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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the October 21 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the October 21 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Let’s 3-D print a mountain range

Futurist Thomas Frey is in town to talk to a Greater Des Moines Partnership breakfast Friday. I caught up with him by phone to discuss how our metro is likely to change as disruptive technologies pile up.…
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NOTEBOOK: Safety Council, EMC partner to bring fall simulator to Greater Des Moines

  Can people learn how not to trip, slip or fall? As a Virginia-based safety technology company has discovered, the answer is yes, and its new training device could revolutionize how Central Iowa companies approach…
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NOTEBOOK: Public service announcement: Don’t read this while walking

Walkability has been on my mind a lot since our Oct. 5 Power Breakfast on the future of transportation. No doubt Des Moines can make some improvements to encourage walking and biking, but with an …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the October 14 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the October 14 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Sculpture love from Springfield

A fun share here about the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park from one of our fellow business journals down in Springfield, Mo. The publication’s editor, Eric Olson, along with editors and publishers from all …

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NOTEBOOK: Are we too focused on STEM?

When transportation guru Gabe Klein came to town to give a speech, he wondered what kind of work we will do in the future, given technological advances. “It appears that the creativity area will be …

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NOTEBOOK: Here’s what IOWA stands for

Des Moines Water Works chief Bill Stowe speaks a lot about his utility’s federal lawsuit against drainage districts in northwest Iowa and the agricultural pollution that prompted it. He has found himself speaking more and …

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NOTEBOOK: With large anchors a ‘dying breed,’ new owners of Eastwood Village Shopping Center ponder options

    Travis Overhue has taken a look at large anchors for neighborhood shopping centers and come to the conclusion that “they are a dying breed.” With that in mind, don’t expect a large grocery…
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NOTEBOOK: President’s Day trip to the zoo led to Fort Des Moines project

  The folks at Blackbird Investments are a creative bunch with no lack for development ideas or the enthusiasm to pull them off. With that in mind, the story of how the team of family…
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