Cedar Rapids and its surrounding communities are used to facing and overcoming challenges. Property-damaging flooding has always been an issue there. In fact, according to the city of Cedar Rapids, historic flooding and tornadoes in 2008 cost the Federal Emergency Management Agency $848 million, the agency s sixth-largest declaration ever. Total property damage was estimated at $6 billion. We feel as a community, if we can recover from the floods of 2008, we can meet any challenge, said Ron Corbett, business retention and expansion strategist at the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance. And that s the spirit that s in the in the community and obviously the business community and the citizens.
Edgewood Logistics Park to break ground next month on 200,000-square-foot facility
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We have long lived by the philosophy that as chambers of commerce and economic development organizations, our jobs do not change based on the most recent election. Regardless of who is in office, we work with elected officials at the local, state and national level to push forward policies that drive economic growth and cultivate strategies to attract talent to our respective regions and state. The 2020 election cycle in our country, perhaps more than any in recent political memory, was highly contentious and very personal to many people. The conversation around politics at all levels of government has continued to be polarizing.