Place. Most employees at Frontier's Norway, Iowa headquarters and our 22,000-square-foot Aura Cacia production facility in nearby Urbana, Iowa live in the towns and cities of eastern Iowa. Here, commuting to work takes minutes, not hours. The average home sells for under $85,000. Iowa has the highest literacy rate in the nation; Iowa high school students rank at the top of national ACT college admission tests; violent crime is rare. Best of all, people haven't forgotten how to say hello. (There's a reason they call us the heartland.)
Norway, Iowa. Like most of Iowa's rural communities, Norway is the kind of place where people greet each other by name and watch our for each other's children. A friendly farming town of under 1,000 people, Norway has a low crime rate, affordable housing, wide open spaces, a relaxed pace of life and good neighbors. The nearby cities offer a wide range of cultural activities often unavailable to rural communities.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Iowa's second largest city (pop. 120,000) is just 20 minutes away from Norway. Cedar Rapids is an economically stable, growing city that has placed among the top 20 Forbes Magazine Best Places and was named the No. 2 kid-friendly city in the country. It offers safe neighborhoods and a full range of amenities such theaters, museums, schools, symphonies, shopping, sports and recreation, as well as direct access to Midwest cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Omaha, St. Louis and Kansas City. More.
Iowa City, Iowa. Less than 40 minutes from Norway, the college town of Iowa City combines a superior quality of life with all the benefits of a major research and cultural center. The University of Iowa is known not only for Big-Ten sports action but for its Writer's Workshop, which has nurtured the likes of Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving and Jane Smiley. Every year, Hancher Auditorium hosts a season of entertainment with performances by groups like the San Francisco Ballet, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and touring Broadway companies. More.
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