AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSmall-Business Spotlight: A 12-year-old in Davenport, Jaxon Songer, turned a backyard hobby into J’s Produce, selling tomatoes, sweet corn, watermelon and more with help from family. Healthcare Costs & Operations: University of Iowa Health Care parking rates are set to jump sharply for North Liberty and Iowa River Landing employees, with some monthly costs rising from $20–$50 to $53–$117 by 2028. Construction & Contracting: Two subcontractors tied to UIHC’s North Liberty hospital are suing over unpaid bills totaling about $2.4 million. Banking & Community Finance: TS Bank in Treynor marked 100 years in business, highlighting a century of local lending and added services. Fraud Watch: BBB Scam Tracker data shows Davenport among Iowa’s higher-report cities in July, with losses topping $1,000 in one “win a free vacation” scheme. Iowa Economy & Policy: Iowa’s Iowa Electronic Markets at the UI College of Business helped spawn Polymarket and Kalshi, showing how a capped, election-focused prediction model became a major industry. Energy Materials: Regen Fiber in Fairfax, Iowa, is mechanically recycling wind turbine blades into inputs for concrete, mortar and asphalt.
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