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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Pool times for Blackbird

At Blackbird Investments, it’s in with one swimming pool and out with another.

The Des Moines development firm recently caught many headlines by proposing a swimming pool cantilevered off the 26th and top floor of …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 23 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the September 23 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: We were so proud, and a little tipsy

We at Business Publications Corp. were all invited to attend a special unveiling Wednesday night at Bubba — Southern Comforts, the hot, new downtown restaurant that features Southern comfort food as envisioned by owner Chris …

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NOTEBOOK: DOT: Don’t pose for photos on railroad tracks, BR: We’re sorry if we caused DOT Director Trombino to trespass

Our friends at the Iowa Department of Transportation posted a Facebook warning recently noting that railroad companies don’t want people posing for photos on the train tracks. People do this frequently. People do this when …

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NOTEBOOK: Interrobang Film Festival moving to East Village?

While I was interviewing people for our cover story on Iowa’s growing list of film festivals, Stephen King, executive director of the Des Moines Arts Festival, mentioned that the Arts Festival may spin off its …

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NOTEBOOK: A venture into the brave new world of health care finance

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NOTEBOOK: A venture into the brave new world of health care finance

How can health systems and insurers in Iowa collaborate to rein in health care costs that seem to be spiraling out of control?


I sat in on a panel discussion last week at Des Moines…
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 9 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the September 9 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: Hollywood Back Stories

I had the opportunity last week to talk with Liz Gilman, executive producer for Produce Iowa, the state’s Office of Media Production, and learn a little about what her job is like. It was an …

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NOTEBOOK: Osprey sightings in Iowa, Boston

Over the weekend, I was in Boston visiting my son and daughter-in-law, and we started our sightseeing at Plum Island. It’s an absolutely beautiful, dune-dotted nature reserve that I had visited on a nitrate-measuring trip …