Archive for May 2019
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 10 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the May 10 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 MoreDown on the farm
Des Moines-based urban planner and landscape architect Dennis Reynolds is at work in a farm field near Cedar Rapids, putting to play the principles of New Urbanism that he often advocates with ag-based development.
Reynolds, …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Sweet and helpful news
The Food Bank of Iowa and the Wallace Centers of Iowa have a recipe for helping food-insecure Iowans.
The two nonprofits have partnered up to grow and distribute sweet potatoes this year on land at …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: New series LLC ‘a common-sense thing,’ Pate says
Iowa business owners, particularly those who are organized as limited liability companies, may want to take a closer look at a new state law that was recently signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
The legislation, Senate …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: UnityPoint adds a Hy-Vee grocery locker
Not long after I wrote up a little Insider Notebook item for the April 19 issue about a Sioux City hospital installing a Hy-Vee Aisles grocery locker on-site https://bit.ly/2GVS4fV, I got word from Senior Marketing …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Urbandale, Alleman have it in the bag
The Metro Waste Authority’s annual friendly plastic bag recycling competition among local cities featured Urbandale’s come-from-behind victory and another score in Alleman. Urbandale had finished second to Grimes in the amount collected by weight last …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Future of journalism: unknown
A cross section of local journalists assembled by Drake University April 15 said the future of journalism will hang in part on connecting with people’s lives, being willing to innovate and retaining integrity.
The event …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Courtney Shaw
Courtney Shaw grew up in Austin, Texas, and went to school at Oklahoma State. So Des Moines was a bit out of her universe when her husband got a job here.
“I’ve moved progressively north,” …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Finding the future
The question facing many of the metro area’s best minds is how to continue the remarkable growth we’ve experienced in recent decades.
There are several ways to approach that question, but one essential is transportation. …
Read MoreWest Des Moines Leadership’s ‘Dueling for Humanity’ raises over $50,000
The West Des Moines Leadership Academy class of 2018-19 raised more than $50,000 to benefit West Des Moines Human Services through its recent “Dueling for Humanity” event. Held at Blue Moon Piano Bar in West Des Moines, …
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