Archive for September 2016
Norris, Knott buy State Public Policy Group
McLellan: Referrals alone won’t cut it
When I meet a business owner or leader, I love learning about about their organization and how they attract new clients. Once they find out I own an agency, the talk almost always turns to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Film explores historic highway
A new film that credits Des Moines publisher E.T. Meredith as founder of the long-forgotten Jefferson Highway will be shown for the first time at 6 p.m. tonight (Sept. 23) at the Iowa State Historical …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Jason Andringa
Jason Andringa’s close relationship with his grandfather, Vermeer Corp. founder Gary Vermeer, influenced him to pursue engineering as a career. Andringa joined his family’s company 11 years ago after a stint at NASA, and in …
Read MoreIowa’s film festivals
It’s been seven years since Iowa shut down its state film tax credit program and stopped doling out lucrative financial incentives to lure filmmakers to make their movies here.
A lot has changed in the …
Read MoreCultureALL brings diversity training to the workplace
Have you ever tried to have a cultural conversation with a member of an unfamiliar ethnic group who happens to sit next to you at work?
Or, like many Iowans, are you afraid that you …
Read MoreGuest Opinion: Why I came back to Des Moines
A great deal of my boyhood was spent with my father, Doug Reichardt, in the boardrooms of United Way of Central Iowa, the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Holmes Murphy & Associates.
A subject of …
Read MoreThe Future of Transportation: Disruption. Innovation. How will Des Moines adapt?
Transportation is rife with change, disruption and innovative technologies: Uber, self-driving vehicles and drones, to name a few. Greater Des Moines is looking at a 56 percent gain in residents by 2050. That leads to …
Read MoreBusiness Record 9-23-16
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 23 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the September 23 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
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