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By Beth Shelton | Chief executive officer, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa At 22, I was sporting cheap suits and blind ambition, dashing wildly into my career. I was driven by passion and a fiercely competitive …
Prepare for change or be an agent of change this year.
That’s the overwhelming theme from 13 leaders in the Greater Des Moines business community about trends coming up in 2018. The Business Record asked …
During an autumn trip to upstate New York, my wife and I visited Lindenwald, the home of our eighth president, Martin Van Buren, near Kinderhook. The day before, we’d toured Franklin Roosevelt’s Hyde Park home …
By Jessica Maldonado | Public affairs manager, PolicyWorks LLC I recently lost my father, Tom Walter, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. No matter how much time you have to mentally prepare yourself for …
By Blair Rosenberg | Co-founder, Standard Manner It has been such a gift running the Standard Manner with my business partner over the years. We often work with children, and in every etiquette course we teach, …
By Aimee Staudt | Vice president and director of development, Knapp Properties 2017 is coming to a close, 2018 is upon us and it’s time to start thinking about those New Year’s resolutions. You know, those …
A gap has opened between Iowa’s economy and the taxes collected by state government.
From all appearances Iowa’s economic engine is chugging along better than most in the Upper Midwest.
We’ve got a lower unemployment …
By Michelle Book | President and CEO, Food Bank of Iowa It’s no secret — my strongest passion is finding an end to food insecurity. In fact, it’s now my vocation and in the last 18 …
Des Moines’ 1995 comprehensive parks plan was not aggressive enough.
Few would have agreed at the time.
In fact, 22 years ago many believed it was too ambitious in its call for amenities that included …
By Julie Fidler Dixon | Retired CEO, On With Life Retiring after 45 years in the rehabilitation field, I know one thing that has changed markedly in the workplace is the empowerment of women. While no …
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