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BUSINESS RETENTION & EXPANSION

Business Expansion

The EA provides demographics and trade figures, site location assistance, state and local financial incentive assistance, workforce development and more to help your business expand.

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MEMBERSHIP

Annual Meeting 2021

The Annual Meeting is the Economic Alliance's signature event where valued member businesses and regional champions come together to celebrate achievements and learn about the organization’s goals for the year ahead.

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PUBLIC POLICY

Legislative Priorities for 2022

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Iowa City Area Business Partnership join forces to promote pro-growth policies for our region. We collaborate with our over 2,000 combined member businesses and other partners to develop focus items vital to our region’s success.

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Who We Are

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is proud to serve nearly 1,200 member businesses through core functions of business support, economic development & workforce, community development and public policy. We strive to be the top economic growth region in the country.

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News

The latest Economic Alliance news, announcements, and updates can be found on our up-to-date News page.

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Our Region

We're proud to live in ICR IOWA! See why this region is a quality place to work, live and play.

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Our Community

Our focus is growing core central districts in Cedar Rapids and supporting surrounding communities!

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Public Policy

Our Public Policy initiatives provide a unified voice to advocate for pro-business and pro-growth issues.

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"The Economic Alliance membership provides connectivity. It is a resource for many of the activities scheduled within the Corridor along with their own programming. The Economic Alliance’s publications, alerts and events allow a great opportunity for CarePro, our employee owners and myself to stay connected within the community.”

-Michelle Jensen, President & CEO | CarePro Health Services

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Upcoming Events

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Jan. 13

Let's Get Down to Business: Marketing Session 1 with Jen Neumann

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance offers a variety of programming to grow and develop your business, continue your development as a leader, foster your growth as a professional, collaborate and create something new, or simply meet and network with other professionals.

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January 20

January BizMix hosted by Riverview Center

Networking Event January 20, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM


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January 20

Corridor Corporate Games Informational Webinar

General Event January 20, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM


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January 20

Did The Grinch Steal Christmas?

Community Event January 20, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM


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