Business News

Hy-Vee grocery near Lindale Mall closed earlier this month, but the mall’s manager and other business experts aren’t worried — the mall is in one of Cedar Rapids’ busiest retail districts.

Today, historically redlined neighborhoods are connected to a variety of poor health conditions, lower life expectancy, police brutality, less access to healthy food, retail depression and gentrification. About 30 percent of Black people in Iowa own their homes compared to 75 percent of white people.

Critical Hit Games in Iowa City specializes in role-playing card games, such as “Magic” and “Pokemon.” It also has board and miniature games, and they buy and sell retro video games as well.

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.

Chris and Suzy DeWolf, co-owners of Lil’ Drug Store Products, will received the 2021 Howard Hall Excellence in Business Award from the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance at its Jan. 27 meeting.

A new performance venue part of a “multipurpose development” anticipated on Burlington Street in Iowa City is in the early design stages. Developer Marc Moen has been in discussion with local arts, entertainment and design people to help shape the direction of the new cultural venue.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.

Navient has inked a $1.85 billion settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general, including Iowa’s, to resolve allegations that it steered borrowers into costly repayment plans and predatory loans.