Article: Business Project Prompts Cedar Rapids, Iowa-Area Revitalization Proposal.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Aug. 20--The impetus for the city's urban revitalization corridor proposal was a company that was designated a special urban revitalization area last year.

Marion Brush Manufacturing, at 1685 Seventh Ave., has added more than 9,000 square feet to its 1,000 square-foot storefront, said owner Gary Bolden. To do so, the company tore down two smaller buildings that totaled about 3,000 square feet, as well as a house where Bolden's parents lived.

The couple have since moved to Hunters Ridge, an upscale Marion development.

The company offers a full line of janitorial supplies and manufactures a patented concrete finishing brush that has been sold ...

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