Building Our Future Workforce — Is Your Company Committed?
The ICR Future Coalition has launched a new campaign to create 650 new high school job shadow and internship opportunities in Iowa City-Cedar Rapids (ICR) by the end of 2020.…
Collins Aerospace Invests $130K into K-12 STEM Outreach in Iowa
This article was originally published in the Corridor Business Journal on January 29th, 2019. Collins Aerospace is investing in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs in Iowa with two…
ACT Launches New Workforce Skills Assessment Solution
The following article was originally published in the Corridor Business Journal on January 30th, 2019. Iowa City-based ACT Inc. has partnered with Aspiring Minds to launch ACT Stack, a new…
New Five-Story Structure Set to Transform Iowa City Northside in 2019
This article was originally published in the Iowa City Press Citizen on January 18, 2019. The skyline of Iowa City’s Northside District is going to change in 2019. The five-story,…
IWD Awards Funds to Expand Registered Apprenticeship Opportunities
DES MOINES - Three organizations were selected by Iowa Workforce Development to receive funding to strengthen or grow Registered Apprenticeship Programs and Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs in Iowa – Iowa Jobs…
Cargill plans $37 million investment in Cedar Rapids
Story published by the Cedar Rapids Gazette on January 7, 2019 Agricultural giant Cargill is proposing a multimillion upgrade to its soybean processing plant in Cedar Rapids. The Minneapolis-based company…