Archive for June 2018
Rockwell Collins claims title of Iowa’s most valuable brand under new evaluation
Rockwell Collins, a commercial and military aviation technology company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, is named Iowa’s most valuable brand under Brand Finance US 500’s latest brand evaluation study. The 2018 report ranks Rockwell Collins at 373rd nationally, following …
Read MorePillar Technologies’ Council Bluffs project gets state aid
Pillar Technologies today won approval for state aid for its planned Forge facility in the new River’s Edge development in Council Bluffs. The software company plans a $1.3 million investment and will get tax benefits …
Read MoreABI names new officers
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has elected David Bywater of Bankers Advertising/Tru Art in Iowa City as chairman. Bywater’s great-great-grandfather, Samuel Wakefield Mercer, served as ABI’s chairman in 1907 and his father, Bill …
Read MoreOld Navy coming to Outlets of Des Moines
Coming this fall to the Outlets of Des Moines: clothing retailer Old Navy, the regional outlet center announced Thursday in a news release. The new 12,000-square-foot store will include the latest trends for men, women …
Read MoreJuly 2: 25th Annual Yankee Doodle Pops
Host: Des Moines Symphony
About: Music director and conductor Joseph Giunta and the musicians of the Des Moines Symphony will perform the 25th annual Yankee Doodle Pops, Iowa’s largest single-day concert event. The evening culminates …
Crude oil leaks into flooding river from derailed train in northwest Iowa
Sioux City Journal: Residents of several farms were evacuated early this morning after a train carrying oil derailed, spilling some of its contents into floodwaters of the Little Rock River near Doon in northwest Iowa. Firefighters …
Read MoreOn The Move: Week of June 18
Emily Steele
Brand Launch
Business co-founder
hello@brandlaunch.site
Kim A. Butler Hegedus
Community State Bank
Hired as senior vice president commercial banking
kbutler@bankcsb.com
Ashley Pearston
Terracon
Hired as senior marketing specialist
ashley.pearston@terracon.com
Mari Jo Massanet
LenderClose…
Read MoreONE GOOD READ: Cafes serve waste food
There have been efforts over the past couple of decades to start a large-scale organic waste compost operation, but it never really went anywhere. To be sure, there is some effort to manage waste and…Read More
Iowa seeks public input on highway rest areas, proposes closing 11 rest stops
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Department of Transportation is seeking public input on a plan scrutinizing the 37 full-service rest areas that line Iowa’s interstate system and recommending some be closed. The Iowa Statewide Rest Area Management …
Read MoreDART names Harris to partnerships post
Matthew Harris of Des Moines has been named business and community partnerships manager at the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, starting July 16. He will work to expand DART’s partnerships program to diversify revenue …
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