Category: Economic Development

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Help for PFG and MyVerona Employees

The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, along with other agencies is hosting an information meeting for PFG & MyVerona employees at Hawkey Community College, Tama Hall on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, from 1:00 -3:00pm. The meeting will be lead by Iowa Workfoce Development and about a  dozen other agencies. Read more here.

A Statement to the Media Regarding PFG from Steve Dust, CEcD, Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, CEO

July 11, 2012 Cedar Valley of Iowa   Alliance Moves to Protect Talent and Value in Regional Economy TechWorks Campus and The Green@TechWorks Continue to Progress                                                            Despite PFG Troubles               The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber(GCVAC) and our TechWorks Campus group are dismayed by the recent events surrounding Peregrine Financial Group (PFG) and

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Premier Business Class Hotel to Fly Flag Over The Green@TechWorks, Hawkeye Community College Green Programs Locate at TechWorks

News Release June 28, 2012 Cedar Valley of Iowa   Premier Business Class Hotel to Fly Flag Over The Green@TechWorks Hawkeye Community College ‘Green’ Programs Locate at TechWorks Today, TechWorks Campus, a division of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, together with Financial District Properties (FDP) revealed the hotel and management company to crown

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Acquisition Expected to Bring More Tech Jobs to the Cedar Valley

  After more than a year of working collaboratively, Phantom EFX, a Cedar Falls, Iowa company that publishes and develops casino games for social, casual and mobile gaming entertainment, was acquired Friday by WMS Gaming of Waukegan, IL, a publicly traded Fortune 500 company. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported that Phantom EFX’s 35 employees will

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Area jobless rate 4.7 percent in May

Economic strength of Cedar Valley of Iowa shows in unemployment stats-but must re-skill/attract talent to fill demand. Here are some highlights from the Courier’s recent article. DES MOINES — Unemployment in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area nudged downward one-tenth of a point from April to May, to 4.7 percent, according to Iowa Workforce Development. Statewide,

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Cedar Valley Chamber Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Five years ago today, the election results were tallied and we found well in excess of 90% of our members had approved the merger of the two Chambers! This was, and still is acknowledged as a significant step for the businesses of our region to achieve this level of unity, recognizing that our economic interests

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