Category: In the Media

When the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, its initiatives, or staff are mentioned in the press, this is where you’ll find a link.

Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber Announces 2019 Annual Award Winners Individuals and Business Award Winners Honored March 26

WATERLOO, IOWA – Individuals and businesses will be honored on March 26 at the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber Annual Celebration for their ongoing commitment to making the Cedar Valley a better place to work, do business, and live. More than 450 businesses and community members have registered for the night of celebration and

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Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber Hires Director of Talent Development

WATERLOO, IOWA— The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber is excited to announce the full-time addition of a new member to their team.  Will Frost joined the team as the Director of Talent Development on February 18.  Frost is responsible for the development and implementation of initiatives to address both present and future workforce needs

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Lisa Rivera Skubal Awarded Recertification in Economic Development Designation

(Waterloo/Cedar Falls) – Lisa Rivera Skubal, CEcD, Vice President of Economic Development with the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber has been awarded re-certification by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) effective October 2018.  Skubal first achieved the Certified Economic Development designation in 2000.  CEcD recertification, required every three years, was awarded to Skubal who

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Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber Grows Staff

(WATERLOO,IA) – The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber is excited to announce the full-time addition of a new member to their team.  Aaron Jarnagin has served as the Talent Solutions Marketing Intern for the Alliance & Chamber since May. Aaron will be joining the Alliance & Chamber full-time as the Digital Marketing Specialist starting

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METRO AREA MAKES LIST OF SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES

CEDAR FALLS/ WATERLOO, Iowa – Waterloo/Cedar Falls positioned among the top 22 successful manufacturing intensive communities according to the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. In May 2018, Timothy J. Bartik of the W.E. Upjohn Institute released a study identifying manufacturing intensive communities in the United States that were performing well from 2000 – 2015,

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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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In the Media: Darrah Is Alliance & Chamber Interim CEO

“WATERLOO — The head of the Cedar Valley TechWorks has been named interim CEO of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber. Cary Darrah, who has been with TechWorks since 2007, was named interim leader of the GCVAC as the economic development and business organization finishes a goal-setting process in its search for a new

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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: Ashley Furniture warehouse opens in Cedar Falls

“There’s a new neighbor in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park — a 153,000-square-foot neighbor. Furniture Mart USA of Sioux Falls, S.D., has opened its new $7.2 million Ashley Furniture distribution center at 2615 Capital Way, between Bossard-IIP and the Target Distribution Center.. Stewart said city officials have been ‘very responsive’ with assistance through the start-up

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