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After sudden hiring freeze, demand for information technology staff trends toward hiring consultants, recruiter says

How quickly has the demand for IT professionals changed over the last year? After a sudden freeze in hiring during spring 2020, ParagonIT Professionals reports the battle to attract staff has been reestablished in the …
By KATE HAYDEN | Apr 28, 2021
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Guest commentary: What we’re learning from using design thinking

Introduction By Amy Jennings, executive director, Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute

  The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program has been educating our community’s caretakers and change-makers for almost 40 years. For most …
By BPC Staff | Apr 28, 2021
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Mark Rupprecht: Ivy College of Business CRE Professional of the Year

Mark Rupprecht was named president of R&R Realty Group in October 2007. A few months later, the economy soured and the country was in a recession.


And while Rupprecht wasn’t thrilled by the downturn in …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Apr 28, 2021
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‘We’re certainly not doing handstands quite yet’

As the number of people getting a coronavirus vaccine increases, so does the optimism in the travel and tourism industry, which screeched to a halt as the pandemic spread across the country last year.


When …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Apr 28, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Chess grandmaster, gambits — and chairs

One of the best new miniseries released in recent months was Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” which follows the life of an orphan who learned to play chess from a janitor at the group home where she …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Apr 28, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Post pandemic shopping spree is underway

Consumers are buying more of everything, from champagne and skirts to shaving kits as retail sales rise while the world opens up with more people getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Consumers are also booking more plane trips, …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Apr 26, 2021
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On The Move: Week ending April 18

Kameron Middlebrooks

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines

Hired as director of community impact

middlebrooks@desmoinesfoundation.org


Nate Borland

BrownWinick Law Firm

Hired as counsel

nate.borland@brownwinick.com


Nick Markey

Story Construction

Hired as safety development coordinator

nick.markey@storycon.com

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By BPC Staff | Apr 23, 2021
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Business Record 4-23-21

Cover story: Caring for the crown

Focus: Entrepreneurs

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By BPC Staff | Apr 22, 2021
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Commercial construction costs rise 12.8% in a year

In December, developer Joe Cordaro received bids totaling $6.95 million for an apartment and commercial project planned on Eighth Street in West Des Moines. 

Three months later, the project was rebid. The cost? $7.72 million, …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Apr 22, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: In this lawsuit, the right hand is suing the left

An investment journal that I follow just published an interesting story about an ironic twist embodied in a lawsuit involving an annuity company that bases much of its operations in Des Moines. The story by Investment …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Apr 22, 2021