Archive for October 2019
Bankers Trust partners with Link Associates on accessible home
Link Associates, a community-based nonprofit that provides services for people with intellectual disabilities, broke ground this morning on a new 1,400-square-foot, fully handicapped-accessible house in Des Moines that will become home for four Link clients. …
Read MoreReport: Few cities preparing for aging population
According to a new report released by the Milken Institute for the Future of Aging, a scant number…Read More
Urbandale officials to consider revamped affordable housing project west of Merle Hay Mall
A view from the southeast of the proposed Merle Hay Apartments that would include 43 two- and three-bedroom units. Construction of the building, if approved by the Urbandale City Council, would begin in early 2020. Architectural …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – One Good Read:How not to market to women
Here’s a marketing fail nearly guaranteed to create paranoia in the women ages 20-35 demographic: A mysterious “Jenny B.” is sending “handwritten” pregnancy congratulations with $245 in gift cards to women across the U.S. — …
Read MoreAthene employees distribute coats, winter boots to four Des Moines schools
The Athene USA Charitable Foundation, through its signature Coats & Boots program, last week donated more than 1,600 coats and winter boots to all students at Cattell, McKinley, Howe and Studebaker Elementary schools in Greater …
Read MoreUSO to open first Iowa center at Camp Dodge
The USO, the nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and entertainment tours to U.S. service members, announced plans to open its newest USO Center at Camp Dodge in Johnston. According to the USO, the Camp …
Read MoreRuan breaks ground for Ankeny operating center
Ruan held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday for its new Ankeny operating center, which is scheduled to be completed in September 2020. The center at 2005 S.E. Corporate Woods Drive will serve as Ruan’s flagship …
Read MoreNov. 6: Trolling is the New Trying: Zero-Dollar Marketing in the Age of Authenticity
Host: Iowa Chapter of the American Marketing Association
About: Social listening strategy varies brand to brand depending on what the job to be done is. That focus could be understanding positive or negative sentiment toward …
Reynolds decides against executive action on e-cigarette sales
Radio Iowa: Gov. Kim Reynolds has ruled out issuing an executive order that would restrict electronic cigarette sales, citing the legal challenges that similar efforts in other states have faced. “Right now I’m not going to …
Read MoreRegulators ask Collins Aerospace to divest military GPS business in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Antitrust regulators with the U.S. Department of Justice reviewing the proposed merger of United Technologies and Raytheon have requested that Collins Aerospace divest its military GPS business, which employs hundreds in Cedar Rapids. …
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