Archive for July 2018
Nonprofits encouraged to report flood damage
The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines is urging nonprofit organizations to report as soon as possible recent storm and flooding damage they may have sustained. “If your nonprofit organization was affected by the recent …
Read MoreSecretary of State opens voluntary cybersecurity assessment to county auditors
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and county auditors in Cerro Gordo, Clay and Sioux counties are joining in a pilot program for the Center of Internet Security. Pate agreed to connect Iowa counties with …
Read MoreRecommended reads to start your week
The weekend ended with the sad news of Robert Ray’s death. There are a great many tributes to the former governor, including the Business Record’s and one from the Des Moines Register, among others.
Here are a few other …
MidAmerican’s energy efficiency plan trims $84 million in annual customer fees
MidAmerican Energy Co. today filed an application with the Iowa Utilities Board for approval of a five-year energy efficiency program that meets new spending caps by utilities on those programs enacted by the Iowa Legislature …
Read MoreIowa agency explores using prison labor to build homes
KCCI-TV: An Iowa agency wants to use inmates to eventually build at least 100 homes a year for low-income individuals around the state, an unusual idea within the expansive prison labor industry. The Iowa Department of …
Read MoreCR councilman: Flood work will take 10-15 years
Corridor Business Journal: Some key pieces of Cedar Rapids’ $750 million flood protection system have already been built, while others will take 10-15 years to complete, City Council Member Tyler Olson told “Iowa Press” over the …
Read MoreYoung Professionals Connection launches Business Member program
The Young Professionals Connection has begun offering business memberships, in an effort to recognize employers’ ongoing support and to help them continue to attract and retain young professionals. The organization has established three Business Member tiers — Gold, Silver …
Read MoreNewBoCo’s entrepreneurial programs open for application
Applications are open for three of NewBoCo’s entrepreneurial programs in Cedar Rapids: the Social Good Accelerator, the Iowa Startup Accelerator and the Corridor Angel Investors August meeting. Applications are available for the fall batches of both the …
Read MoreDes Moines to take another step forward in acquisition of superfund site
The city of Des Moines has wrestled with the Dico superfund site along the Raccoon River near Fleur Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway for better than two decades. So what happens when you …
Read MoreCorridor Business Journal: C-suite parity still eluding Iowa women
By Katharine Carlon | Corridor Business Journal
It’s lonely at the top – and it might be loneliest of all for women.
Though they make up nearly half of the state’s workforce, Iowa women fill fewer …
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