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90 years later: Yesterday’s maps and today’s data

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Business Record 2-26-21

Cover story: 90 years later: Yesterday’s maps and today’s data

Focus: Nonprofits

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Construction underway on new south-side center

A 6,000-square-foot strip center is under construction at 3727 S.E. 14th St. in Des Moines on a 1.7-acre parcel that has sat undeveloped for more than two decades.


The center’s anchor tenant will be Little …

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A Closer Look: Tony Timm

Tony Timm was once the “not-so-good-kid” growing up in the small eastern Iowa town of Tipton. He recalls the time that he took some of his mother’s Avon cosmetics samples and handed them out to …

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YMCA CEO outlines financial recovery plan for struggling nonprofit

The YMCA of Greater Des Moines wants to get out of the business of owning real estate, and is moving forward with a strategic sale-leaseback plan to eliminate its heavy load of debt and free …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How much of your money do you want working for you?

More and more people have large sums of money in savings – and it’s way more than any financial-planning manual or guru will tell you to have, writes Brian Hood, who is a certified financial planner and …

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Business Record 2-19-21

Cover story: Construction of new apartments slowed in 2020

Focus: Building and Construction

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Construction of new apartments slowed in 2020

Construction of new apartment units in Greater Des Moines slowed in 2020 as developers paused to assess the pandemic’s effect on material costs and whether there was demand for new multifamily housing.


Just 1,084 new …

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On Leadership: Leading with positivity in 2021

Last month I reached out to some Des Moines leaders to ask what issues were top of mind as they entered 2021. A theme quickly emerged: Many said leading their teams with optimism and positivity …

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Notebook: Western Governors University seeks to fill workforce education gaps in Iowa

Angie Besendorfer, the Midwest regional vice president for Western Governors University, visited Iowa recently and I took her up on an invitation to sit down in person for coffee — rather than another Zoom meeting …