Here you’ll find news of interest to members, both from the Partnership and from other members.
2008
Valley View Village celebrates 45th anniversary with music, health fair
Botanical Center to host Master Gardener Plant sale
Des Moines Arts Festival, GuideOne, partner again for interactive murals
Local printing consultant receives international sales awards
Blank Park Zoo is ready to ‘Party for the Planet’
Tone’s Spices Expanding Production and Customer Service Functions at Ankeny Facility
The African American Business Association explores partnership with VentureNet Iowa
Golden Circle Games return June 18
Hanser wins International Telly Award for Public Relations
Norwalk Business Spotlight: Norwalk Chiropractic
Blood Center of Iowa unveils Bloodmobile with support from the Nationwide Foundation
2008 Iowa Employment, Training & Benefits Conference to be held April 23
Bragging Rights
Iowa Dental Association, When Words Matter launch commemorative book project
SBA is your Small Business Resource
Entrepreneur Magazine Ranks ActionCOACH #1 in Business Coaching Category for 5th Consecutive Year
Honey Sweet Gourmet Foods changes name
BETWEEN JOBS program helps employees manage, make sense of career transition
Bragging Rights – March, 2008
Kent Britten Memorial Leadership Award Nominations Sought
“Let’s DU Lunch” series speakers announced
Give Des Moines Arts Festival Gift Certificates for Valentine’s Day!
Bragging Rights – February, 2008
Affiliate Member Spotlight: AABA – Guidry’s Foods
Affiliate Member Spotlight: Waukee – Stiver’s Ford
Principal Financial Group Ranks 21st on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For”
Vatterott College to host ribbon cutting February 5
UNI SBDC to host EntreFest! Celebration Feb. 21-22
2007
Multimedia Imaging to host open house January 18
FEH to consult for Kentucky LEED project
GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP AND LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OFFER JOINT MEMBERSHIP
Principal Charity Classic to continue through 2010
Gateway Dance Theater celebrates 35th Anniversary
Des Moines Executive Leads Global Corporation
Citadel Des Moines named top Citadel market
LightEdge Adds Ethernet-Over-Copper High-Speed Internet Service
Earnhardt, Jr., Martin, Truex will test at Iowa Speedway
VIDEO CONTEST VOTING HAS ENDED!
Coleman achieves ec-dev designation
Mark Oman, Clayton Jones to be inducted into Iowa Business Hall of Fame
Jaycees host ‘speed-networking’ event July 19
URS Corporation is first in Top 500 Design Firms for 2007
Shive-Hattery opens Omaha office
Author Jon Gordon to give workshop at Central Library July 27
McLellan Marketing to host Branding Breakfast July 11
Awards recognize local business achievements
Sales Workshop Series coming to Des Moines & Cedar Rapids
Airport to host ‘Fly Iowa’ and open house June 30
Shive-Hattery receives national award for environmental excellence from the Federal Highway Administration
Aureus’ parent company hosts ribbon-cutting
Zoo CEO Proposes Additional Free Kids’ Admissions
O’Keefe named ‘Woman to Watch’ by Advertising Age
‘Community Conversations’: Opportunities through arts & culture
Business uses Continuity Center to persevere through power outage
West Bank Announces Open House at South Branch
VIVAMEDIA wins Best of Category Honors
‘Share The Road’ program featured in American Bicyclist
Forty Senior High Students in Polk County Receive Prairie Meadows Scholarship Funding
Skyline Exhibits Central Iowa Has Moved
Clifton Gunderson Valuation and Forensic Staff Earn ABV Designations
McLellan Marketing Group Hosts Free Branding Breakfast
Exhibit Resources to host industry trends display
Staff promotions at KJWW
Andrew Maahs named Art Director of VIVAMedia
Great Frame Up to host Iowa Women Visual Artists
Hanser & Associates Wins International Public Relations Award
Silent Rivers featured on magazine cover
Dr. Andrea McGuire featured in MSNBC report
Des Moines Menace adds ‘Super 20’ team
Embria featured in CFO Magazine
Manhattan Catering to partner with VFW
VIVAMEDIA receives Silver ADDY for collateral material design
2006
Leading magazines recognize Principal Financial Group
2007
Polk County Courthouse informational meetings
2006
Greater DSM Airport is nation’s 90th most active
2007
March Member Spotlight: First National Bank of Omaha
Konica Minolta to host open house March 7
The Market at Jordan Creeks Opens with Event to Benefit Heart Association
1900
Boys and Girls Club named in honor of Ellis I. Levitt
2007
GDMLI brings “Kids’ Kingdom” to life
DMMO’s Wine & Food Showcase to be held February 23, 2007
Golf Outing Wrap-Up & Results
The Weitz Company Awarded ISU’s Athletic Expansion/Renovation Project
Des Moines International Airport Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Partnership hosts more than 200 local leaders for D.C. Lobbying Trip
Broadlawns Names Mandracchia to Chief Medical Officer Post
AIA to host Master Format Seminar
Grimes Chamber & Economic Development Welcomes new Executive Director
Menace Announce 2007 Schedule
MWA seeks entries for annual Environmental Stewardship Awards
Great Frame Up features local and national artists for Black History Month
Civic Center named to top 15 highest-selling theaters
Warren County Philanthropic Partnership Accepting Grant Application and Announces Grant Workshop
Pioneer Communications to launch ‘Baby Boomer’ magazine
Essman/Research is ‘Top Rated’ by Impulse Research Corporation
Shive Hattery honored for creation of Grassland
2006
Deck the Walls ranked by Decor Magazine
2007
Golden Circle Games Winners 2007
2006
VisionPoint Training featured in ‘T+D’ Magazine
2007
Partnership golf outing rescheduled for July 19
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