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An age-friendly state of mind

If your business was evaluated for how well it accommodates customers of any age — but particularly seniors — how well would it do? 

It’s a question that the owners of several popular downtown bars …

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Business Record 8-7-15

An age-friendly state of mind
Greater Des Moines leaders collaborate to make the region more livable for its growing older population

Focus: Biotechnology

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Andrea Hauer: ‘Lucky to have her’


To Andrea Hauer, Watson Powell Jr. Parkway in downtown Des Moines would forever be Keosauqua Way. That’s the way it was in the long ago, and for Hauer, who helped plan for the future of …

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Urbandale wants to know where it’s going and what it will look like when it gets there

   

 

In late August, the city of Urbandale plans to take an introspective look at itself as a way of getting a handle on its future development.

 

The project was triggered by Eric …

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The Elbert Files: Class of 1965 still searching

My Ames High School Class of 1965 is having a 50-year reunion this fall, and many of us are trying to decide what our place in history will be.

Nobody talks about it much anymore, …

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Gitomer: Your missing power: Master Mind

Perhaps the most powerful principle Napoleon Hill wrote about, and certainly the most enduring, is the ninth step towards riches: Power of the Master Mind. The idea of a Master Mind group was created, put …

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McLellan: Digital isn’t a department

Many companies are trying to “manage” the onslaught of changes brought about by today’s digital trends by creating a department to deal with all of the new technologies, social networks, web trends, marketing automation and …

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Transit Trouble?

At the outset, it’s fair to note that the Greater Des Moines bus service, currently known as DART, has faced periodic questions about its financial viability since local cities decided to form the system decades …

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Business Record 7-31-15

2015 Women of Influence
Des Moines’ most influential women are honored

Focus: Women of Influence

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Need for tax abatements diminishing, but not disappearing in Des Moines

Homebuilders left no doubt about their attitude toward city of Des Moines proposals to scale back tax abatement programs that have been in place since 1987. The consensus: The changes will chill already anemic homebuilding …