Archive for November 2017
SPEAK UP: Why single moms can make the best entrepreneurs
Wealthy Single Mommy founder Emma Johnson sees the parallels between single motherhood and entrepreneurship — because she’s doing both. Separated and later divorced from her husband while pregnant with her second child, Johnson has now …
Read MoreOn The Rise: 11-6-17
Emily Nichols (pictured)
Lessing-Flynn
Promoted to account director, digital director
Des Moines
Edana Delagardelle
Ames Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Commission
Hired as director of client support services
Ames
Andrea Hammes Dodge
Ames Chamber …
NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Top priority for mayors? Attracting, understanding millennials
I wanted to share a good read passed along by Diana Deibler. She reached out asking for a video from our recent Power Breakfast that featured ISU economist Liesl Eathington providing some interesting statistics about the exceptional …
Read MoreIowa farmers hop on craft brewing market
Corridor Business Journal: A large stream of economic potential from Iowa’s craft beer boom — the local sourcing of beer ingredients — is still waiting to be tapped. The number of Iowa breweries doubled from 34 …
Read MoreIowa hospitals’ community benefit tops $855 million in 2016
University of Iowa Health Care provided more than $269 million in community benefits in 2016, according to a report released this week. Those benefits include $51.85 million uncompensated care and $13.87 million in free or …
Read MoreLegislation aims to expand employer paid leave
House Republicans unveiled a proposal Thursday to create a federal paid leave policy that would be covered by employers, The Hill reported. The Workflex in the 21st Century Act, drafted with the help of the Society …
Read MoreREG, ExxonMobil search for new biodiesel sources
A joint research project involving ExxonMobil and Ames-based Renewable Energy Group has shown promise in using REG’s patented processes to turn sugars from farm wastes and other non-edible materials into biodiesel. ExxonMobil signed an agreement …
Read MoreUI’s Field appointed to federal science panel
The director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to appoint Dr. William Field of the University of Iowa to the federal Science Advisory Board. The panel’s official mission is “to provide independent advice and …
Read MoreSuccessful Farming: USDA budget proposal trims conservation, crop insurance
Politically powerful farm groups are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s proposal to sharply cut federal conservation programs — considered a key part of Iowa’s water-quality efforts — and crop insurance, Successful Farming reported.
The U.S. …
Majority of Iowa stocks gained in October
October ended with a treat for the majority of companies that make up the Business Record’s Iowa Index, with 15 of the 23 state-based public companies posting gains for the month.
The index, an unweighted …