Gigi Wood

4 days ago | businessrecord.com | Gigi Wood

The Des Moines Art Center and Waterloo Center for the Arts collaborated to bring a culturally significant exhibit featuring Haitian art to Central Iowa. Then, federal grant funding was pulled. The groups were able to color outside the lines and find a funding solution, illustrating how Iowa’s arts and culture organizations are managing federal policy changes. Since the start of the year, the Department of Government Efficiency has slashed spending and fired thousands of workers.

5 days ago | businessrecord.com | Gigi Wood

The CEO of Iowa’s most profitable company recently shared her perspective on corporate giving and its role in the business’ success. The Business Record was invited to sit down with Deanna Strable at the Principal Charity Classic on May 30 to hear more about company’s giving and the business case for giving back.

1 week ago | businessrecord.com | Gigi Wood |Kyle Heim |Rowena Crosbie

BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero InternationalAs AI takes over tasks, people need to double down on other things. Watch this Tero Tips video to find out what things. We’re living in a time when artificial intelligence is rewriting what’s possible. Faster processing, sharper predictions, smarter systems. From content generation to customer service bots to data-driven decision-making, AI is stepping in to do what once took hours, days or teams.

1 week ago | businessrecord.com | Gigi Wood

Van Meter Inc. and Baker Electric are partnering to host Stuff the Truck, a community donation event supporting the Urbandale Food Pantry tomorrow, Saturday, May 31. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Big Grove Brewery, 555 17th St. in Des Moines. Community members can bring donations of nonperishable food, personal care items or monetary gifts. All donations will be matched up to $3,000, a news release said.

1 week ago | businessrecord.com | Gigi Wood

Neighborhood Finance Corp., a nonprofit lender that aims to revitalize neighborhoods and expand homeownership opportunities in Polk County, will celebrate its 35th anniversary on Monday, June 2. A community celebration will be held from 4-6 p.m. at Des Moines’ Columbus Park, at 417 E. Granger Ave. The Columbus Park neighborhood is one of the first neighborhoods where NFC started lending in 1990.