Business Notes

Awards

For the third consecutive year, Gale Mote Associates was selected for the 2011 Best of Cedar Rapids Award in the Industrial & Labor Consulting Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association. The USCA Best of Local Business Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses.

The Iowa City Ambulatory Surgical Center was the recipient of the 2010/2011 APEX Quality Award rewarded by CTQ Solutions. The award recognizes leading health care providers for excellence in patient satisfaction and delivery of care that fell within the top 10 percent.

RSM McGladrey Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, which operate under the McGladrey brand, was included on the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's list of the Top 100 2011 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces and was a recipient of the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.

Coralville Lake Marina won the Worldwide Customer Satisfaction Award for Cobalt Boats, which recognizes it as having the most satisfied customers of any Cobalt dealer.

CRST International Inc. was ranked 19th on this year's InformationWeek 500, a list of the top U.S. technology innovators. This is the fourth consecutive year CRST has been on the list.

Aspen Institute named Northeast Iowa Community College as one of the top 10 community colleges in the country, citing its relationships with business and industry. The school also received a $1.1 million grant from the Economic Development Administration for the creation of a business and industry training center on the Calmar campus.

Seminars

Ask questions about Social Security from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 5:45 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Premier Advisors, 373 Collins Rd. NE, Suite 205, Cedar Rapids. The class will be presented by Mike Hiburger of the Social Security office. Call (319) 447-9100 or go to www.premieradvisorsllc.com.

U.S. Cellular will present a workshop from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, 2315 Edgewood Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids, about Android-powered, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices. Call (319) 390-8882 to RSVP.

Veridian Credit Union will offer “Roadmap to Retirement,” a free workshop and complimentary dinner, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Cedar Rapids Marriott. The keynote speaker is Hendrix Niemann, a wealth management adviser from CUNA Brokerage Services. Call 800-235-3228 or go to www.veridiancu.org/roadmap.

Job Fair

A veteran's job fair will be held from 4 to7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Iowa National Guard Armory Complex, 4540 Melrose Ave., Iowa City. Cost is $50 with registration and prepayment required. Call (319) 351-1035 or go to www.icadgroup.com/vetjobfair.

Opening

Shores Event Center's grand opening will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 700 16th St. NE, Cedar Rapids. The newly finished space marks the completion of building renovation.

Expansion

Apache Hose and Belting Co. Inc. purchased Hillsboro, Ore.-based Seals Unlimited Inc. Seals Unlimited is a manufacturer of rubber extrusion, rubber moldings, gaskets and hydraulic gate seals for both government and private industries.

Networking

DownTowner's Watts of Talk Toastmasters Club will meet noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at Mr. Bean's, 201 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids.

More

A Community Shred Day will be held 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Veridian Credit Union, 2810 Edgewood Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids; and Hy-Vee, 812 S. First Ave., Iowa City. Documents will be shredded immediately on site by On-Site Information Destruction Inc. A limit of three 60-gallon totes or the equivalent per person.

Innovation EXPO 2011 will be held at the Coralville Marriott at 10 a.m. Oct. 26. The event will be a partnership among the Technology Association of Iowa, the Iowa Capital Investment Corporation, the Entrepreneurial Development Center Inc. and the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers.

Mudd Advertising has been selected by General Motors as a CSSR Plus-Up Turnkey Vendor for advertising and marketing.

Meetings

The ICAD Group annual meeting and luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Sheraton Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St. Iowa Economic Development Director Debi Durham will be the keynote speaker. To register, call (319) 354-3939.