Archive for July 2016
Sept. 22: The Basics to Being an Effective Board Member
Research drives new record for external funding at Iowa State
Renovated Hy-Vee conference center opens in W.D.M.
The renovated Hy-Vee conference center reopened in West Des Moines recently and has been renamed after a former company CEO, according the company’s Facebook page. The Ron Pearson Center is double the size of the …
Read More‘Best of show’ announced at HomeShowExpo
KRM Development has received the best of show award at the ongoing Home Builders of Greater Des Moines HomeShowExpo in Urbandale. Click here for more information about the award-winning house. KRM Development was one of eight companies that …
Read MoreIowa rises, Nebraska falls in CNBC business climate ranking
Omaha World Herald: Iowa rose from 10th to ninth while Nebraska slipped from seventh to 11th in a CNBC ranking of states according to their economic climate for business.…
Read MoreHeld ‘hostage’ no longer: Tyson to give up empty Cherokee plant
Des Moines Register: A running dispute between local officials in Cherokee and Tyson Foods may be resolved after the company offered to walk away from its empty meat processing plant there. In the wake of criticism …
Read MoreJuly 21: 2016 Iowa’s Mosaic Diversity Conference
Polk County task force backs $1.50 bump to minimum wage
Des Moines Register: A Polk County task force will recommend raising the local minimum wage to $8.75 per hour Jan. 1, 2017, and instituting a series of annual wage bumps if the state fails to take …
Read MoreSept. 7: 2016 HousingIowa Conference
Carbon 550 apartments to fill a small footprint near Wellmark YMCA
Submitted by Shiffler Associates Hubbell Realty Co. and Shiffler Associates Architects have designed a long, narrow apartment complex that will fit a skinny lot immediately north of the Wellmark YMCA and fronting Watson Powell Jr.…Read More