Black-owned businesses face ongoing peril from pandemic losses
The piece highlights how COVID-19 hit Black owned firms in Detroit and beyond, forcing layoffs and deep concerns about future outbreaks of economic hardship. It cites wealth gaps, access to financing, and SBA loan issues, with voices from Flood's Bar and Grille owner Stephanie Byrd and Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Byrd
Detroit
Byrd
Flood
Flood’s Bar and Grille
Cit
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
Small Business Administration
SBA
Pinky Cole
Cole
Corridor Corporate Games go virtual with 30 plus teams
More than 30 companies and nonprofit groups registered teams for the second annual Corridor Corporate Games, kicked off as the Corporate Games Virtual Challenge. The event runs through July 30 with 25 plus activities, offering no cost participation and virtual or outdoor options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Long
Iowa Sports Foundation
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
Iowa City Area Business Partnership
Iowa City Parks and Recreation
Hildreth
ImOn Communications
Cedar Rapids
ImOn
Kennedy
Des Moines
Quad Cities
Western Fraternal Life OKs merger
Cedar Rapids based Western Fraternal Life Association and National Mutual Benefit of Madison, Wisconsin approve a merger to take effect January 1 2021 with full integration in 2021. The merged group will have over 60,000 members and about 2 billion dollars in life insurance and annuities in force. The Cedar Rapids office will close after integration and 27 WFLA employees may seek positions in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Fraternal Life Insurance Organization
Western Fraternal Life Association
Cedar Rapids
National Mutual Benefit
Madison
Wis
WELA
Craig van Dyke
WFLA
Dan Shinnick
National Mutual
Don Nieland
Nieland
Midwest
United States
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Associated Press
North Liberty Parks and Recreation
Live Healthy
Iowa
Cory Kennedy
Jennifer Hildreth
Workplace Volunteer Council
Western Fraternal Life Oks
George C. Ford
National
First Ave. NE
Zapadni Ceska Bratiska Jednota
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Craig van
Vyke
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