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The 2025 Photo Issue
For several years, we’ve published a Photo Issue in the summer that highlights the interesting pastimes of leaders. This year the leaders and the hobbies included are as unique as ever.
A nonprofit leader shreds …
Read MoreThe Photo Issue 2025 Abby Delaney
Tell us a little about your hobby.
Each spring I enjoy creating Ukrainian Easter eggs, known as pysanky. This 2,000-year-old artform involves hand-decorating eggs using a batik method of writing designs on the egg with …
Read MoreThe Photo Issue 2025 Greg Bellville
Tell us a little about your hobby.
Snowboarding is a winter sport where you sit in the middle of a ski run with a piece of wood strapped to both feet (that’s a little joke …
Read MoreThe Photo Issue 2025 Wade Zimmerman
Tell us a little about your hobby.
My hobby is all about crafting custom cakes, usually for my three amazing kids’ birthdays, though sometimes for other special occasions. Honestly, there’s no limit to what I’ve …
Read MoreThe Photo Issue 2025 Sara Hopkins and Emily Westergaard
Tell us a little about your hobby.
Sara: We actually grew up with our mom making dollhouses. There used to be a little miniature dollhouse store we would go to and could spend hours looking …
Read MoreBusiness Record 6-27-25
Soccer stadium moving forward with infrastructure work planned to start next spring
Infrastructure work that needs to be done in advance of the construction of the proposed Pro Iowa Soccer Stadium and Global Plaza is expected to begin in spring 2026 as members of the board overseeing …
Read MoreUrbandale Downtown Master Plan advances
The Urbandale City Council has approved the city’s proposed Downtown Master Plan which is designed to revitalize the city’s downtown to create a multi-use district that can be a destination for the community and region.
The council …
Read MoreIowa Ortho plans new medical facility in Waukee
Iowa Orthopedics plans to open a new medical facility in Kettlestone Central, a new mixed-use development in Waukee. The new facility, which will include orthopedic and urgent injury clinics, physical therapy and MRI services, is …
Read MoreMcClure moving offices to Ankeny’s Prairie Trail development
McClure, a civil engineering and surveying firm, and its real estate development and construction management subsidiary, ATI Group, is relocating its Ankeny office to the District #7 building in Prairie Trail, a planned mixed-use community …
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