Headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, VGM is a 100 percent employee-owned company providing business and professional services to thousands of business customers across North America. Services include group purchasing, commercial insurance, management of healthcare services and networks in post-acute cases, healthcare distribution direct to patient homes, specialty consulting, on-line education, digital, print and traditional marketing and more. VGM employs more than 1000 people across 30 states and Canada. Approximately 875 people work in the Waterloo offices and the remainder work in one of VGM’s eight offices outside of Waterloo or work from home. VGM has been named the Top Workplace in Iowa on multiple occasions and is proud of its role in the communities in which it serves. For more information visit www.vgmgroup.com.

Private, nonprofit organization serving children and families in central Iowa. Established in 1965 to serve children and families affected by the conditions of poverty, MICA provides early childhood, health, family development and housing services as well as community enrichment programs.

Grow Cedar Valley is your first point of contact for economic and community development services and information for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metro and surrounding six-county region. The Cedar Valley of Iowa regional economy operates in one of the most livable small metro areas in the nation. In the heart of the Midwest, on the Avenue of the Saints Highway Corridor, the Cedar Valley is a diverse economy with significant advanced manufacturing, IT, creative services, higher education, and logistics clusters. Grow Cedar Valley initiatives deliver business expansion and site selection services, convention and tourism and event services, Downtown and Business District redevelopment and promotion, and Chamber of Commerce services and events. TechWorks Campus, a private non-profit and subsidiary to the Alliance & Chamber, is home to the Iowa Advanced Manufacturing Network. John Deere, Mudd Advertising, Scientific Gaming, Target Distribution, Bossard, Denso International America, ConAgra, Ferguson, Ryder Logistics, Monsanto, Tyson, Winnebago, Jack Henry, Bertch Cabinets, and Omega Cabinetry/MasterBrand Cabinets are just a few of the internationally well known operations in the Cedar Valley. Call or email the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber; www.cedarvalleyalliance.com, @cedarvalleyofIA #cedarvalleyofiowa www.facebook.com/cedarvalleyalliance

ICAN empowers Iowans to achieve lifelong success through education, training, and informed decision-making. ICAN's vision is for all Iowans to passionately pursue challenging and fulfilling career pathways and acquire skills required to meet the needs of Iowa's growing economy. ICAN has 10 locations in Ankeny, Cedar Rapids/Hiawatha, Coralville, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Orange City, Sioux City and Waterloo. Each location provides information and support without charge, to a diverse population of students and their families as they strive to make informed decisions about their future.

A non denomination church located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. New Covenant Bible Church desires to lead people into a personal, growing relationship with Jesus Christ. We have services at 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM on Sundays. We also have a variety of ministries that meet throughout the week.

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa is a public charitable nonprofit working in a 20-county region to meet local needs and fulfill a vision of creating a vibrant region of thriving people. CFNEIA is a place of connection, where generosity and community action meet to create powerful impacts improving the quality of life for all. We connect inspired people to causes they care about most, make grants to strengthen effective nonprofits, and provide leadership on key community issues to make Iowa communities better places. Since 1956, we have been “here for good,” working side-by-side people and organizations as a catalyst for positive community change.

NSCA is the leading not-for-profit association representing the commercial electronic systems industry. NSCA is a powerful advocate of all who work within the low-voltage industry, including systems contractors/integrators, product manufacturers, consultants, sales representatives, architects, specifying engineers, and other allied professionals.

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