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NOTEBOOK: Tollakson paddles Beaver Creek in effort to raise $300K for river project work

Hubbell Realty chief Rick Tollakson went on a kayak trip down Beaver Creek with fellow novice Paula Dierenfeld, mayor of Johnston. Besides polishing his limited kayaking skills, Tollakson wanted to talk to Dierenfeld about a…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 4, 2016
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Will Cedar Rapids’ rail dock project derail Des Moines’ transload facility?

Des Moines officials are re-evaluating the future of a planned rail freight transload facility on the city’s east side after the project was recently passed over for a federal transportation grant — at the same…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 3, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Downtown gets good reviews for walkability

Downtown Des Moines has enviable pedestrian sidewalks and walkways compared with many other urban areas. Now it just has to persuade residents to get out there and use them, says a walkability expert.

I took…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 3, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Simpson lures students with new virtual reality app

Simpson College has crafted a 3-D virtual reality experience using specially made paperboard viewfinders and a free phone app, an unusual play in the increasingly stiff competition for students.


I tried the system from the…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 2, 2016
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On The Move: Week of July 25

Diana Spillers-Koons Westside Auto Pros Hired as customer care coordinator diana@westsideautopros.com


Patricia Boddy RDG Planning & Design Promoted to senior partner pboddy@rdgusa.com


Mike Chambers RDG Planning & Design Promoted to senior partner mchambers@rdgusa.com


Nick Valdez…
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Jul 29, 2016
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Innovative Africans learn from Des Moines leaders

Drake University hosted 25 young African business and government standouts for six weeks in June and July as part of the U.S. State Department’s Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Jul 29, 2016
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McLellan: Pokemon Go’s lessons for us all

Unless you’ve been unconscious for the past couple weeks, you’ve heard of Pokemon Go. In case you haven’t, it’s a new game app released for smartphones on July 6. 

The game is based on the …
By DREW MCLELLAN | Jul 29, 2016
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The Elbert Files: 100 years of involvement

United Way of Central Iowa raised nearly $29 million last year. 

Des Moines lawyer Steven Zumbach believes one reason the agency is among the most successful nonprofits anywhere is because it “involves people from the …
By DAVE ELBERT | Jul 29, 2016
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A Closer Look: John Rowen

If someone in Polk County needs, say, some paper clips or a clean floor or a new jail or a complete overhaul of the historic courthouse that borders Court Avenue, John Rowen is the guy …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Jul 29, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 29 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 29 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 CHRIS CONETZKEY | Jul 29, 2016