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On the Move: Week of Feb. 28

Pylar Eaton
Invision Architecture
Hired as construction administrator
pylare@invisionarch.com

Marty Metcalf
Invision Architecture
Hired as construction administrator
martym@invisionarch.com

Harry Shipley
The Iowa State Bar Association
Promoted to executive director
hshipley@iowabar.org…
By Business Record Staff | Feb 28, 2025
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ABI opens registration for 42nd Business Horizons Program

Registration is now open for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s 2025 Business Horizons summer program, available to all Iowa high school students in grades 9-12. The program will take place July 13-17 at …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 27, 2025
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Jeff Chelesvig to retire from Des Moines Performing Arts

Jeff Chelesvig

Jeff Chelesvig, the president and CEO of Des Moines Performing Arts (DMPA), is retiring. He will remain in the role until Aug. 31 while the board of directors for DMPA conducts a national …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 27, 2025
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How many federal workers in Iowa have been fired? No one knows

This is what is known about federal employees who work in Iowa:

Depending on the source, between 9,500 and 9,800 federal employees worked in the state in September 2024, or less than 1% of the…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Feb 27, 2025
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West Des Moines Chamber concludes two-year talent attraction campaign, launches High School Leadership Academy

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced the conclusion of its two-year Talent Attraction Campaign (TAC). The initiative was designed to strengthen the workforce pipeline and promote West Des Moines as a destination …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 27, 2025
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How removing civil rights protections for trans Iowans would affect the workplace

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Protestors flooded the Iowa State Capitol this week to object to House File 583 and Senate File 418, bills that would remove civil rights protections for transgender and gender diverse Iowans.

If …
By Macey Shofroth | Feb 27, 2025
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Ballerina Misty Copeland named 2025 Bucksbaum Lecture speaker

Drake University has named ballerina Misty Copeland as the featured speaker for its 2025 Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. on April 2 at the Knapp Center. Copeland, an award-winning ballet dancer, co-founded Life …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 26, 2025
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MVS launches Sease Awards at Drake Law School

McKee, Voorhees & Sease PLC (MVS) has launched the Sease Awards, a new program at Drake Law School named after Edmund J. Sease, a former managing partner of MVS. Sease helped develop MVS into an …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 26, 2025
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Community celebrates start of construction for 515 Walnut Tower

Local government and business leaders participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking today at the construction site of the 515 Tower Project. Photo by Michael Crumb.

Local city and business leaders gathered downtown today for the groundbreaking of …
By Michael Crumb | Feb 26, 2025
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Iowa Food Bank Association poll finds 2 in 3 Iowa voters believe food insecurity negatively affects their community

A new survey from the Iowa Food Bank Association conducted by online polling company Civiqs found that 2 in 3 Iowans believe food insecurity negatively affects their communities, and 52% said the state is not …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 26, 2025