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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from our team to yours!
on Wednesday, December 21, 2022
We are so thankful for the opportunity to support your business and employees in 2022. Together with you and our partners, we celebrate another strong year of new investment in the Marion community. We put more shovels in the ground, leading to $50M of new investment in Marion. Seventy-seven percent of you added new jobs. New technologies are positioning
BRE Report Shows Strong Growth and a New Year Focused on Employee Retention
on Monday, December 19, 2022
Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) is the backbone of local economic development. It represents MEDCO’s critical role of listening and responding to the needs of existing industry. In 2022, MEDCO’s formal BRE program included 83 business interviews between the months of January and November. These in person discussions were completed with
City of Marion Considering New Transit Options
on Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Public transportation can be a vital tool supporting current and future workforce. In June, community development staff with the City of Marion began reviewing potential options to improve public transit services. This review was done in partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, Horizons, the Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Iowa Department
Gov. Reynolds announces new entry-level CDL training program
on Monday, December 5, 2022
The new Iowa Entry-Level Driver Training Program will provide $6 million to support employers, nonprofits, or related organizations who sponsor or partner on key training programs designed to prepare potential drivers for CDL skills or knowledge tests. The grant program hopes to remove costly barriers and, ultimately, create more drivers with CDL licenses across the state.
7G Distributing Empowers Employees to Meet CDL Driver Need
on Tuesday, November 29, 2022
When Dallas was first hired by 7G Distributing, he was an hourly employee who picked cases of beer from the warehouse and loaded them on delivery trucks. He was a night stocker looking for ways to advance a young career. Lucky for Dallas, 7G remained focused on showing him pathways to new opportunities within the company.
7G has been delivering beer in
Community Development Director Tom Treharne to Pursue New Opportunity in the Private Sector
on Monday, November 21, 2022
Tom Treharne, longtime community development director for the City of Marion, is stepping down in early December to pursue a new opportunity in the private sector.
Treharne joined the City of Marion in 2001 as planning and development director. In 2019, he became the community development director with the merging of the Planning and Development and
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Available for Multi-Family Housing Projects in Marion
on Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds help cities, counties and states to recover from Presidentially declared disasters.
Disaster recovery funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been appropriated for disaster recovery from the August 2020 derecho. Linn County is expected to receive
Ribbon Cutting for Marion Economic Development & Cowork 1107 set for November 10
on Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Marion, IA – Marion Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) will celebrate the opening of their new office with a ribbon cutting at 4pm on Thursday, November 10th. The new office location is 1107 7th Avenue, Ste. 201 in Marion. MEDCO was formerly located inside Marion City Hall and relocated to Broad & Main on 7th in early October. Broad &