Archive for December 2017
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the December 22 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the December 22 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 …
Read MoreOwner vows to rebuild bigger, better facility after fire destroys bowling alley
Des Moines Register: Plaza Lanes owner Randy Thompson says he plans to rebuild after a fire destroyed the longtime Des Moines bowling alley on Monday. “It will probably be bigger, with more amenities,” he said, predicting …
Read MoreDes Moines will cut property tax levy if local option sales tax is approved
The city of Des Moines will devote 50 percent of an estimated $38 million in revenues that would be generated by an additional 1 cent sales tax to property tax relief, provided in the form …
Read MoreFHLB Des Moines has provided $60M in housing assistance this year
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines recently awarded $44.5 million in grants from its Competitive Affordable Housing Program to provide housing for low-income families, seniors, people with disabilities, the homeless and at-risk youths …
Read MoreCommunity Foundation announces Leadership Grant recipients
A project to renovate a historic depot in the East Village and build an adjoining community events center has gotten funding support from the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines.
The $75,000 Leadership Grant, funded …
Challenging unconscious bias in the workplace
Renee Hardman recalls once after speaking at a conference, a participant approached her with a compliment that went something like this: “For a black woman, you sure did a nice job speaking.”
It’s one of …
A Closer Look: Bill Cherrier
Bill Cherrier left Colorado to return to Iowa for several key reasons. “Iowa nice” is real. The recreational trails are a big draw for a guy who likes to run and bike.
And Iowa has …
Read MoreMcLellan: Your website is your workhorse
I get that it’s hard to think business during December with all of the holiday and year-end festivities luring us away from our day job. Even if you’re on your second eggnog or latke of …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Something is amiss
A gap has opened between Iowa’s economy and the taxes collected by state government.
From all appearances Iowa’s economic engine is chugging along better than most in the Upper Midwest.
We’ve got a lower unemployment …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Future workers — Evelyn, Grayson, Oliver
If you’re wondering what names you might toss around in the office in the next 20 years, we have a little bit of an idea.
Mercy Women & Infants’ Center has announced the top baby …