Archive for July 2019
Des Moines Global Shapers, area restaurants partner to launch +Together Des Moines
Des Moines Global Shapers, a young professionals initiative from the World Economic Forum, is partnering with American Friends Service Committee to launch +Together Des Moines, a fundraiser at five area restaurants to raise money for …
Read MoreCapital Crossroads, alliance to host July 19 water quality forum
Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance and Capital Crossroads are collaborating to promote awareness and action for support of improved water quality in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers. The partners will co-host “An Exchange for Ag …
Read MoreWeeks Middle School students create collaborative mural
Students at Weeks Middle School in Des Moines have created an outdoor mural for their school through a collaboration by Liz Lidgett Gallery and Design and Des Moines Public Schools. Working with Weeks art teacher …
Read MoreKurovski announces run for Polk County supervisors seat
Sara Kurovski, mayor of Pleasant Hill, today announced plans to run for the Polk County Supervisor District 3 seat currently held by Steve Van Oort. Kurovski, a Republican, is in her second term as mayor …
Read MoreColeman announces he won’t seek re-election to D.M. council
Chris Coleman, an at-large Des Moines city councilman for the past 21 years, announced today that he will not run for re-election in November. Coleman was first elected in a special election in spring 1998 …
Read MorePrintable possibilities
What would you have done in college with a machine that could print nearly anything you wanted?
University of Iowa students Cody Wilson and Dylan Ray started the 2018-19 school year with just that question. …
Read MoreHow will technology and AI affect Iowa’s retail industry?
A visit to a grocery store or big-box retailer can already seem like a futuristic endeavor, particularly for those who remember the days when fast-fingered clerks made mechanical cash registers hum as they swiftly keyed …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – Who’s in the July 12 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the July 5 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 MoreNOTEBOOK – Sorensen: Bankers’ association doesn’t see any way to oppose GreenState acquisition
Iowa Bankers Association President and CEO John Sorensen issued a statement last week in response to an announcement that the state’s largest credit union, the former University of Iowa Community Credit Union — was buying …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – Weld: What federal STEM plan?
When Jeff Weld, who runs the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, traveled to Washington, D.C., to help the federal government come up with a new STEM plan, he was surprised there was already one on the …
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