Archive for March 2019
Business leaders, public officials unload on plans for federal courthouse
Des Moines city officials have looked at designs for a $136 million federal courthouse on prime downtown development property and have seen a blank wall fronting one of the city’s main streets and blocking views …
Read MoreBusiness Record 3-29-19
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the March 29th issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the March 29 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 MoreMcLellan: Write the success story of your book
With all the buzz about establishing yourself as a thought leader and the long-term value of that effort, many marketers and business owners have written or are thinking about writing a book to demonstrate their …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: 13 dangerous words
“What are they smoking?”
It was one day before Iowa State played Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and the question pulled me back from an insane fantasy in which I …
People spaces
Maybe you’ve heard about We. It’s a Boston-based company, formerly known as WeWork, that in the beginning offered what might best be described as fleeting office space. If you needed a place to plant a …
Read MoreCloser Look: Chris Kramer
Chris Kramer in January officially became director of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, which she had served for years as its acting director and deputy director.
She says she’s always been into the arts, …
QUOTABLE: “Architecture is the clothes that a city wears to a job interview.”
That little memorable quote comes from a recent presentation at a Greater Des Moines Committee meeting by Claudia Cackler, executive director of the Iowa Architectural Foundation. It’s not her own quote; it was borrowed from …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: A ‘very Harry Potter-esque’ transcription app
When I met recently for an interview with Heather Jones, the new executive director of Iowa Sister States, I couldn’t resist showing off the cool app that I’ve begun using lately on my smartphone — …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Gerdin Business Building expansion to include innovative ‘sales suite’
As the weather begins warming up for real this spring, construction crews are beginning to move dirt for the expansion of the Gerdin Business Building on the Iowa State University campus.
One of the most …
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