Federal Reserve Banks’ 2017 Small Business Survey

The Cedar Rapids Economic Development Services Division is partnering with the Federal Reserve on a Small Business Credit Survey for both pre-start and existing businesses, and we’d like to ensure all interested businesses have a chance to participate. You will find a link to the survey...

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How a Midwestern City Bounced Back From Its Own Harvey

By Shayndi Raice Sept. 18, 2017 8:00 a.m. ET CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—This once-bustling city was facing all the challenges of former manufacturing hubs across the country when it wrote a 25-year plan to revive its business and residential life. The plans didn’t go very far, though—until the Cedar...

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City of Cedar Rapids to Use SiteSeer Professional for Retail Recruitment

BOISE, ID | August 28, 2017 - The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has engaged SiteSeer Technologies for enterprise use of SiteSeer Professional, a web-based analytics platform that helps companies make data-driven location decisions. SiteSeer will provide the city’s economic development staff the retail trade area assessment and...

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