What a Celebration - Beyond the Expected!

It was quite a day!  January 19 was the day we celebrated with the Cedar Rapids community with an event where community members could come and see how the building turned out.  We had almost 600 people come walk around, take tours, eat, drink and be merry.  The Mayor of Cedar Rapids, Ron Corbett opened the afternoon with a few words about Cedar Rapids flood recovery and how TrueNorth is a positive force for that process.  Duane Smith, CEO of TrueNorth, then spoke about the  evolution TrueNorth has gone through including commitment to downtown and our community.  Finally that afternoon, we had our official ribbon cutting ceremony with members of the city council and founders and executives there to officially welcome us to the new building at 500 1st St. SE. 

Duane Smith, TrueNorth CEO

Mayor Ron Corbett

It's official!  We are in the new TrueNorth building.

We had many positive comments, gushing accolades and community support, we were overwhelmed.  Thank you so much to those of you who were able to make it to the event.  If you were not able, check out the following pictures.

Community members signing in

Loren Coppock, TrueNorth Principal, and Dave Ver Woert,  Benefits Executive Vice President visiting with attendees.

A Fresh New Beginning

We've been in our building for a few weeks now but so much is happening at our old one.  The 421 4th Ave building is coming down in stages and is bittersweet for many of us here at TrueNorth.  You'll see in the following pictures offices of colleagues are simply not there anymore as well as windows and walls.  We are excited to be in our new beautiful new building but to see the old one going down to make way for the library is kind of odd.  We truly believe this fresh new beginning for both organizations is great for the community!

Bulldozer at west end of the old TrueNorth building tearing down those walls

All windows are out of the east side of the old building, too.  So odd to see offices of colleagues without walls and windows.

On Jan 5, this is what the east side looks like!

Front of 421 4th Ave.

It's crazy to see where the TrueNorth sign used to be but...

See where it is now.  It illuminates our garage!

Our wall is complete now in the lobby on the second floor of the building. 
Great to see the quote that originated the name of the company on the wall with the logo.