Archive for August 2019
D.M. City Council plans work session on new zoning code Monday
The Des Moines City Council on Monday will hold a work session on the city’s proposed new zoning code. A likely topic to be discussed is whether to establish a minimum size for newly built …
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 23 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the 8-23-19 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 at businessrecord.com/insider and …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Credit Union League says GreenState purchase of bank branches will benefit members, state
Will the purchase of First American Bank’s branches by GreenState Credit Union benefit account holders and the state, or be detrimental? The leaders of the Iowa Bankers Association and the Iowa Credit Union League have …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Cemetery will no longer be island in the middle of a road
A historic Dallas County burial site commonly called “the cemetery in the middle of the road” will lose its moniker soon.
For decades, dirt roads and then paved streets were routed around the Huston Cemetery, …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Reynolds: Skydive to promote Iowa? No thanks
The other day I met with Gov. Kim Reynolds and Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Finance Authority, to discuss the state’s creative new “This Is Iowa” marketing campaign. …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Trump’s ‘memory hole’
I was standing on the Grand Avenue bridge surveying the site of the future federal courthouse when my friend K.C. joined me.
“It’s quite a hole,” he said.
“Not yet,” I replied. “But it will …
Read MoreMarketing: Is Instagram a viable marketing channel?
With over 800 million monthly users and more than 60 million photos posted each day, a segment of your buyers and influencers is likely using Instagram.
If you are a B-to-B organization, don’t dismiss it …
Read MoreM&A Slowdown?
The same uncertainty that has tested the stock market in recent weeks could rattle the mergers and acquisitions world in coming months, experts say.
But they add that the merger and acquisition mania will continue.…
Read MoreIowa’s New Buzz
The fake real estate office in New York City was just the beginning.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Iowa Economic Development Authority, the Iowa Tourism Office and others in June launched an integrated campaign that …
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