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On the Move: The week of Sept. 16

Hannah Inman

Great Outdoors Foundation

Promoted to chief executive officer

hannah@greatoutdoorsfoundation.org


Azure Christensen

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Hired as director of philanthropy

christensen.azure@gmail.com


Stephenie Simmons

Primary Health Care

Hired as Team RN

ssimmons@phcinc.net


Lorraine …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Sep 20, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The awkward but essential art of office chitchat

“Every day around the world, an estimated three billion people go to work and 2.9 billion of them avoid making small talk with their co-workers once they get there,” Lindsay Mannering writes in a New York …
By EMILY BARSKE | Sep 20, 2019
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Business Record 9-20-19

Iowa Energy Center begins new era at IEDA 

Focus: Energy & Utilities 

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By BPC Staff | Sep 19, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Sept. 20 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Sept. 20 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
By BPC Staff | Sep 19, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Words of wisdom from DMACC Small Business Award winners

Representatives of six companies took the stage at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny Sept. 10 to accept various Small Business Awards from Des Moines Area Community College. (The Business Record was one of the …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Sep 19, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The future of retail? Could be stronger than you think

Developers and others are wondering what the future holds for retail, particularly brick-and-mortar stores. 

With consumers increasingly turning to online to buy everything from household goods and clothes to furniture and small power tools, city …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Sep 19, 2019
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Exclusive: The ‘unique’ moving, colorful art planned for new parking garage

Imagine circling through a multistory parking garage, becoming frazzled as you search for somewhere to park.

Now, imagine that experience driving through slowly rotating patchworks of colors, causing you to feel as if you’re floating …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Sep 19, 2019
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Iowa Energy Center begins new era at IEDA

The Iowa Energy Center decided in July to help Iowa State University researchers look into ways to avoid peak power problems at Iowa poultry facilities. 

A private firm will be looking into how ratepayers in …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Sep 19, 2019
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Student loan repayment benefits gain traction

Iowa organizations that are looking for an edge in recruiting and retaining employees may want to consider a relatively new benefit option — student loan repayment programs. 

An estimated 4% of U.S. employers currently offer …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Sep 18, 2019
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90 Ideas preview

Once again this year, we’ll present nine leaders from Central Iowa’s most successful businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions who will share information on 10 programs, initiatives or approaches that can be applied to any business …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Sep 18, 2019