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Looking for a garden in unlikely places

Courtney Long doesn’t hesitate to list things she can’t do in promoting public food markets and urban farming. That’s OK, because her enthusiasm for those topics can cover the landscape like a runaway squash vine.…
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The Elbert Files: Des Moines’ claim to fame

Twenty-five years ago, local leaders came up with the ambitious idea that Des Moines could be the “new American city of the 21st century.” 

The Sept. 27, 1990, announcement that launched the Des Moines Vision …

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McLellan: Social media can fail in a crisis

Social media has changed the way we learn about, share and react to big events — good or bad. We rush to it to celebrate, but we also rush to it when the world is …

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A Closer Look: Kevin Vermeer

Kevin Vermeer was named president and chief strategy officer of UnityPoint Health in March and will succeed CEO Bill Leaver upon his retirement in January 2016. Vermeer was named executive vice president and chief financial …

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IPERS Checkup

Donna Mueller was appointed CEO of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System by the governor in 2003 and was most recently reconfirmed in March 2012. Prior to joining IPERS, she was the Boston city retirement …

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Searching for solutions

When the Greater Des Moines Partnership leaders wanted leaders for a 90-member task force on water quality issues, they turned to two businessmen who are active in land management and development and have an interest …

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Scribes catching on in Iowa

Emergency room doctors in Greater Des Moines have a new resource at their side to help them provide faster, more efficient patient care: medical scribes. 

Since July, each emergency department physician at Mercy Medical Center …

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Business Record 11-20-15

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Meet Kevin Vermeer UnityPoint Health’s next CEO

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Historic Warren Hotel undergoing major rehab

After standing empty for the past 13 years, a historic structure a few buildings east of the downtown square in Indianola is undergoing a renovation that will provide commercial spaces and apartments.


Business partners Greg…
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Wells Fargo investment chief bullish on ’16 outlook

Darrell Cronk, president of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute and chief investment officer for wealth and investment management for Wells Fargo & Co., was in Des Moines today for the company’s 57th Annual Business Trends…
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