A Closer Look: Gage Kent

By user | January 29, 2016 |
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Gage Kent has been on the board of the Cultivation Corridor since its inception, and it makes sense. The corridor — Central Iowa’s answer to North Carolina’s Research Triangle — focuses on the biosciences; Kent …

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2016 Economic Forecast

By user | January 29, 2016 |

We wanted to change things up a bit this year in our economic forecast issue. Typically, we have our staff talk to a few economists and put together a summary story that tries to give …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Threats

By user | January 29, 2016 |

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Here are 13 threats to the …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Leader forecast

By user | January 29, 2016 |

This is the fifth year we’ve asked the same question to the same audience, and although it’s an unscientific survey, one clear trend emerges from it: Hesitant optimism over the past four years has certainly …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Survey responses

By user | January 29, 2016 |

We asked: What will the impact be of the economy on your particular industry?

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Improve dramatically

Economic development is only possible on a large scale if we invest in quality of life in order to …

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Report ranks Iowa 14th best for well-being

By user | January 28, 2016 |
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Iowans’ well-being relative to the rest of the nation improved slightly over last year, according to annual national index results released today by the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative. Iowa ranks 14th among the states in…Read More