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Economist: Recession not imminent, but growth will slow in 2019

If you were to bet that the U.S. economy would dip into a recession within the next couple of years, your odds might be better than winning the Mega Millions jackpot — but you’d still …

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Nov. 8: Introduction to the Des Moines Startup Scene

Host: Gravitate Coworking
About: Join for “Intro to the Des Moines Startup Scene” with Geoff Wood, a local community builder who has been helping develop our local entrepreneurial ecosystem for the last decade. Are you …

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Some quick takeaways from the Denim Summit

I sat in Thursday on a couple of the morning sessions of the second annual Denim Summit hosted by Denim Labs. The conference — created by Denim founder Gregory Bailey — brings together insurtech and …

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Small Business Summit preview

The second edition of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Small Business Success Summit is set for Nov. 9, with a strong focus on marketing, branding and sales growth.

“The reason that we do this is the backbone …

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In Windsor Heights, Walmart imagines a town center

Walmart Inc. appears set to wrap a transit center at its Windsor Heights supercenter in a package that will include retail shops, restaurants and bars.


The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority is building what…
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NOTEBOOK: PR-imed for learning

Getting out of your comfort zone can be a little disconcerting, but you can learn a lot by doing so. Case in point: Central Iowa PRSA held its annual awards last week, and I had …

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A Closer Look: Jeff Menary

In mid-September 2017, just three months before he was scheduled to take over as president and CEO of Grinnell Mutual, Jeff Menary was bitten by a mosquito. That wouldn’t have been a big deal, except …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the October 26th issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the October 26 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 …

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Playhouse at 100

As the Oct. 5 opening of “Billy Elliot the Musical” approached as the debut of the Des Moines Playhouse’s 100th season, David Kilpatrick roamed the dusty construction zone in a ball cap, casual shirt and …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com

$1M for water trails
Hubbell Realty Co. will donate $1 million over five years to the Great Outdoors …