Have a Drink with Us During the Annual Meeting!
No-ABV Coffee Tonic In a short glass, in this order: enough ice to mostly fill the glass 3-4 oz tonic water 1 oz cold brew concentrate (or swing by a member coffeeshop before hand for an espresso shot Earl Grey Tea & Tonic 3/4 ounce Earl Grey (Bergamot) Tea Syrup 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon […]
Washington Should Follow the Lead of Iowa Business Owners
Kim Casko, Kate Moreland and Doug Neumann: This article was published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette as a Guest Column on January 25, 2021. Today’s political climate undoubtedly turns people off, spurred on even further by the recent tragedy that took place in the U.S. Capitol building. We believe the business community holds the answers […]
Iowan’s Can’t Afford to Wait for Better Broadband
When our lives moved online last March, many of us were able to shift quickly to this new remote landscape. Others were left behind, discovering firsthand the limitations of insufficient, underfunded broadband internet services. The current patchwork approach to broadband has allowed internet service providers (ISP) to determine whether or not it is profitable to […]
COVID-19 Relief Package Updates & Summary
$325 billion Small Business Relief: Paycheck Protection Program: Provides additional $284.45 billion for additional PPP loans and makes important changes to the program. Second Round of PPP would be available for businesses who have less than 300 employees and can demonstrate a 25% decline in gross receipts in one quarter of 2020 relative to that […]
Iowa City COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Grant
The City of Iowa City established the COVID-19 Small Business Assistance program to support our local, small businesses that have sustained economic losses due to COVID-19. Eligible businesses can receive funding to pay for expenses such as mortgage/rent, utilities, inventory, staff salaries or wages up to $15,000 or a maximum of $10,000 for businesses without employees. […]
Be Featured in Our Annual Meeting Video!
While 2020 has been a challenging year, we’d like to share your stories and accomplishments during our Virtual Annual Meeting in February.