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Business Notes for Aug. 20, 2023
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. Keegan Kavanaugh recently joined Mercy Pediatric Clinic.
Scott Appleget recently joined Hills Bank as vice president, credit underwriting, in the Hills office.
April Bickford has joined Summit Schools as head of schools/principal. Leigha Roggeveen has joined as a third-grade teacher.
Kudos
MERCY RECOMMENDED: Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has been named as a top recommended hospital in Iowa by Becker’s Hospital Review. The list is based on patients’ Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. Mercy received a five-star rating, the highest available.
SAVANT LISTED: Savant Wealth Management, with offices in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, has been named to the Inc. 5000 annual list of fastest-growing private companies in America.
AERON DONATIONS: Fairfield-based AERON has donated $85,000 to charities in its six host communities: Fairfield and Mason City in Iowa, Pflugerville, Texas, Pachuca, Mexico, Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of China.
Other news
NEW OFFICE: Anderson Bogert Engineers & Surveyors has moved to a new office at a 4050 River Center Ct. NE in Cedar Rapids. Established in 1955, Anderson Bogert provides consulting services to private, non-profit, and public sector clients.
SCORE WORKSHOPS: SCORE in-person workshops for networking and business skills will be held Thursday in Cedar Rapids. The workshop will be presented from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Scott’s Family Restaurant, 1906 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE, and from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chrome Horse, 1201 Third St. SE.
Another workshop will be in Waterloo on Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. For more information, email mark.hermann@scorevolunteer.org.
STARTUP SPEAKER SERIES: Four panelists will be featured at the “Funding 101 for Starting a Business” startup speaker series from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Vault Coworking, 415 12th Ave. SE in Cedar Rapids.
Information will be provided on bank loans, no-interest microloans, grant funding and venture capital.
Speakers will be Katilin Byers, capital access manager at Kiva Iowa; Kevin Bradley, director of investor relations at ISA Ventures; Michael Wampler, regional director of Kirkwood Community College Small Business Development Center; and Teresa Jensen, business banking officer at Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust.
The free program is sponsored by NewBoCo and Iowa City Area Development. To register, go to the NewBoCo website, under events.
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