Archive for October 2012
Architects are on target with a new name
Go searching for architect Greg Wattier and eventually you land on a website that says: “It’s just bigger than me now.” End of website and hello Slingshot Architecture.
Nope, no broken windows here, and any bull’s-eye …
Read MoreOne broker, one day, two awards
Oct. 2 was an award-winning day for Bill Wright, a broker and senior vice president with Terrus Real Estate Group LLC. The Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association named him its broker of the year during …
Read MoreSeedorf Masonry ranks second in national list of mason contractors
Engineering News-Record has ranked Seedorff Masonry Inc. as the nation’s second-largest mason contractor for 2011. Based in Strawberry Point with offices in Des Moines, the Quad Cities, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., the company reported 2011 revenues …
Read MoreWisconsin contractor announces project manager for its new Des Moines office
Matthew Schroeder has joined the Des Moines office of The Samuels Group Inc., a Wisconsin-based contractor that is establishing a local office. Schroeder will be responsible for the daily management of projects, including bid reviews, …
Read MoreSouth Dakota artist selected to sculpt Borlaug statue
After a yearlong, worldwide search for an artist to create a statue of the late Norman Borlaug for the U.S. Capitol, Gov. Terry Branstad yesterday announced that Benjamin Victor, a South Dakota artist, has been …
Read MoreBearence announces leadership changes
Bearence Management Group co-founder Dave Schwartz will leave the firm by the end of the year to pursue other opportunities, the West Des Moines-based insurance and financial services company announced Tuesday.
Schwartz began the firm …
Read MoreIowa farmland attracts international investor to annual land expo
International investor and hedge fund manager Jim Rogers will be the keynote speaker at Peoples Co.’s annual Land Investment Expo, scheduled for Jan. 18 in West Des Moines.
Rogers and George Soros managed to achieve …
Read MoreSketchCamp Des Moines to take place Saturday
Brian Sauer, co-owner and art director of local marketing agency Saturday Manufacturing, will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2012 SketchCamp Des Moines on Saturday.
SketchCamp Des Moines, organized by Design+Tech and AIGA …
Read MoreWorld Food Prize highlights this week
The following is a schedule of events open free to the public during the annual World Food Prize week.
Throughout this week, past World Food Prize laureates will speak at locales and university campusesand other locales across Iowa …
Read MoreWebinar discusses charitable giving tax changes
On Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m., Cory Haith from Sherpa Investment Management will lead a webinar, reviewing tax rules and changes.
Haith will also provide details on the tax benefits and potential impact …
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