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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Tensions growing between motorized bicyclists and those who use pedal power

A few years ago, as my husband and I struggled to ride our bicycles up a hill on Decorah’s Trout Run Trail, we watched a woman (older than the two of us) scoot up the …

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A Closer Look: Staci Bennett

Staci Bennett returned to downtown Des Moines when she began her new role as executive director of the Downtown Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 1. You may know her most recently from her work at …

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‘It was time for me to move on’

On Sept. 2, 2020, Laurie Schipper addressed a two-page letter to Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence board members. “It has been a challenging and reactive time with so many opportunities to make transformative changes,” it …

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On The Move: Week ending May 23

Johnny Boyd

RDG Planning & Design

Hired as client development, sports studio

jboyd@rdgusa.com

 

Sabrina Cox

NCMIC

Promoted to controller, property & casualty operations

scox@ncmic.com

 

Mike Spratt

BKD CPAs & Advisors

Promoted to managing …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Green finance goes mainstream

Here’s an interesting read from the Wall Street Journal that takes an encouraging look at the prospects for a more sustained interest in green investments, fueled perhaps not so much by altruism but another kind of green …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Communities finding enticing ways to lure new residents to their towns

Small and medium-sized communities are taking advantage of companies allowing employees to work remotely, offering incentives to the workers to move to their towns, Alyson Krueger reports for the New York Times. The idea behind the …

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Business Record 5-28-21

Cover story: Uncertainty continues as arts community rises from pandemic’s grip

Focus: Municipal Governments

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Guest opinion: Culture post-COVID: Putting organizations back together again

Post-COVID, leaders will need to put the organization back together again. We will likely be working with three basic models based on what is best for the organization and employees: entirely remote, predominantly in-person or …

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A Closer Look: Diana Wright

Diana Wright has always been surrounded by entrepreneurs: In her hometown of Clear Lake, both her parents were business owners and community leaders. 

 

Wright began her new role as startup community builder at the …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Marking one year since George Floyd’s murder

One year ago on May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd, a Black man, died in police custody, in full view of bystanders who captured cellphone video of Officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd with a knee on …