Archive for May 2011
Art Foundation supports Sixth Avenue improvement
Chaden Halfhill, president of Silent Rivers Inc. and founder of Indigo Dawn LLC, has been selected to develop pubic art design concepts along a 1.2-mile stretch of Sixth Avenue in Central Des Moines. The Greater …
Read MoreIDED’s Young to speak at breakfast meeting
Lori Young, marketing and compliance manager with the Iowa Department of Economic Development’s Targeted Small Business Program, will speak during a May 12 meeting hosted by Central Iowa Breakfast, Business and More. The networking event …
Read MoreBrazil trip registration period opens
Registrations are now being accepted for the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Ames Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Commission’s business mission to Brazil. Scheduled to depart Des Moines on Oct. 2, participants will …
Read MoreHousing for all
There’s a variable in the economic development and community vitality equation that is rarely discussed. It’s the availability of safe, stable and affordable housing, and it can play a significant role in future economic recovery …
TRANSITIONS: Memory Lane on film
Someone wading around on YouTube found a 1959 film that takes viewers on a drive along U.S. Highway 30 from my hometown of State Center to Ogden. The Iowa Department of Transportation produced it to …
Take the right steps
Sometimes sales go wrong. When they do, salespeople blame someone or something.
“He wouldn’t return my call.” “He took the lowest bid.” “He bought from the competition.” “He said my price was too high.”
Amazing, …
Read MoreGet online
Many industries have been slow to explore social media. But many business-to-business service industries are really lagging behind, especially those in the financial and legal sectors. Though they have always been conservative in nature, in …
Buy GE? Of course
Dear Mr. Berko:
Do you still believe that GE is a strong long-term stock? In light of its reported earnings of $14 billion on which it paid no taxes, don’t you think this tax avoidance …
Read MoreVirginia auto dealer eyes Des Moines, reports increased earnings
CarMax Inc., a Virginia-based auto retailer that recently acquired real estate in Urbandale with the intention of constructing two buildings on the northeast corner of Hickman Road and 104th Street, released the results of its …
Coppess receives Kent Britten Memorial Leadership Award in Warren County
The Warren County Leadership Institute (WCLI) recently presented Mike Coppess, a vice president and senior lending officer at Bankers Trust Co., with the 2011 Kent Britten Memorial Leadership Award for his volunteer leadership in Warren …