CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The first participant in the Make My Move Greater Cedar Rapids program is moving across the county to earn incentives and work remotely in Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, and the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance Program have introduced a relocation incentive program focused on attracting remote workers to the area. The program launched in July.

Hunter Baldus is originally from Cedar Rapids, but moved to the Denver area in 2018. He said he and his family had been thinking about moving back to the Midwest over the next couple of months.

“Weighing some options from some surrounding areas,” he said.

That’s when Baldus said his friend told him about the city’s new incentive package to move to Cedar Rapids.

“I thought it was too good to be t

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