VGM, INC. EXPANDS ADDING 140 JOBS AND 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW OFFICE SPACE    Van G. Miller & Associates has announced a $5 million expansion. Virtually all the initial 140 jobs added would be for VGM's Homelink division, which works with managed care organizations and worker compensation providers to acquire home medical equipment, for which it is then compensated by insurance companies.

CEDAR VALLEY GAMING STUDY
   Greater Cedar Valley Alliance commissioned a study recently to to analyze three proposals for a gaming facility in the City of Waterloo.  For complete information on the study:  www.wellsgaming.com/secure/waterloo/

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CBE EXPANSION TO ADD 400 JOBS IN WATERL00 AND WEST DES MOINES
   A local debt recovery agency has landed a major federal contract, and will be adding 200 workers over the next 18 months to Waterloo.  The CBE Group Inc. was awarded a student loan collection contract from the U.S. Department of Education. 

DEAL ARRANGED FOR EXPANDED INDUSTRIAL PARK'S FIRST TENANT BOSSARD IIP
   Bossard IIP received approval for its new 200,000-square-foot distribution center.  Bossard IIP (Iowa Industrial Products) currently has a smaller facility in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park. 

CONSULTANT: CEDAR VALLEY'S ASSETS ARE NUMEROUS IN QUEST FOR NEW BUSINESSES - October 27, 2004
   Newspaper editorial by the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier summarizing the results of study conducted on the Cedar Valley area by international site selection firm Lockwood Greene.  

FERGUSON ENTERPRISES BREAKS GROUND ON NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER 
    Ferguson Enterprises of Newport News, VA breaks ground on new 608,800/sf distribution center in Waterloo.  

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CEDAR VALLEY AREA NAMED '5-STAR COMMUNITY BY SITE SELECTION PUBLICATION 
    The Cedar Valley’s quality of life earned a ‘5-Star Community’ rating by Expansion Management Magazine in their Sixth Annual Quality of Life Quotient tm.  

WATERLOO WATER IS CHEAPER
    A national study of 182 cities across U.S. and Canada name Waterloo's water rates as the lowest residential and 3rd lowest for light and heavy industrial users.

  EAST COAST COMPANY LOCATES NEW MANUFACTURING DIVISION 
  Power Curbers, Inc. of Salisbury, NC has selected the area to manufacture concrete paving equipment.  

  TARGET D.C.  NAMED BLOCKBUSTER DEAL OF THE WEEK        
Site Selection Magazine names Cedar Falls' Target Distribution Center Blockbuster Deal of the Week

TARGET CORPORATION TO BUILD DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Target Corp. Announces plans to build a 1.35 million square foot regional distribution center.

DEERE & COMPANY PRESS RELEASE
John Deere Waterloo Works Announces Major Redevelopment Plans at Two Sites

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