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Community Encourage to Complete Waterloo Regional Airport Air Service Survey

Requested by Grow Cedar Valley Air Service Working Group CEDAR VALLEY OF IA – A local volunteer committee of Grow Cedar Valley (formerly the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber), released the 2019 Air Service Survey to receive valued input by Cedar Valley regional businesses and the general public regarding air service priorities at the

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Grow Cedar Valley Supports Upcoming Cedar Falls School Proposal

CEDAR VALLEY OF IA – The Grow Cedar Valley Board of Directors voted unanimously to endorse the proposed school bond request by the Cedar Falls Community School District.  The District proposes to fund the building of a new high school on 50 acres of district owned land near W. 27th Street and Hudson Road, at

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In the Media: Leader Valley is Creating tomorrow’s leaders today

“WATERLOO — Melissa Reade is passionate about creating leaders, and in her role as director of Leader Valley, that is exactly what she helps to do. Under the auspices of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, Leader Valley is a talent development initiative that “prepares pre-K-12 students for success by providing them with the

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Black Hawk County Supervisors Approve Resolution to Become Home Base Iowa Community

WATERLOO, IOWA (February 20, 2018) – The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors this morning unanimously voted to approve a resolution supporting the county as a Home Base Iowa community. The statewide Home Base Iowa initiative connects veterans and transitioning service members and their families with careers and resources available through partner organizations and businesses.

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In the Media: Dust never settled for status quo

From an editorial in The Courier, January 28, 2018 “At the outset, Dust had more tasks than a short-order cook. The biggest was transforming some former John Deere manufacturing buildings at the company’s Westfield Avenue site into the Cedar Valley TechWorks, an ag-industrial product and business development center… Dust couldn’t do it alone. And he

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In the Media: Courtyard by Marriott opens on TechWorks Campus

“I’m really excited about it,” she said. “It’s a seven-year commitment coming full circle,” since the hotel project first was conceived in 2010. “First it was one step forward, two steps back; then two steps forward and one step back; then just full steam ahead. It’s been an interesting progression. And we couldn’t find a

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In the Media: Dan Tindall, architect, historic preservationist, and owner of the Blackhawk Hotel, dies

Cary Darrah, President of TechWorks Campus and Vice President of Community Development, is quoted in this article about the passing of Dan Tindall, the man who purchased and renovated downtown Cedar Falls’ historic Blackhawk Hotel. Man who renovated landmark Cedar Falls hotel dies, Pat Kinney, The Courier, December, 23, 2017  

In the Media: Waterloo airport board proposes switch from American to United

Board member Steve Dust stressed the importance of eventually adding other destinations. “If we don’t find a way to get people west of here we’re going to continue to be very constrained,” he said. Steve Dust, CEO Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber and airport board member is quoted in an article by Andrew Wind,

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In the Media: Cutting historic preservation tax credits

“There are a lot of buildings that would continue to sit empty or would have been demolished by now had that tax credit not been available to make the project economically sound,” said Steve Dust, president and CEO of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance and Chamber. “And that’s repeated all over Iowa.” Steve Dust is

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