Meet Tom's New Best Friend: Angie Jordan, Founder and CEO of Banjo Knits Empowerment, LLC.

Tom talks to Angie about her work in Iowa City’s South District Neighborhood Association,  including forming a SSMID (Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District) for the area and overseeing the popular Diversity Market that boasts over 60 vendors. The duo also explores Angie’s story, what motivates her, and how she’s trying to change the narrative in her own way.

This podcast is sponsored by West Bank, a community bank providing services to consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses throughout Iowa and Minnesota. For more information, visit westbankstrong.com.

This is Tom Cilek's New Best Friend, the monthly podcast from the Corridor Media Group. Meet Tom Cilek - he's the senior vice president of a bank, a reformed lawyer, and one of the Corridor's most connected business leaders. He loves making new friends, and making things happen in Eastern Iowa. Catch his inside conversations with the region's leading business minds in this hit monthly podcast.

This is a Corridor Media Group podcast: Bringing critical business news, thoughtful analysis, and valuable strategic insights for business leaders throughout Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and the Quad Cities. For more information, visit corridorbusiness.com.

This episode was produced by the L.A.S. Media Group in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For more information, visit LASMediaGroup.com.