring Process: Expert Edge Seminar Series” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hills Bank, 1009 Second St., Coralville. Jennifer Lawrence of Management Resource Group will explain how to find the right new employee the first time.

“Lessons Learned from the LEED Process” will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stamats Communications, 615 Sixth St. SE, Cedar Rapids. Register online at http://stamats.eventbrite.com/.

Horizons will present “Headed For Home: Homebuyer Education Class” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at Horizons, 819 Fifth St. SE, Cedar Rapids. The event is free.

The Army Reserves is having a hiring fair for all prior-service soldiers of any branch of service from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Wednesday at the new Cedar Rapids Army Reserve Center, 1500 Wright Brothers Blvd. Contact SFC Amberg, (402) 212-5968, for an appointment.

New location

Truck Country will move to a new 40,000-square-foot facility at 8415 Sixth St. SW, Cedar Rapids, on Nov. 14.

More

Westergaard marketing agency, through clients ACT Inc. and the Manufacturing Institute, is partnering with the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to market the Right Skills Now initiative, a job skills training program for the manufacturing sector. Westergaard's work on the initiative started with establishing the brand's identity.

Meeting

The Cedar Rapids Convention & Visitors Bureau will hold its annual meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, 7725 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids. It will include a luncheon and presentation by “For the Love of Cities” author Peter Kageyama. Cost is $40. For tickets, call (319) 398-5009 or go to http://smgs.us/dvx.