CRMEA May/June Report 2018

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New Look, New Opportunities Doug Neumann, Executive Director Welcome to the new Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance Report! Melissa McCarville COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Ellen Bardsley COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Clarissa Koch GRAPHIC DESIGN SPECIALIST Judith Cobb CBJ ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Corridor Business Journal PRINTING & CIRCULATION WWW.CEDARRAPIDS.ORG ON THE COVER The latest Cedar Rapids Housing Market Analysis, commissioned annually by the City of Cedar Rapids, indicates housing and population growth rates in flood-affected areas are expected to outpace growth in surrounding neighborhoods due to increases in high-density housing downtown. Learn more on page 9! Based on feedback from Economic Alliance member businesses, we’re building on the ways we provide valuable information. Several communications changes have already been implemented, but this - the refreshed Economic Alliance Report - will be the most visible and apparent initiative, given its new distribution in the Corridor Business Journal. For those who might be seeing this for the first time and wondering what is the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance...allow me to explain. We’re a membership-based organization supporting all things growth - growth of our economy, our business community and our workforce. We don’t do this work alone. We have numerous strategic partners and collaborators within the community to assist our vision of becoming the top economic growth region in the country. Many of those partnerships are highlighted in this Report. For members who have been long-time readers, the purpose of this magazine is the same as the previous monthly Report you’ve received for years. We still want to provide you valuable, relevant information about businesses, the economy and how you can best get involved with and use your Economic Alliance membership. This new format and distribution strategy, though, allows us to up our game with an enhanced reader experience. We’ve reimagined how the Report looks, feels and how you read it. Within this issue, and issues to come, we look forward to bringing you more eye-catching design, and storytelling that clarifies how we work on our members’ behalf to build the regional economy. For Economic Alliance members who love reading the digital version of our Reports, and who appreciate receiving it via email or finding it on our website, that won’t change. Watch for the Report in your inbox the second Monday of every month. For members who didn’t previously receive the weekly Corridor Business Journal, you will begin receiving it on the second Monday of each month, which is the issue in which the Economic Alliance Report is distributed. We’re excited about this new look and new opportunity to connect with you. We hope it leads to even greater involvement of members in Economic Alliance initiatives, as we all work together to help businesses succeed and the economy thrive. Regards, Doug Neumann Executive Director ECONOMIC ALLIANCE REPORT 3
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