Archive for November 2016
NRDC gives Des Moines $200,000 sustainability grant
Des Moines is one of 10 cities that are joining the City Energy Project, a joint initiative of the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Institute for Market Transformation. The two-year project will look for …
Read MoreBravo awards record $3.6 million to 78 organizations
Bravo Greater Des Moines has awarded a record $3.6 million to 78 Central Iowa organizations through its Local Arts Program and Cultural Enrichment Grants programs. The number of recipients is a record, too, and 21 received …
Read MoreDrake president names chief of staff
Nate Reagen
Drake University President Marty Martin announced he has appointed Nate Reagen to the position of chief of staff, effective today. Reagen has been working with the university for the past 14 months on …
Read MoreSurvey: What business lesson did you learn in 2016?
Tesla opens faster charging stations in W.D.M., Coralville, Davenport
Tesla drivers will have an easier time crisscrossing Iowa now that the company has added superchargers at Hy-Vee stores in West Des Moines, Coralville and Davenport, Iowa Public Radio reported. The devices can give a 170-mile charge …
Read MoreDHI testing Google Cloud Jobs platform on Dice site
DHI Group Inc. announced it is testing Google’s Cloud Jobs through its Dice career website for technology professionals. An application program interface (API), Google Cloud Jobs “leverages Google’s cloud machine learning capabilities to respond to …
Read MoreWorkiva, NewLink Genetics on Deloitte’s Top 500
Two Ames firms made Deloitte’s 2016 Technology Fast 500 list. Vaccine developer NewLink Genetics Corp. was 28th, while Workiva Inc. ranked 387th. Workiva makes cloud-based productivity platforms. The list notes the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, …
Read MoreTwo nonprofits for homeless to be managed jointly
Bidwell Riverside Center and Hawthorn Hill, two Des Moines-area nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to homeless and underprivileged individuals and families, announced they will partner to form a separate management service organization, effective in January. …
Read MoreEnvironmentalists fear meatpacking plants will spur hog confinements
Des Moines Register: Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement asked the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission Tuesday to place a moratorium on allowing new or expanded hog confinements in the state. It’s an issue that the …
Read MoreOsage’s Fox River Mills sold to Dallas firm
Mason City Globe Gazette: A private equity firm from Dallas has purchased Fox River Mills Inc. in Osage, the company announced to employees Tuesday. Fox River Mills was founded in 1900 and manufactures knitted socks and …
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