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Residential construction slowed slightly in first half of 2019

A house under construction in Peter’s Ridge in Pleasant Hill. The eastern Polk County community has issued 41 residential building permits through the first half of 2019, 10 more than it had during the same …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 24, 2019
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Former repair shop undergoes $900,000 remodel, gets new tenant

The former Owen Crist Auto Body Services Inc. shop at 1221 Keosauqua Way is being remodeled and will house Inner Space, a center that will focus on helping people improve their overall well-being. For more …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 24, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Finding purpose at work

The article was titled “How to Be Happy.” How could I not read it? Can such a pursuit really be resolved in one quick read? As it turns out, no; the New York Times story is actually …
By KURT HELLAND | Jul 23, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Grassley blasts EPA for new secrecy move

There’s an interesting fight brewing in Washington over what some consider an effort by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, to make one of the federal government’s least-open agencies …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Jul 23, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Mandelbaum praises Fleur sidewalks

Somehow this city has run for decades without sidewalks along Fleur Drive, a major commercial corridor and home to hotels, shops, restaurants and the airport.

Some, including City Councilman Josh Mandelbaum, have long considered that …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Jul 22, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: A machine as your boss?

I shared some advice recently with a batch of interns about always trying to make your boss’s life easier. This New York Times story about artificial intelligence suggests it might be your artificial boss soon optimizing the …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Jul 19, 2019
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On the Move: The week of July 15

Danielle Baumler

Ryan Companies US Inc.

Hired as project engineer

danielle.baumler@ryancompanies.com


Devin Gaudette

Ryan Companies US Inc.

Hired as project engineer

devin.gaudette@ryancompanies.com


Darin Dittmer

Des Moines Airport Authority

Hired as field maintenance worker

djdittmer@dsmairport.com


Levi …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: How do you build meaningful art into a community?

Tomorrow Plan Series speaker Olivia Gude presents at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. The presentation is available to watch on the Des Moines Business Record’s Facebook page.

How do you build meaningful art into a community? Olivia Gude, …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jul 18, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 19 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 | Jul 18, 2019
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Gene-editing technology: ‘How do we get this right?’

Editor’s Note: Des Moines hosted the Bio World Congress on industrial biotechnology from July 8-11. Innovation & Technology Staff Writer Kate Hayden was on hand for many of the sessions and shares below what she …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jul 18, 2019