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Eldridge’s South First Street bike trail extension looked too good for Ryan Iossi to pass up.
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7/21/21
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Iowa faces its worst worker shortage, but major businesses still are more optimistic than they’ve been since early 2018, an Iowa Business Council quarterly survey found.
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Perry Beaman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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7/14/21
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Amazon’s Davenport distribution center will be the company’s seventh Iowa operation, with an eighth on the way.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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7/13/21
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Amazon.com, Inc. announced plans to open its second robotics fulfillment center in the state of Iowa creating 1,000 new full-time jobs that will provide employees with at least $16 per hour and comprehensive benefits.
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Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce
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7/7/21
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The U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June, but two Iowa economists noted the workforce participation rate nationally and in the state had stalled.
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Katie Akin, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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7/7/21
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The new Aqua Tech car wash at 6280 N. Elmore Ave., will offer free car washes July 3-4 to draw donors for the Honor Flight of the Quad-Cities.
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6/30/21
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Buzz Koehn works on Two Knuckleheads motorcycle shop going up in Donahue.
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6/2/21
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Throughout its 100-year history, Mel Foster Co. has made it a priority to give back to the communities it serves. That tradition continued last week with the announcement that the company is donating $100,000 to local charities and organizations.
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6/2/21
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Thor Becken joined his TCC Materials colleagues plunging shovels into Scott County earth to break ground on a 49,000-square-foot concrete plant that will supply bagged concrete mix to others breaking ground after 2022.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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6/1/21
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A nationwide materials firm based in Minneapolis will make, package and ship bagged concrete from a new, 49,000 square-foot Eldridge plant to be built on Slopertown Road.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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5/25/21
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Chris Parker is ready to create at 3G Barbecue, his new Eldridge restaurant.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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5/4/21
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The first Iowa community to welcome an Amazon warehouse was Bondurant, just north of Altoona, near Des Moines. Bondurant city administrator Marketa Oliver said Amazon has been a terrific partner, first with a $250 million, 645,000-square-foot distribution center employing 1,000. This year, it is adding a $31.2 million sorting center next door that promises 300 more jobs, she said.
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4/28/21
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