Archive for February 2022
6 takeaways from our Power Breakfast on the future of downtown
Panelists from left to right: Tiffany Tauscheck, Erin Olson-Douglas, TJ Jacobs, Staci Bennett, Marquas Ashworth
View all photos from the event on Facebook. Photo by Duane Tinkey
In our 2021 Leaders Survey, 73% of respondents said …
Read MoreWhat’s one trend affecting downtown Des Moines that business leaders should be aware of?
In our 2021 Leaders Survey, 73% of respondents said they agreed that downtown small businesses and commercial real estate will suffer if most businesses continue offering remote working to their employees post-pandemic – and another …
Read MoreShe was told if she didn’t stop drinking, she would die. Now she’s two years sober.
NOTEBOOK: BLK & Bold’s Pernell Cezar on Black entrepreneurship, mentoring
I wrote a story several weeks ago for the innovationIOWA Weekly newsletter about a new television series called “Bet on Black” and Pernell Cezar’s role as a coach on the show.
The BLK & Bold …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: BTC Financial Corp. makes changes to trusts’ advisory boards
BTC Financial Corp., the holding company for Iowa’s largest privately owned bank, Bankers Trust in Des Moines, recently applied to make changes to its roster of advisory board members for the trusts that own the …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: A deeper dive on MercyOne’s collaboration with Genesis Health System
MercyOne and Genesis Health System recently announced that they have entered an agreement for Genesis to join MercyOne’s Partnered Provider Network. The partnership was developed to pursue collaboration opportunities, the health systems said.
The multiyear …
Read MoreMcLellan: We crave connecting with our people
In an ongoing series, we’ve been acknowledging that 2022 is going to be a watershed year. Out of every crisis in history, moments of great reinvention and change were born, and we are going to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Six amazing buildings
The Drake Observatory, located between the 17th and 18th holes on Waveland Golf Course, is perhaps the most unusual of six local buildings featured in three-minute videos produced by the Iowa Architectural Foundation.
The videos …
Read MoreCedar Rapids broadband provider to be bought by Goldman Sachs
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rapids-based broadband provider ImOn Communications said it has reached an agreement to be acquired by a division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The acquisition, by Goldman Sachs’s infrastructure investing business, will support …
Read MoreNationwide wins property tax appeal against Polk County, could receive $875,000 refund
Des Moines Register: Polk County may have to pay Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. about $875,000. In an order issued Wednesday, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the county’s board of assessors overvalued the insurance company’s …
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