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In the fast lane We’re proud to be running side-by-side with CRST to bring new vitality to downtown Cedar Rapids. All of us at Bankers Trust send our congratulations to CRST for helping transport our community into the future. And we look forward to passing you in the halls. Bankers Trust is excited to bring expanded services and new convenience to our loyal customers. • Full-service 1st floor branch • Street-level customer parking • Drive-thru teller with ATM Member FDIC 221 Third Avenue SE 319-896-7777 400 Blairs Ferry Road NE 319-221-1230 BankersTrust.com 2 www.CRST.com
A letter from Dyan and John Smith: CRST CENTER 201 FIRST STREET SE CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52401 WWW.CRST.COM SEPTEMBER 2016 AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT OF THE CORRIDOR BUSINESS JOURNAL WRITER: JIM OFFNER PHOTOGRAPHER: RYAN COMPANIES DESIGNER: BECKY LYONS MEDIA CONSULTANT: KELLY MEYER As we celebrate the grand opening of CRST International’s new headquarters in downtown Cedar Rapids, we reflect back more than 60 years to CRST’s humble beginnings and our family founders’ first headquarters—a $125 chicken coop. It is with great gratitude and tremendous respect that we dedicate this new, beautiful building to CRST’s founders and John’s parents, Herald and Miriam Smith, for their extraordinary vision to grow CRST into one of the nation’s largest trucking companies and to foster Cedar Rapids’ growth and vitality along the way. Having been born and raised in Cedar Rapids, and having raised our three children here, we are committed to the economic prosperity of our community and hope our investment in this new, $37 million building will inspire additional new growth and development in our downtown. We believe that a strong, vibrant downtown is important to those who already live here, but it is also extremely important for attracting a strong, talented workforce. As we’ve seen in other areas around the country, younger professionals desire to live and work in a cosmopolitan downtown—one that is thriving with great restaurants, entertainment and the arts—which is another significant passion of ours that we are pleased to continue to support. As CRST continues to achieve record growth under the direction of CRST International President and CEO Dave Rusch and his leadership team, the grand opening of our headquarters could not have come at a better time to accommodate our growing team of employees. We thank all the employees of CRST—the drivers, mechanics, office personnel, supervisors and leadership team—whose integrity, ingenuity and can-do spirit have made CRST International an industry leader in growth and profitability. Our family is forever grateful to these dedicated men and women, whom we are proud to call the best in transportation. We are also proud to welcome Bankers Trust, our anchor tenant occupying the top two floors of the building and providing a street-level full-service branch, as well as tenants RSM and Holmes Murphy, to their new homes in our new building. Putting together the financial pieces and partnerships to make this building a reality involved many business, community and civic leaders. We extend our heartfelt thanks to officials from the City of Cedar Rapids and the State of Iowa for their assistance along the way. And we cannot thank enough OPN Architects and Ryan Companies for building us this striking statement of a building that has forever changed the skyline of downtown Cedar Rapids. We are excited to celebrate another significant milestone for CRST and our family. We are proud to call Cedar Rapids our home and the home of the headquarters for CRST International. Sincerely, John and Dyan Smith www.CRST.com 3
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