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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Older Americans have saved trillions. Now what?

Baby boomers and older Americans have saved trillions of dollars over the past several decades and now they have started handing it out to heirs and others, write Ben Eisen and Anne Tergesen for the Wall …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 7, 2021
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Lifespace Communities acquires retirement community in Milwaukee suburb

Lifespace Communities announced that it has acquired Newcastle Place, a continuing care retirement community in Mequon, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. With the acquisition, West Des Moines-based Lifespace Communities now has 16 continuing care communities under …
By BPC Staff | Jul 7, 2021
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Iowa’s Pappajohn Centers receive Kauffman grant for entrepreneurship mentoring

The statewide network of five John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers received a $200,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to establish a mentorship program for entrepreneurs, according to a statement released by the University of …
By BPC Staff | Jul 7, 2021
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Interns lead summer of challenge and inclusion at Pi515

At Mainframe Studios, Pi515’s small but mighty team of three college interns has the organization’s summer goals posted along a wall, in full view of IT administrator Mohamed Sharif, executive assistant Kate Howe, and Pi515 …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jul 7, 2021
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General Mills reports drop in fourth-quarter earnings

Corridor Business Journal: General Mills, which operates a cereal plant in Cedar Rapids, reported a drop in net earnings and earnings per share in its latest fiscal quarter ended June 30, reflecting a lower consumer demand …
By BPC Staff | Jul 6, 2021
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Iowa State Historical Society’s mobile museum begins 3-year, 99-county tour

Fresh off a 16-month pit stop for the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Historical Society of Iowa’s mobile museum is getting back on the road with a brand-new exhibition. Housed in a custom-built Winnebago RV, “Iowa …
By BPC Staff | Jul 6, 2021
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Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup begins Thursday in Des Moines

Forty-eight regional championship youth soccer teams from across the country will converge in Des Moines on Wednesday for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup competition. Among the teams competing on July 8-11 at the Cownie Soccer …
By BPC Staff | Jul 6, 2021
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Tickets available for Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Des Moines Challenge this weekend

Spectator passes are available online for the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Des Moines Challenge, presented by Discraft at Pickard Park in Indianola this weekend, July 9-11. The Des Moines Challenge is one of 13 stops on the Disc Golf …
By BPC Staff | Jul 6, 2021
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Report: 850 Iowa restaurants receive federal pandemic relief

The U.S. Small Business Administration on Friday announced the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program, which provided $28.6 billion in emergency pandemic relief funding to more than 100,000 restaurants nationwide.

In Iowa, 850 restaurants …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jul 6, 2021
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Big Grove Brewery will help revitalize northwest corner of downtown Des Moines

 

Big Grove Brewery is expected to lease about 12,000 square feet of the one-story portion of the former Crescent Chevrolet building at 555 17th St. in Des Moines. The new brewpub, which is expected to …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 6, 2021