Business Notes

Awards

Alliant Credit Union and its division Health Services Credit Union was ranked first in Iowa and eighth in the nation for its overall return to members. The ranking, by Callahan & Associates of Washington, D.C., was for its second-quarter results that included 18 calculations.

HR Green Inc. and its client, the city of Coralville, have received the 2011 Outstanding Civil Engineering Project Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers Iowa Section. The award was conferred upon the First Avenue Corridor Recovery and Protection Project in Coralville.

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The Better Business Bureau announced two local businesses were approved and accepted for BBB Accreditation - Nelson Cabinets Inc. in Center Point and DW Brown websites based in North Liberty.

Hogan-Hansen announced the purchase of the Duane Brincks CPA firm in Algona, effective Oct. 1. All current staff will remain with Hogan Hansen, and the firm will maintain the current office location in Algona.

Seminars

The Cedar Rapids Section IEEE WIE & Eastern Iowa Consultants will host Tim Dwight, Integrated Power Corp. owner, who will present “The Solar Energy Market and Applications,” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Metro Buffet, 2745 Blairs Ferry Road NE, Cedar Rapids. The presentation is free, while dinner is $13 for IEEE members and their guests, $8 for IEEE student members and $15 for non-members. Reservations can be made at www.ieee-cr-section.org.

A "Passion Driven Professionals Business" retreat will be held, 4 to 6 p.m., Sept. 25 at 1948 Zach Lane, Ely. The retreat will offer creative approaches to clarifying business goals. Call Jennifer Zach, (319) 848-2043.

Entrepreneurs can register for Start-up Weekend Iowa City, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, at the Pappajohn Business Building, University of Iowa campus. Tickets are $99, and $35 for students. For a complete agenda and to register, go to iowacity.startupweekend.org.

Iowa Women in Architecture will hold an inaugural meeting at 7 a.m. Sept. 30 at the studio of Substance Architecture, 1300 Walnut St., Suite 201, Des Moines. Continental breakfast will be provided. Contact Ann Sobiech Munson at acsobiech@gmail.com.

“A Recipe for Business Success Seminar,” co-hosted by ICAD and EDC, will be held 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at South Slope Community Center, 980 N. Front St., North Liberty. EDC's Curt Nelson will guide participants through key ingredients to a successful business. Cost is $60 for EDC or ICAD  clients/members, $75 for non-members, free for college students. Go to www.edcinc.org or call 319-369-4955.

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area will present the “Build a Better Brand” workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial St., Waterloo. Presenters will include Mike Tyer, partner-creative, and Chris Corkery, senior art director, of Cohesive Creative and Code, a creative and web design studio in Hudson. Registration is $35 per person affiliated with a designated SSNHA partner or emerging site; group rate of $90 for three individuals from the same partner site; $45 for all others. Contact Candy Streed at (319) 234-4567 or cstreed@silosandsmokestacks.org.