The Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) has come a long way since its inception in 1984. The organization celebrated its latest expansion with the opening of a new co-working space on the Iowa City Ped Mall earlier this month.
Protostudios
Little Village Studio Visit: Chuck Romans of protostudios (video)
Look inside the studio of 3D designer Charles Romans of protostudios — now open at MERGE in the Iowa City Downtown District — and see how his lab can take your idea from napkin sketch to prototype.
New Iowa City coworking space, MERGE, hosts an open house Thursday
MERGE Innovation Space, an expansion of the IC CoLab, is hosting an open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate its grand opening starting at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in its Ped Mall location. Protostudios, a rapid prototyping facility located within MERGE, and its counterpart on the University of Iowa medical campus, the Translational Research Incubator (TRI), will also be celebrating their kickoff.

