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Variety raises $4 million during annual telethon

Variety — the Children’s Charity raised $4,084,646 during the 46th annual Variety Telethon over the weekend, the organization announced. The telethon was aired live Saturday evening through Sunday, and funds support programs serving underprivileged and …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2020
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May 2: Downtown Farmers’ Market Opening Day

Host: Greater Des Moines Partnership
About: The Downtown Farmers’ Market connects urban and rural communities while supporting nearly 300 local entrepreneurs, including farmers, producers, bakers and artists that represent 50 counties across the state of …
By BPC Staff | Mar 2, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: An experiment in outsourcing to Fiverr

I once listened to a song someone commissioned off of the digital outsourcing platform Fiverr, and it was fine. I don’t know anything about songwriting or playing guitar, but I thought the jingle was good …
By KATE HAYDEN | Mar 2, 2020
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Years later, Iowa Wesleyan returns donor’s gift

Ending a yearslong saga, Iowa Wesleyan University last week mailed a $45,000 check to a Chicago branch of Volunteers of America, effectively returning an endowment its donor asked to be remitted after learning the private …
By BPC Staff | Mar 2, 2020
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Igor receives 2020 Sapphire Award

Des Moines-based “smart building” startup Igor received the 2020 Sapphire Award for its Nexos Linear Network Node under the category of “Emergency SSL Luminaires, Modules and Drivers,” the company announced today. Igor was the only …
By BPC Staff | Mar 2, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Black in business: Celebrating the legacy of black entrepreneurship

This is really two good reads, but who doesn’t need homework for the weekend? Just yesterday I was reading a column from a newspaper colleague in northwest Iowa. Ty Rushing is the managing editor of the Sheldon Mail-Sun …
By EMILY BARSKE | Feb 28, 2020
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Applications open for 2021 Youth Leadership Initiative class

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is accepting applications for the Youth Leadership Initiative Class of 2021. Soon-to-be high school sophomores and juniors are invited to apply for the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Youth …
By BPC Staff | Feb 28, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: Three more thoughts on nonprofits and corporate giving

The cliche of nonprofit consolidation By Chris Conetzkey

There’s no question there are a lot of pressures on nonprofits. Many of the challenges — technology, fighting for funding, wages and employment pressures — seem like …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 27, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: Maybe it’s in the genes: Meyer’s son named Julliard provost

The Partnership’s Gene Meyer is a proud papa. His son, 1998 Valley High School grad Adam Meyer, was just named provost of the Juilliard School, the prestigious New York City-based private performing arts conservatory. In …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Feb 27, 2020
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Alchemy Community Transformations has new name to reflect its work in rural America

It’s easy for an outsider to understand what the water and transportation teams at Clive-based McClure Engineering Co. do. They deal with civil engineering and other work related to, you guessed it, water and transportation. …
By EMILY BARSKE | Feb 27, 2020