Articles Tagged: Economic development

A first-of-its-kind analysis outlines how CID can leverage its workforce, industry partners and development-ready land to compete with established aerospace regions.

Community members across Johnson County are coming together to visualize the economic future of three hyper-local districts in Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty.

The move comes amid a surge in commercial interest in the county’s unincorporated areas.

The first phase of the 10-acre “Gather Iowa” development, designed to connect Coralville and Iowa City, is moving forward after the city council approved site plans for the project.

Iowa’s only nuclear plant could return — and with it, hundreds of high-wage jobs, a multi-year construction surge and new housing demand. Palo and Center Point businesses, union leaders and city officials say the economic ripple would be significant.

Two years after acquiring full ownership of a historic building in Uptown Marion, Jamie and Kelsie Hoth have turned the dilapidated Owen Block Building into a thriving space with three businesses and several upper story apartments.

The site plan for the first building in North Liberty’s planned Urban Central District has been approved.

Mark Seckman joined the Marion Economic Development Corp. two years ago and is now working to set the community up for continued success.

Also in the notebook, Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent in July

Also, Fairfax will host an open house for city administrator finalists

Massive amounts of dirt have been moved as the development of both the Google and QTS data center projects are underway in the southwest side of Cedar Rapids.

Hodge Construction, which started as a small contractor in 1981, has kept a low-profile while developing major projects in Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha.

A slate of Iowa tax credits would be repealed, created or adjusted under legislation making its way through the state legislature as the end of the session nears.

Hundreds of new multifamily units are expected to open up this year as demand grows for downtown living.

Doug Neumann soon will step down this year after 19 years in economic development.