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Project515: Experts share challenges, opportunities facing retail sector in 2024
Finding and retaining talent and identifying affordable space are among the top challenges the retail sector will face in the coming year, according to experts who participated in the Business Record’s recent Project515 conversation that …
Read MoreLifeServe Blood Center opens new Johnston facility
The trees were what first attracted Stacy Sime to the vacant parcel on the northeast corner of Merle Hay Road and Northwest Johnston Drive.
The land previously had been home to Heard Gardens Nursery. Trees …
Read MoreBusiness Record 6-21-24
Cover Story: LifeServe Blood Center opens new Johnston facility
Focus: Real Estate and Development
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Read MoreOn With Life to host open house for new Polk City facility
On With Life, a brain injury nonprofit based in Ankeny, is holding an open house July 25 for the grand opening of its new long-term skilled care facility in Polk City. The event will be …
Read MoreThe Mutual Group appoints Brett Humphrey as chief financial officer
The Mutual Group, a West Des Moines-based insurance provider serving the mutual industry, announced the appointment of Brett Humphrey as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Humphrey brings nearly 20 years of global financial …
Read MorePeace Tree to cease brewing operations
Peace Tree Brewing Co. will end its brewing operations after nearly 15 years in business, the brewery announced on Facebook. “We have had a fantastic run, blazing the way in the modern craft beer movement …
Read MoreIowa Juneteenth hosting charity golf outing June 28
Iowa Juneteenth will host a charity golf outing June 28 in observance of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the United States. The event will be held at …
Read MoreNationwide economist: Underwhelming retail sales growth in May could signal return to ‘normal economic environment’
Retail sales in the U.S. showed underwhelming growth in May, up 0.1% over the previous month at $703.1 billion, according to data released Tuesday by the federal Department of Commerce.
Nationwide Financial Markets Economist Oren …
Read MoreFirst Community Trust announces partnership with Premier Credit Union
First Community Trust, a Dubuque-based trust company, has announced a new partnership with Des Moines-based Premier Credit Union to offer investment management, retirement and trust services to more people in Central Iowa. Wealth adviser and …
Read MoreIowa awarded over $330,000 in AmeriCorps funding
The Iowa Department of Education announced that it was awarded $330,843 in competitive grant funding from AmeriCorps, the federal national service and volunteerism agency. The grant will fund and expand Iowa’s Course to College postsecondary …
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