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Drake athletics signs with Taymar Sales U. to handle ticket sales and operations

Drake athletics and Taymar Sales U., a North Carolina-based college athletics marketing company, have signed a multiyear agreement for the firm to handle outbound ticket sales and operations for Drake. Mark Waigand, currently the assistant director of ticket operations and revenue generation at Drake, will serve as the new general manager of ticket sales and…
By Business Record Staff | Jan 31, 2025
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Participants of inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute announced

The Iowa Finance Authority and national housing support organization Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), have announced that seven teams, including one in Des Moines, will participate in Iowa’s inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute. The institute is a six-month training series that will focus on developing income-targeted affordable housing strategies with support services for Iowans who have the…
By Business Record Staff | Jan 31, 2025
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Unger to leave DMARC

Matt Unger will step down June 30 as CEO of the Des Moines Area Religious Council after leading the organization through unprecedented growth in food insecurity and navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization announced today. Unger became the first layperson to lead the interfaith organization, which has a network of 14 food…
By Business Record Staff | Jan 31, 2025
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The Elbert Files: Famous Iowa writers and fictional characters

Recent columns about famous Iowans generated several additional names, including John Wayne, born in Winterset; Gary Cooper, who attended Grinnell College; and the Everly Brothers, who launched their singing careers from Shenandoah. Other suggestions led me to realize there was a category I completely missed: literature. Iowa has produced bushels of good writers, not to…
By Dave Elbert | Jan 31, 2025
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From student to leader: UI alum Adam Keune returns as JPEC director

In 2006, Adam Keune arrived at the University of Iowa as a business student drawn to entrepreneurship. The university’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) was his opportunity to explore that path, which would ultimately bring him back to the school in a new role almost 20 years later.  With help from the JPEC, he co-founded…
By Sarah Diehn | Jan 31, 2025
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What they’re checking out: Week of Jan. 31

As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card…
By Business Record Staff | Jan 31, 2025
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A Closer Look: Sid Juwarker

Sid Juwarker travels a lot for his job at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The farthest has been a trip to India as part of the Partnership’s delegation on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ trade mission in September.  Juwarker was named the Partnership’s vice president of economic development in May 2024. The trade mission, meant to…
By Mike Mendenhall | Jan 31, 2025
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Business Record 1-31-25

Cover Story: From student to leader: UI alum Adam Keune returns as JPEC director Focus: STEM Read the issue
By Business Record Staff | Jan 31, 2025