Archive for September 2018
Palmer Group opens in Cedar Rapids
Palmer Group has expanded its employment services company to Cedar Rapids. The West Des Moines company has provided direct placement, temporary and contract roles, and outplacement services in Central Iowa since 1998. “Given all the …
Read MoreGreater Des Moines homebuilders organization receives national recognition
The Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines has received three awards of excellence from its parent organization, the National Association of Home Builders. During the recent NAHB management conference, the Home Builders Association of …
Read MoreMaking a big play in Iowa
Goldman Sachs is expanding its successful 10,000 Small Businesses training program for people leading small businesses with a statewide effort in Iowa, the company’s first such effort on this scale.
The financial firm runs a …
The Elbert Files: Tax win for D.M., W.D.M.
State Rep. Peter Cownie of West Des Moines is responsible for one of the nicer surprises to emerge from this year’s extensive rewrite of Iowa tax laws.
In early May at the end of this …
A Closer Look: Micah Kiel
For Micah Kiel, growing up in Southern California was a bit like a storybook of cultural diversity wrapped in sunny skies with mountains for a backdrop. That was true until 1992, when Kiel would have …
Read MoreWhat lessons did we learn from the Great Recession?
QUESTION: What was the key lesson you learned or a challenge you had to overcome due to the Great Recession?
Eric Burmeister
executive director, Polk County Housing Trust Fund
The Great Recession has had a …
Read MorePower Breakfast: Why we’re discussing #MeToo
The past year has been filled with the fallout and consequences from news of sexual harassment in the workplace. The #MeToo movement has increased the attention and sensitivity to harassment in the workplace and provided …
Read MoreConnecting the Gems
The steady creep of the Great Recession probably was going unnoticed in late 2007 and early 2008 unless you were losing your job, your retirement savings or a piece of development land.
When it struck …
Read MoreIowa employers face steep health insurance price increases, but keep offering benefits
Des Moines Register: Iowa employers, who provide health insurance to more than half of all Iowans, aren’t dropping the benefit, despite facing a series of steep premium increases, a new study shows. On average, Iowa employers …
Read MoreHatten to lead corporate community engagement at Holmes Murphy
Holmes Murphy has named Susan Hatten as senior manager for corporate community engagement. In the newly created position, Hatten will be responsible for the development of strategic philanthropy initiatives for the Holmes Murphy Foundation and …
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