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Quad Cities Women in Construction elects officers

Quad-City Times: The Quad Cities chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction has elected its officers for the coming year. The newly elected board will take office in October, according to a news …

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SPEAK UP: Can ‘women’s work’ be a feminist act?

Making a home warm and inviting is a domestic art, and as such, has long been dismissed as women’s work — but Sara Peterson is a woman who happens to love this work. And loving …

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Business Record 6-29-18

Attractions
Greater Des Moines’ big parks plans seen as a draw for new development, workers

Focus: Economic Development

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Equal partnership between millennial parents really means more work for both

Today’s feminism stresses that true equality must come not only from women being equal in the workplace, but also from men contributing equally at home. Millennial parents are the first to try to take on …

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Business Record 6-22-18

All about the data
CRE firm JLL is capturing property profiles in proprietary software

Focus: Real Estate & Development

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June 12: PWN Scholarship Fundraiser

Host: Professional Women’s Network – Cedar Rapids
About: Take the night off from cooking while supporting the PWN Scholarship Foundation. The foundation is partnering up with Zio Johno’s in Marion to help support the foundation. …

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Why single female entrepreneurs can (and must) put work first

The work involved in getting ahead, especially for people starting their own businesses, writes Liz Elting for Forbes, is so immense and so consuming that all other concerns tend to fall by the wayside. Add …

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Business Record 6-8-18

Data dilemma
Facebook and new EU rules show need for strategy — even in Iowa

Focus: Technology

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Day care shortage hampers economies at the county level

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: When Kyle Roed, senior human resources manager at Omega Cabinetry in Waterloo, and his wife were 12 weeks pregnant with their first child, they signed him up for day care. They had to, …

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Why women are more likely to get funded on Kickstarter

Moneyish: Frustrated female entrepreneurs struggling to get funding should set up a Kickstarter or Indiegogo page, according to new data. While female-led ventures have long struggled to get financial backing from banks and investors (who …