Archive for May 2021
VIDEO: Power Breakfast: COVID reset: 9 ways to make community progress
Now officially one year past the start of the coronavirus pandemic, we asked nine leaders to share thoughts on what it will take to reset our economy and work toward community progress together at …
Read MoreMcLellan: The power of questions
This column is the fifth of a series where we explore the seven principles that I’ve identified as vital to Walt Disney’s success as he built one of the world’s most iconic and profitable brands.…
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: K.C.’s long view
The Iowa Legislature was in overtime with a bunch of stuff up in the air when I saw my old friend K.C. on the sidewalk east of Terrace Hill, Iowa’s governor’s mansion.
“What’s up?” I …
Read MoreCedar Rapids business owner named one of World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune
Fortune magazine named Cedar Rapids barbecue business owner Willie Ray Fairley as No.16 among the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, a list Fairley shares with worldwide figures like Jacinda Ardern, Stacey Abrams, Dolly Parton and Malala Yousafzai. Fairley, who …
Read MoreFeeding Iowans Task Force to scale back its work as report details efforts to combat food insecurity in Iowa
Northeast Iowa Food Bank volunteers Eileen Gunderson, left, and Grace Coates check dates on perishable items in the food bank’s sorting room in Waterloo. File photo by Duane Tinkey
A year after it was created to help fight …
Read MoreIowa teachers want to be in on discussions for spending federal pandemic relief money
Radio Iowa: The Iowa teachers union is calling on superintendents and school boards to include teachers and other school staff in discussions about how districts plan to use the latest batch of $770 million in federal …
Read MoreGas prices spike in Des Moines area, nationwide after Colonial Pipeline cyberattack
Des Moines Register: Gas in parts of the Des Moines metro area topped $3 a gallon this week after a cyberattack on the nation’s largest refined products pipeline, spanning from Texas to New Jersey, that caused …
Read MoreHuntington’s Disease Society’s Iowa chapter to host walk fundraiser on May 22
The Iowa Chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America will host the Des Moines Team Hope Walk on May 22 at 8:30 a.m. at Raccoon River Park in West Des Moines, along with a …
Read MoreGateway Center awarded Gold LEED certification
The Krause Gateway Center at 1459 Grand Ave. in downtown Des Moines has been awarded Gold LEED certification. The building, which was completed in 2018, was designed and constructed with sustainability in mind by Renzo …
Read MorePopular fine-dining steakhouse planned in West Des Moines
A Ruth’s Chris Steak House will anchor a residential and retail development proposed on the southwest corner of Ashworth Road and Jordan Creek Parkway. Site plan special to the Business Record
Ruth’s Chris Steak House, billed …
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