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NOTEBOOK: Paustian: Secrets in booking; Wozniak a ‘diva’

Tony Paustian has been working for 10 years to book movie stars, astronauts, musicians and others on a “shoestring budget” to come to West Des Moines once a year to inspire students and others at …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 9, 2018
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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.

DART funding
We set the record straight with the commissioners at DART, who have heard a lot of …
By BPC Staff | Oct 9, 2018
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Report: Climate change will cause serious damage by 2040

The scientific panel seen as a leading authority on climate change predicts clear damage from climate change by 2040, including the near disappearance of coral reefs — unless we make unprecedented changes to slow emissions …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 8, 2018
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On The Move: Week of Oct. 5

Jeana Schultz

West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce

Promoted to vice president of operations

jeana@wdmchamber.org


Kara Matheson

West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce

Hired as events and marketing communications manager

kara@wdmchamber.org


Gloria Dixon

West Des …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Oct 5, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the October 5 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the October 5 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 BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 4, 2018
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The Elbert Files: Bringing women downtown

David Feehan, who helped make the Downtown Farmers’ Market a success 20 years ago and was instrumental in the redesign of the Martin Luther King Jr. bypass as a welcoming boulevard, has a surprisingly simple …
By DAVE ELBERT | Oct 4, 2018
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More than a building

Last July, when Waldinger Corp.’s acquisition of Wolin Mechanical-Electrical was just settling in, Iowa division President Guy Gast said he expected great things to come of the deal, once all the wrinkles of joining two …
By KENT DARR | Oct 4, 2018
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Newsmaker Q&A: A new lens

Joseph Benesh is an architect who got a taste of strategic planning while he was organizing young professional groups and later decided to make it his career.

Why? He likes to listen, to help people …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 4, 2018
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A shrinking inventory

Buyers and sellers are afoot in the state banking industry, and all of that potential merger and acquisition carrying on is not likely to slow anytime soon.

Greater Des Moines bankers say they are seeing …
By KENT DARR | Oct 4, 2018
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A Closer Look: Nancy Mwirotsi

When Nancy Mwirotsi transitioned her girls’ dance class into a STEM space — studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics — for refugee students, she knew her group’s own funding model would have to live up …
By KATE HAYDEN | Oct 3, 2018