Recent News
- JLCR and CRACVB Announce Title Sponsor and Location of Duramed FUTURES Tour Event!
- Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) and the Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CRACVB) announced today that Titan Tire Corporation has been named the title sponsor for the Duramed FUTURES Tour event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The sponsorship is for three years.
- ICCA announces 2008 Innovative Excellence Award Nominations
- The Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance has announced nominations for its upcoming Cultural Corridor Innovative Excellence Awards (aka The Ickys!). The event is the Corridor's only cultural awards voted on solely by the peer groups of ICCA.
- CR Kernels Presented with John H. Johnson President's Trophy
- The Cedar Rapids Kernels were presented with the national John H. Johnson President's Trophy at the Awards Banquet on Thursday, December 11, which concluded the Baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- ICCA announces 2008 Advocacy Award Winners
- Bob Goodfellow and Audrey Linge-Ovel have been chosen to receive the two individual advocacy awards presented annually by the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance.
- Jan. 26 to be proclaimed Arts and Culture Day across the Corridor
- The Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is pleased to announce that Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, is being proclaimed "Arts and Culture Day in the Corridor" by several Corridor cities.
- U.S. Figure Skating 2010 Synchronized Skating Qualifying Competitions coming to Cedar Rapids
- The Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club (EIFSC) are pleased to announce that Cedar Rapids has been selected as a site of the U.S. Figure Skating Association's 2010 Midwestern & Pacific Coast Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships. The Championships will be hosted by the EIFSC, January 28 - 30, 2010 at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.
- Cedar Rapids rebuilding advances!
- The City Council last night voted to immediately begin to take steps to renovate the Paramount Theatre and to renovate or replace the Public Library.
- The Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Advocates for the Community
- The staff and board of the Cedar Rapids Area CVB have been busy serving as an advocate on behalf of the community, the bureau and the travel industry. On Feb. 3, board member, Vicki Hughes, joined Mary Lee Malmberg, sports tourism director, to participate in the Travel Federation of Iowa (TFI) 2009 Legislative Showcase
- Theatre Cedar Rapids Announces Plans for Return of Iowa Theatre Building
- Eight months after floodwaters did millions of dollars in damage to the Iowa Theater Building, Theatre Cedar Rapids has unveiled plans for how and when the historic structure will return.
- Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Announces Plans for Regional Economic Commerce Center
- The first of its kind in the area, the potential Regional Economic Commerce Center, would stand six-stories tall and be a 60,000 square foot economic cornerstone of Cedar Rapids' downtown. The Chamber is currently working with the Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Downtown District, Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, Priority One, and the Entrepreneurial Development Center in an effort to create this one-stop shop for regional economic success.
