Business Notes: Nov. 7, 2021

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

Nick Mundorf joined First Federal Credit Union as mortgage loan officer.

Promotions

Hills Bank and Trust promoted Adam Walter to assistant branch manager, officer in the Cedar Rapids office.

Partnerships and Debuts

All Temp Refrigeration of Cedar Rapids has merged with Summit Refrigeration Group of Menomonee Falls, Wisc. Both companies design, build and service industrial ammonia refrigeration systems, and each will retain its own brand.

North Liberty- based Corridor Media Group, publisher of the Corridor Business Journal, will begin publishing the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal, covering the greater Quad Cities area.

Kudos and Awards

Randy Novak, president of Novak Heating and Air in Cedar Rapids, won the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ Contractor of the Year award, given to a professional who exceeds expectations in promoting the industry.

Travel Leaders/Destinations Unlimited of Cedar Rapids won Travel Leaders Network’s Agency of Excellence Award. Destinations Unlimited is a member of the Travel Leaders Network consortia.

Insights

The Gazette’s final Business Breakfast panel of the year, “Working Through Workplace Tangles for 2022,” will be 9 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9. Panelists will be Brandon Blankenship, SEC Midwest and ProCircular; Terri Davis, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll; Talinda Pettigrew, University of Iowa; Samantha Rogers, Skywalk Group; and Becky Streff, ESP International. The live online event will be free but registration is required at thegazette.com/businessbreakfast.

Watch interviews with this year’s Gazette Business Award recipients — plus the keynote interview with Rand Corp. economist Dr. Kathryn Anne Edwards — at thegazette.com/businessawards. Award recipients discuss business decisions they made over the past year and what they see in the years to come. TrueNorth was presenting sponsor.