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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 9 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the September 9 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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Sept. 22 & 23: AIA Fall Convention

Host: American Institute of Architects – Iowa About: The 2016 Convention, “Current,” challenges attendees to be interpreters of their time, day and age. Decisions made today, at any singular moment, are derived from the past and…
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Downtown church being demolished for Hubbell apartments

Burns United Methodist Church on the north side of downtown Des Moines is being demolished to make way for a new apartment complex, reports The Des Moines Register. Although some history buffs had wanted to save …

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Arts program to serve refugees, immigrants who are crime survivors

Arts outreach organization ArtForceIowa has launched a new program called DSM Heroes. The program will provide a supportive arts-based community for refugee, immigrant and first-generation youth between the ages of 13 and 19 who are survivors of …

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Arts program to serve refugees, immigrants who are crime survivors

Arts outreach organization ArtForceIowa has launched a new program called DSM Heroes. The program will provide a supportive arts-based community for refugee, immigrant and first-generation youth between the ages of 13 and 19 who are survivors of …

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Linn County board approves second reading of minimum wage ordinance

Cedar Rapids Gazette: One more vote stands between Linn County residents and a local minimum wage ordinance. The Linn County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted 4-1 to approve the second of three required readings of …

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It’s official: ISU establishes a record for fall enrollment

Iowa State University’s official fall enrollment is 36,660, the largest in school history and a nearly 1.9 percent increase from the previous record of 36,001 in fall 2015, according to a release. In the last …

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LBS announces leadership transition

Fritz James

LBS, a Des Moines-based manufacturer of materials for the bookbinding, packaging and stationery industries, announced that its chairman and CEO, Fritz James, is retiring after 40 years leading the company. James owned the company …

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Nonprofit developer enters for-sale townhouse market with Sherman Hill plan

Neighborhood Development Corp., the nonprofit organization that places housing and commercial projects in areas of Polk County that other developers have found challenging, is planning its first for-sale townhome project, in Des Moines’ Sherman Hill…
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Partnership aids small business, entrepreneurs

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Small-business growth and entrepreneurs will be the focus of a regional partnership announced Wednesday in Waterloo. The University of Northern Iowa’s Business and Community Services will work with economic development groups, chambers of …