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The Insider Notebook: June 10 Issue

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Measuring the manufacturing skills gap in Iowa
Employers try different solutions; will they work?

Focus: Manufacturing & Trade

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Consultant works on fund to aid Syrian refugees

While many Iowa philanthropists strive to improve conditions locally, regionally or even nationally, a visiting scholar in Des Moines is taking a decidedly global approach.


Kavilash Chawla, who serves on the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s…
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NOTEBOOK: For Mandelbaums, a tower and a simple intersection

Justin Mandelbaum was back before the city of Des Moines Urban Design Review Board this week to provide an update on an $106 million, 32-story mixed-use tower called The Fifth that would be built where …

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NOTEBOOK: Bradley Burt generates smiles to spare in Waukee

Bradley Burt must be one happy guy. I don’t know him well, but the several times I’ve talked to him I put down the telephone with a smile on my face. He exudes good cheer. …

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Michigan environmentalist offers lessons from Flint

Chris Kolb was in the middle of the Flint water crisis. A former Democratic state lawmaker who now is president of the nonprofit Michigan Environmental Council, he co-chaired the task force that tried to figure…
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NOTEBOOK: Reader share – AARP video on #disruptaging

After attending our June 1 Power Breakfast titled “The Silver Tsunami,” Karl David Wilt, a partner at B2B CFO, shared that the day’s conversation on the challenges and opportunities of an aging workforce had jogged …

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NOTEBOOK:The not-so-secret ingredient to Casey’s record earnings

Seeing today’s news about Casey’s General Store’s record earnings made me think back to a January 2015 Business Record Q&A with former CEO Robert Myers in which he shared the company’s strategy for the future, …

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Biologist paddles urban streams, finds ‘amazing’ wildlife diversity

Consultant and kayaker-biologist-ecologist Jim Pease spent much of last summer padding 1,400 miles of streams around Iowa, including 150 miles in Polk County, where the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is finishing a big…
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NOTEBOOK: New tax credits for an old standby

The state extended its tax credits for biofuel production this year, and added new credits for companies that will make high-value chemicals from the byproducts of ethanol and biodiesel production. It’s all part of extending …

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