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Broadband expansion, population growth key goals outlined in Iowa Business Council’s annual dashboard

 

 

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  Iowa is strongly positioned to compete with other states in 2021, according to indicators measured by the Iowa Business Council’s annual Competitive Dashboard …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Feb 10, 2021
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Capital campaign underway to pay for historic theater’s renovations

Accessibility is a key mission of the Des Moines Film Society, a nonprofit group that is buying a historic theater in Des Moines’ Drake neighborhood.

The group on Feb. 1 launched a $3 million capital …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Feb 10, 2021
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A Closer Look: Bob Weiss

In November, U.S. Bank appointed Bob Weiss as one of three leaders nationally to head community banking within the bank’s Consumer and Business Banking Division. Weiss, who began his career with U.S. Bank right out …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Feb 10, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Clubhouse, an invite-only audio app popular among the tech set, is already generating opportunity for misogyny and racism, users say

About a month after I was kindly invited to join the beta app Clubhouse, I have not entirely figured out how I want to use it yet. (Somebody online described it as Medium for the …
By KATE HAYDEN | Feb 9, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: 5 Iowans recognized among prominent Midwest leaders of color

I was doing some online research for a story when I came across a mention of Miriam de Dios Woodward, global CEO of PolicyWorks in West Des Moines. She was recognized recently among a distinguished …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Feb 9, 2021
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On the Move: Month of February

Gina Vitiritto

Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino, Hotel

Promoted to assistant director of human resources

gina.vitiritto@prairiemeadows.com

 

Julie Stewart

Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino, Hotel

Promoted to vice president of community relations

julie.stewart@prairiemeadows.com

 

Michele Wilkie

Prairie …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2021
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Business Record 2-5-21

The new study tools

Focus: STEM

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By BPC Staff | Feb 5, 2021
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Business Record 1-29-21

Business Record names Community Foundation’s Jones-Weber as Deloitte CFO of the Year

Focus: Economic Forecast

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By BPC Staff | Feb 5, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How the pandemic is coming to prime time (or not)

 I, admittedly, am one of those people who during the pandemic have gotten hooked on shows that have been around for a long time, yet I’d never seen them. “Grey’s Anatomy” has been my favorite. …
By BPC Staff | Feb 5, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Modern nomads wander America’s back country

Last fall my wife and I took our 21-foot camper out west to our former home state of Wyoming for a vacation. One of the things we learned on that trip was how to “boondock” …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Feb 4, 2021