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 …
Randy Evans | executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Back in my working days, back when I supervised The Des Moines Register’s business news staff, one of the columnists confessed to our readers …
Nearly 20 years ago, Des Moines lawyer Rick Autry suggested to his father that they co-author a book about virtues that could be read to and by children. James Autry, a local author and former …
By Michelle DeClerck | President, Conference Event Management It might be entirely possible that headlines regarding women’s issues resonated across the world more so in 2017 than in any year of memory. While many of the …
BY ALLAN DUFFE | Board director for the Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Economic development is critical for the success of Iowa. It takes on an even greater importance when dealing with the state’s rural economy.…
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