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Home Enterprises is located in the the heart of America (The
United States of America), in the State of Iowa, in the
Midwest.
We are extremely proud to be a part of the
hard-working population of Iowa. Iowa has a low crime rate,
low unemployment, great schools and universities, and an
agricultural economy that exports
food all over the world.
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Location,
Location, Location.
An ages old entrepreneurial axiom
that now means zilch, in the world of globally connected virtual businesses and individuals. Okay,
I'll admit, the axiom still holds true in regard to brick-and-mortar (physical) locations of business facilities. And
yes, I have a physical location (no bricks and mortar included).
My business opportunities are not limited to the locality of my
home, due to the nature of my web-based business. However, in
my case, this physical structure provides my safety, security, and
comfort - it is my home. The physical locality provides me with
many, many benefits.
johnny2k Home
Enterprises is headquartered (located) in Cedar Rapids, known as
the City of Five Seasons. (By the way, I've learned that the
"fifth season" is "a time to enjoy")
John was born and raised in Cedar
Rapids. Connie was born and raised in Maquoketa, Iowa, a
growing community about an hour east of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa has many
wonderful, communities. They vary in size from the small farm
towns spattered all over the state, to the metropolitan cities
that provide huge numbers of job opportunities in everything from
heavy industrial to the information age-related teleservices
centers and software companies. There is Des Moines (Iowa's capitol), Cedar Rapids,
Iowa City/Coralville, Davenport/Quad Cities, Waterloo, Dubuque, Burlington,
Ankeny, Decorah, Council Bluffs ... just to name a few (apologies to any I left out).
Of
course, none of these cities qualify in the Urban Centers of
America category, and we don't have any Major League Baseball, NBA
or NFL teams in Iowa. But, we also have less traffic congestion,
less air pollution, and a lot less crime. Even in some of our
bigger cities, there is still the feeling of safety and security,
though I think most people now lock their doors!
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SBA
Cedar Rapids
Click on the link above to
go to the web site for the Cedar Rapids District of the U.S.
Small Business Administration. News, Calendars,
Counseling & Training, and Opportunities are just a few of the
many resources you will find on this web site.
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Cedar
Rapids has great schools for our children,
and when they go on to college, there are highly acclaimed
universities, colleges and junior college/trade schools very near
by.
In Cedar Rapids,
we have Coe College, Mt. Mercy College, and Kirkwood Community
College.
Cornell College in
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, is not too far away, about 20 minutes from Cedar
Rapids.
A 30 minute ride
down I-380 South from Cedar Rapids will get you to the University
of Iowa in Iowa City.
North on I-380,
within an hour from here, will take you to University of Northern
Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. UNI, as it is
called, just happens to be the the alma mater of the great
Kurt Warner. Kurt was the quarterback of the St. Louis
Rams, the
guy that took them to the NFL's Super Bowl XXXIV, and won it all
in 2000. Kurt is someone I greatly admire.)
To the west,
following Interstate 80 to Des Moines, we have Grand
View College and Drake University.
Just about two
hours to the North, in Decorah, Iowa, there is my alma mater, Luther
College.
Cedar Rapids is
also home to the Eastern Iowa Airport, for those of you that
prefer to fly with the eagles. The airport is complete with a
recently renovated terminal and big jets that sometimes over-fly
my house. (Not to worry, though, their landing gears are not
down yet when they fly over.)
Five Seasons?
The weather
here is
variable, and normally easy to tolerate. It still gets cold in the
winter, hot in the summer. We get our share of snow, but it is
usually gone by March, except for occasional late winter storms,
when the snow melts off in a day or two. Summer is still my
favorite season.
There are many
parks in Cedar Rapids. The city is located on the Cedar
River where there is boating and water skiing, and there are several
lakes nearby, complete with all the recreational facilities such as
camping, fishing, sail boating, water skiing or laying on the
"beach".
Here is another
geographic-related fact. I've heard that Cedar Rapids now has the
most area within incorporated city limits of any city in the
United States! I believe we recently passed Jacksonville, Florida,
to take the #1 spot, but I'll have to double-check this
information.
I almost forgot to
mention something else. Kurt Warner grew up in Cedar Rapids. He
went to Regis High School, which is just a few blocks from where I
live. Kurt is mentioned here, because he is very representative of
the quality of people in Cedar Rapids. We are hard-working and
well educated, and there's a good reason many large corporations
have locations here. We're winners!
Cedar Rapids is not
only a great place to visit, you might even want to live here!
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of Cedar Rapids by estimated driving time to major US cities (with
me behind the wheel, based on personal experience), and with
general direction in GREEN:
Des Moines - 2 hrs
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Chicago - 4-5 hrs
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Omaha - 4 hrs W
Minneapolis - 6 hrs
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Milwaukee - 6 hrs
NE
St. Louis - 6 hrs
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Kansas City - 8 hrs
SW
Indianapolis - 8
hrs E
Nashville - 10
hrs SE
Denver - 12 hrs W
New Orleans - 18
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Atlanta - 22 hrs
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