The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Knapp buys back a gift to the Y, for $725,000

A development partnership led by Knapp Properties Inc. has paid $725,367 for a little more than nine acres of land in Grimes that it gave to the YMCA of Greater Des Moines in 2008. The …

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NOTEBOOK: Ask Steve Quirk about … YESS University

Next time you bump into Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa (YESS) Executive Director Steve Quirk, ask him about the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute (GDMLI) project that his nonprofit was a part of. …

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NOTEBOOK: Campbell takes a seat on the convention center hotel board

As Gov. Terry Branstad pointed out Thursday during the official groundbreaking ceremony for the $100 million Iowa Events Center Hotel, “the ground’s pretty well broken.” Broken and dug to a considerable depth, as it turned …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 20 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the May 20 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: An 8 a.m. train hack and some extra 5th Street safety

For any of those commuters who use Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to enter the downtown core from the south (me), you know there’s one risk that can blow up your morning schedule — the …

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NOTEBOOK: Group offers mentoring for female financial pros

During a job interview a couple of years ago, a female candidate asked Kim Butler Hegedus, “How do you survive in the financial services industry as long as you have?”

Kim Butler Hegedus

The question …

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NOTEBOOK: When Harry Met Sally … on the bus

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has compiled a humorous video that explores the growth of the relationship between the mass transit agency and its member communities. The video, with a “When Harry Met …

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NOTEBOOK: It’s all in a ‘good’ name for artist studios

For Justin Mandelbaum, the mission at his artist studios on Keosauqua Way hasn’t changed, just the name.

Mandelbaum, in Washington, D.C., as part of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s annual pilgrimage to the nation’s capital,…
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NOTEBOOK: Stars are out for Hotel Renovo

If you have four stars in your eyes when looking for a hotel room in Greater Des Moines, you have just one choice, according to travel websites Travelocity, Expedia and TripAdvisor. Heart of America’s Hotel …

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NOTEBOOK: Energy secretary lauds ‘Iowa persistence’

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, in the area for a U.S. Department of Energy public hearing and to speak at Iowa State University’s commencement, told a Des Moines audience he is impressed by the long …