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Please see the following new mask order from Iowa City Mayor, Bruce Teague. The nuance of this most recent order is that it is a mandate for individuals in Iowa City, not for businesses or venues. Therefore, enforcement is not placed on the business community. It is...

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced $5 million in funding from the Corona Virus Relief Fund yesterday to support the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund.  Grant applications open August 26th and will provide funding opportunities for employers, employer consortiums,...

Calling all Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, and other area businesses: we'd like to hear how your business is doing! Please take 5 minutes to complete the Business Check-In Survey to give us some insight on how your business is doing and we’ll start making plans...

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced that $26.2 million is now available to districts, nonpublic schools, and colleges and universities primarily to increase internet connectivity for students for the 2020-21 school year. Using the...

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) today announced Shop Iowa, a new e-commerce platform that gives retailers, particularly those who didn’t previously have an online presence, a place to showcase their products and businesses. The statewide platform better...

Mayor Bruce Teague has issued an order that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, every person in the City of Iowa City must wear a face covering when in a public place. The order, issued on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, states that a face covering that covers the nose and...

Project Better Together has partnered with the Community Foundation of Johnson County to assist in the administration of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and Immigrant Owned Business Grant. Applications open Monday,  July 6th, and close on Monday, July 27th....

Iowa Workforce Development has partnered with Coursera to offer free online learning opportunities to Iowans during the pandemic. Coursera is an online learning platform with over 4,300 courses available from a variety of academic institutions and organizations...

The U.S. Chamber recently updated their PPP guide to reflect recent substantive changes made by Congress and the administration to the PPP program to provide borrowers with more flexibility. These changes include: Extending the time to spend PPP funds from 8 weeks to...