College Community Schools and Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa held a ribbon cutting ceremony today at Prairie Creek Intermediate School to celebrate BizTown^® Mobile.  BizTown^® Mobile is an in-class learning experience with a visit to a simulated town that lets students operate a modeled economy and take on the challenge of running businesses.

During the next two weeks, students will operate a simulated economy and take on the challenge of running businesses. They get hands-on experience as both employees and consumers, paying rent, taxes, and utilities, buying advertising from the radio station, purchasing insurance, depositing paychecks, buying other businesses’ products, and handling customer service.  This learning experience also allows students to operate banks, manage restaurants, write checks, and vote for mayor.

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa is the first JA area office to have a mobile unit of this program.