Community and Economic Development Articles

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  Corridor communities look toward new public transit opportunities

  Communities across the Corridor are looking at expanding public transportation options. Iowa City looks to continue its fare-free program for buses. Horizons, a nonprofit in Cedar Rapids, is providing service during times when other local public transportation is not available. And stakeholders in the Greater Iowa City area are continuing conver...
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  Iowa Ideas: Partnerships key to Iowa’s growth, workforce solutions

  In an economy that’s challenged new development projects and strained individual household bank accounts, those who help keep Iowa’s economic development wheel turning say partnerships are key to the state’s growth. From getting new projects off the ground to maintaining housing stock to finding a way to provide workers with child care, it takes...
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  Iowa Ideas: Challenges Iowa communities face include declining growth, access to broadband

  Iowa faces challenges with growing its population, creating job opportunities for immigrants and expanding high-speed broadband into rural areas --- but there are nonprofits and other organizations across the state working toward viable solutions, which take both time and money. These issues and other issues facing communities will be discussed ...