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Applications open for 2020 Healthiest State awards

The Healthiest State Initiative wants to reward Iowa workplaces, education providers, communities and individuals for their efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of Iowans. Applications are now open for the 2020 Healthiest …
By BPC Staff | Oct 2, 2019
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Iowa’s ‘Legends of Manufacturing’ recognized

Elevate Advanced Manufacturing honored the past, present and future of advanced manufacturing at the 5th annual Legends in Manufacturing Awards Dinner on Tuesday. More than 200 people attended the event — the state’s largest celebration of …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Oct 2, 2019
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Tomorrow Plan speaker to address trauma response

Doctor and book author James Gordon will speak on “Helping Communities Navigate Trauma” at the next Tomorrow Plan speech at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 16 at the State Historical Building. Gordon says that climate-related disasters —  as well …
By BPC Staff | Oct 2, 2019
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Inaugural Physician Business Leadership class graduates

Seventeen physicians from across the state recently completed the inaugural Physician Business Leadership Certification Program. Launched in February, the collaborative seven-month program was designed by Iowa physician executives to prepare physicians interested in developing or enhancing …
By BPC Staff | Oct 2, 2019
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Mercy College establishes new endowed scholarship fund with estate gift

Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines has received an estate gift of $240,500 that it will use to establish a new endowed scholarship fund for nursing students. Given by the late Suzanne Mains, …
By BPC Staff | Oct 2, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: The story behind how Sears came to be a tenant in Merle Hay Mall

Elizabeth Holland, chairman and general counsel of the Chicago-based Abbell Associates, was a keynote speaker at last week’s annual Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association Expo.

Holland’s grandfather, Joseph Abbell with others, developed Merle Hay Mall. …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 2, 2019
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Plans for downtown Des Moines parking garage artwork revised

A plan to install slow-moving windmills on the side of a parking garage under construction in downtown Des Moines has been modified to ensure the artwork is safe, durable and easily maintained, Urban Review Design …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 2, 2019
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SBA backed $2.6M in Central Iowa loans in August

The U.S. Small Business Administration in August backed seven private loans totaling $2.6 million, one of the least active months this year.

Only in May had the number of loans been that small. And the …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 2, 2019
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Iowa closes out fiscal 2019 with $290M surplus

Corridor Business Journal: Iowa closed fiscal 2019 nearly $290 million in the black – more than double the amount of last year’s surplus, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Monday. The governor attributed the strong showing to …
By BPC Staff | Oct 1, 2019
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Meredith CFO Ceryanec to retire in 2020

Meredith Corp. announced today that its chief financial officer, Joe Ceryanec, has decided to retire. Ceryanec has agreed to stay in his role for a transition period through early calendar year 2020 while Meredith conducts …
By BPC Staff | Oct 1, 2019
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