Surreal Product Cars Enter Public Spotlight
Mutant vehicle sketches fill Brackman’s office as Goofy product mobiles crowd the concept phase. Drivers report photo requests at every exit while fans heckle and tease from curbside, including a 3000 pound Red Lobster lobster on a Ford and a Meow Mix cat car roaming drive-ins.
Iowa City's branding push aims to reel in health care and education firms
ICAD begins a corridor wide branding effort to attract health care and education businesses. The initiative includes a cluster analysis of Iowa City Cedar Rapids corridor and outreach to advanced manufacturing and life sciences firms. The city also launches a Business Outreach Program and a new Economic Development Committee to boost loans, expand tax incentives, and streamline zoning rules while debating impact on future development.
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Local firms honored for safety and outreach efforts in 2000
The Iowa Limestone Producers Association honored Wendling Quarries for community involvement and its tunnel project under Highway 151. Other firms recognized for working 2000 without lost time include Martin Marietta Aggregates Cedar Rapids Weber Stone Crawford Quarry Wendling Quarries DeWitt. The Cedar Rapids area also hosts business women luncheons and Toastmasters events with speakers from People Magazine and Renaissance Group, plus an EPA workshop on hazardous materials reporting.
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Carol Wallace
People Magazine
Bishops
Westdale Mall
Sarah Else
Renaissance Group Inc
Downtowners
Watts
Talk Toastmasters Club
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