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Foley: Des Moines needs more flights; terminal project riding on it

The Des Moines airport will have to aggressively lobby for more flights if it is to reach the 3 percent annual growth in passenger traffic needed to support a proposed $420 million project that includes …

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Multiagency project began with a chance meeting

 

A project that began with an in-flight discussion between the heads of two social services agencies has blossomed into a project involving more than a half-dozen social services agencies and all three Greater Des …

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Business Record 6-5-15

Des Moines: the next generation
Work on new comprehensive plan forces introspective look at issues, needs

Focus: Economic Development

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The Elbert Files: Gannett chooses poorly

I find it ironic that media giant Gannett Co., which claimed a year ago to have invented “the newsroom of the future,” will soon spin off its community newspapers with a news strategy that most …

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Gitomer: To improve, follow the masters

I began this year in retrospect by reading a 60-year-old book on the masters of selling. The book, titled “America’s Twelve Master Salesmen,” was written and published by B.C. Forbes & Sons in 1953.

The …

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McLellan: What’s your welcome mat say?

I’m spending some time in Europe with my daughter celebrating her college graduation and even though I’m on vacation, I can’t help but see things through a marketing lens.

Right now, we’re in Madrid, Spain …

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A Closer Look: Emily Abbas

Emily Abbas, who became  Bankers Trust Inc. President and CEO Suku Radia’s chief of staff last year, has added chief marketing officer to her nameplate. In promoting her, Radia may have taken note that Abbas …

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Q & A with Zack Mannheimer

After several years of leading an organization he created and expanded from nothing more than an idea, Des Moines Social Club executive director Zachary Mannheimer is stepping down from the organization’s helm.

The announcement was …

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Looking for a big splash

Fundraising has begun for the first full-scale revamp of Des Moines’ Water Works Park since the water utility gradually bought the land in the early 20th century.

That alone is a good sign after decades …

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Des Moines: The next generation

Des Moines is a mature, medium-sized city.

That comes with some challenges. 

Combine the flight to the suburbs, brain drain, a shortage of skilled workers, the financial stress that comes with 40 percent of the …