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1 week ago | 
businessrecord.com | Gigi Wood |Michael Crumb |Sarah Diehn
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to go on my first Greater Des Moines Partnership DMDC trip to Washington, D.C. It was a quick but memorable two days taking in sights and meeting some of the more than 160 attendees. One thing I kept thinking about throughout was how the trip was, in a way, a home away from home and opened opportunities to form a different level of connection and relationships.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn
Two Drake professors, Ina Purvanova and Alanah Mitchell, are releasing a new book to help leaders navigate the evolution in hybrid work environments. “The New Workplace: Employee Alignment in Remote-First, Office-Forward, and Hybrid Work Organizations” offers a research-based framework to help leaders align employees across remote, in-person and hybrid work environments, addressing challenges like cultural drift, disconnected teams and evolving employee expectations.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn
The Iowa Women’s Foundation has opened the application for its 2025 Core Grants. Grant awardees receive up to $50,000 for programs addressing one of the six identified barriers to self-sufficiency for girls and women in Iowa: child care, housing, transportation, employment, mentorship and education/training. Iowa-based nonprofits, licensed child care centers and registered in-home child care providers are eligible and must submit a letter of interest by 5 p.m. on May 16.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn
Starting May 15, homeowners, farmers and business owners in Jasper and Poweshiek counties can access a solar installation program. Coordinated by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, 1000 Friends of Iowa and the Nature Conservancy in Iowa, the program is designed to help cut down on energy costs by offering discounted solar panel installations.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn |Gigi Wood
Board game night could feel a lot more local this holiday season. Top Trumps USA is working on creating a Des Moines version of Monopoly. The Rhode-Island-based company announced in April that it’s collecting ideas for board spaces through the end of May, and expects the board game to be ready by the holidays this year. Top Trumps has produced Monopoly boards for cities such as Detroit, St. Louis, Jersey City, Cape Cod, Virginia Beach and more.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn |Michael Crumb
Drake University Law School has announced its new Artificial Intelligence Law Certificate Program. The certificate integrates expertise from across Drake’s campus and beyond, a news release said, including Drake’s Institute for Justice Reform & Innovation, the AI undergraduate degree program and research at the intersection of the arts, sciences and law. The program is designed to be completed during students’ second and third year at Drake Law.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn |Michael Crumb
Eide Bailly has added Texas-based Roycon, a Salesforce consulting firm, to the company. Eide Bailly says the addition “strengthens Eide Bailly’s technology consulting services, enhancing its ability to provide comprehensive Salesforce solutions alongside ERP, data analytics and cybersecurity services.” Roycon’s team brings expertise in Salesforce customization, Revenue Cloud and Field Service Lightning.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn |Michael Crumb
n the final days of the 2025 Iowa legislative session, business groups are asking lawmakers to rethink Senate File 383 because of its potential to increase health care costs for employers and employees. The Iowa Association of Business and Industry, Iowa Business Council and National Federation of Independent Business are working together to advocate for a change to the bill before it has a chance to move further.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Sarah Diehn |Michael Crumb |Gigi Wood
An unexpected side conversation at a recent economic outlook webinar delved into a potential loss of Iowa talent due to federal policy changes. Three economists who teach at Drake University, Iowa State University and the University of Iowa said they have encountered researchers at their universities who are considering moving to different countries to continue their research.
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1 month ago | 
businessrecord.com | Kathy A. Bolten |Sarah Diehn
Over the past few months, business and nonprofit leaders have been met with a chain of current events nationally and locally that are creating uncertainty around how their organizations will be affected and how to provide steady leadership as circumstances fluctuate on a daily basis. At our upcoming Power Breakfast on May 15, we will convene a panel to offer insight into the local effects of the most pressing economic and social issues on business leaders’ minds.
