Archive for July 2019
NOTEBOOK: How do you build meaningful art into a community?
Tomorrow Plan Series speaker Olivia Gude presents at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. The presentation is available to watch on the Des Moines Business Record’s Facebook page.
How do you build meaningful art into a community? Olivia Gude, …
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 19 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the July 19 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 MoreGene-editing technology: ‘How do we get this right?’
Editor’s Note: Des Moines hosted the Bio World Congress on industrial biotechnology from July 8-11. Innovation & Technology Staff Writer Kate Hayden was on hand for many of the sessions and shares below what she …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Water Works scores energy awards, savings
Des Moines Water Works saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by changing its operations to save energy — a move that drew recognition from both the U.S. Department of Energy and the Energize Des Moines …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: The latest on Alzheimer’s
At the invitation of Alzheimer’s Association Greater Iowa chapter spokeswoman Courtney Greene, I recently sat in on a lunch and learn hosted by Wellmark to hear the latest news about research studies on Alzheimer’s and …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: A 40th birthday with benefits
Some people just buy a sports car. Others, well, they turn the potential for a midlife crisis into an opportunity to give. As his 40th birthday approached, Foster Group’s Chief Marketing Officer Travis Rychnovsky knew …
Read MoreMcLellan: Employees completely dedicated to satisfaction
From 1978 through 1983, FedEx assured us that they were the right choice when “it absolutely, positively had to be there overnight.” That’s was a big, bold promise, and to keep that promise FedEx needed …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Ike and the 1950s
“When people my age get nostalgic, the place we often go to is the 1950s.
I was born in 1947. My first exposure to television was Jan. 20, 1953, the day Dwight Eisenhower was sworn …
Read MoreIs Des Moines turning its back on affordable new houses? Homebuilders think so
The average value of a building permit for a single-family house in Des Moines in June was $155,785, city records show. The average square footage, 1,251.
And that type of housing is …