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JUNE 29, 2018 The business journal serving Central Iowa’s Cultivation Corridor Price: $1.75
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 26 | JUNE 29, 2018
@BusinessRecord
LEADERSHIP
PUBLISHER
Chris Conetzkey
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EDITORIAL
EDITOR
Suzanne Behnke
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MANAGING EDITOR
Perry Beeman
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Beats: Economic Development | Transportation |
Energy & Environment
SENIOR STAFF WRITERS
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Beats: Insurance & Investments | Health & Wellness
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Beats: Real Estate & Development |
Banking & Finance | Law & Government
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Calendar | On the Moves
4 COMPANIES SHARE LESSONS 8 COVER STORY: PARKS AS 22 A NAGGING PROBLEM
COPY EDITOR
Kurt Helland LEARNED IN MAKING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT A report affirms Des Moines’
ART & PRODUCTION
WORLD A BETTER PLACE Area cities make big plans for outside neighborhoods are suffering
CREATIVE DIRECTOR fun to keep, lure workers
Joe Crimmings
4 FROM TEEN MAYOR TO 24 CALENDAR PICKS
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Ariane Criger LEADER OF ABI 18 24/7 FILING Your first look at upcoming events
GRAPHIC DESIGNER State upgrades system to make
Sami Schrader
PHOTOGRAPHER
6 TILEY NUNNINK business filings easier, faster 24 UNDERSTANDING HOOVER
Duane Tinkey Take a closer look at the new general The Elbert Files: By Dave Elbert
SALES manager of the Des Moines Menace 20 TARIFFS AREN’T SO SIMPLE
DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING
Sara Brown
Guest Opinion: By Randy Evans 25 FOOL ME ONCE
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Marketing: By Drew McLellan
Katherine Harrington
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
Lori Bratrud
Kristi Edwards
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Laura Stapes
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Kolbie Creger
ADMINISTRATION
BPC VICE PRESIDENT
Jason Swanson
BUSINESS MANAGER
Eileen Jackson
ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
WHO’S IN THIS ISSUE?
Becky Hotchkiss A list of local people and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned.
OFFICE MANAGER
Laura Stegemann
Matt Anderson, 22 Catherine Nagel, 8
INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Alison Damon Lauren Burt, 4 Chris Nelson, 4
BPC CHAIRMAN Jay Byers, 8 Tiley Nunnink, 6
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BPC PRESIDENT Frank Cownie, 8 Ben Page, 8
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THE INSIDER
CHRIS SUZANNE PERRY KENT JOE KATE HAYDEN
Bits and bites of the finer side of Iowa business CONETZKEY BEHNKE BEEMAN DARR GARDYASZ staff writer
publisher editor managing editor senior staff writer senior staff writer
Companies share lessons learned in making the world a better place
BY JOE GARDYASZ
In case you
Eight Principal Financial Group employees recently returned
from Pune, India, where rather than building wells or distributing
from across the organization to determine how much and where it
would spend on international, sustainable development. missed it...
food, they put their respective professional skills to work helping Now the company is providing international service at a much A brief look back at news from the past
small and medium-sized businesses to expand their companies. higher level, with alignment with other for-profit corporations as week on BusinessRecord.com
Word must have gotten around the water coolers at Principal well as nonprofits on the ground, in coordination with the countries
on how rewarding the experience was. More than 140 employees that are being served, Schickler said.
have already applied for next year’s international In the Philippines, for instance, Corteva helped develop a program
Social action through art
Jordan Weber of Des Moines has
visit, says Dan Houston, the company’s to reforest mountainsides to eliminate erosion that was fouling water
landed a $20,000 international
chairman and CEO. Houston recently provided supplies from runoff in the drainage canals. “All the parties were
fellowship.
some insights on Principal’s approach to benefiting, because we created a clean water supply for the residents,
corporate giving on a global scale during an gained the environmental benefits and also got a reliable water supply https://bit.ly/2lsEy87
international summit for businesses hosted by for our seed production business,” he said.
the Des Moines Rotary Club. Another bioscience leader, Kemin, is working with the World Food Online sales tax
“The idea was to help these businesses Program to provide food at Syrian refugee camps in the Middle East. A Raygun T-shirt empire chief Mike
to be more independent,” Houston told about delegation from the company led by CEO Chris Nelson recently toured Draper, supported the decision by the
75 participants during the seminar held at UnityPoint Health’s the kitchens at the camp, which uses an iris scanner system provided justices. https://bit.ly/2lqxuZo
Education & Research Center. by the United Nations to keep track of all the refugees’ payments and
He recalled that seeing the extreme poverty in India during his records. “It was easy for Kemin to get involved with the World Food
first visit years ago profoundly affected him. Having grown up in urban Program because this is an area we’re already knowledgeable in,” said 30 years ago
Texas near downtown Houston, “I knew what [being] poor looked like, Lauren Burt, Kemin’s worldwide communications manager. Scientists believe Iowan James
and then I went to India. I said, ‘No, I wasn’t even close to understanding That’s a key lesson for companies seeking to launch global Hansen’s observations and climate
what ‘poor’ really, really looks like.’ ” partnerships with nonprofits: “Lead from your area of strength, predictions have proved remarkably
Principal is keenly aware of the importance of making life and allow others to lead from their areas of strength,” said Laura accurate.
better for people in less developed areas of the world, Houston Asiala, a senior fellow with Pyxera Global, an organization that was https://bit.ly/2twGL6F
said. Its global footprint now spans more than 80 countries, established in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush as the Citizens
including India, where Principal has about 1,400 employees in Pune Democracy Corps to assist residents of the former Soviet Union
— a city of 3.4 million residents. following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
D.M. loses Sadler
Michael Sadler, a Greater Des Moines
Although Principal’s foundation provides about $8 million Principal will use one of its strengths, improving financial literacy,
community leader, died last week.
annually to benefit some 230 communities around the world, to benefit about 50,000 young people in 10 selected locations around
providing hands-on assistance in a way that helps people become the world over the next five years, Houston said. And it’s not going to be https://bit.ly/2tuia1x
more self-sufficient can provide far greater reach than writing a a “drive-by” approach.
check, he said. “This program will be very hands-on, using people who are
Developing clear goals and starting small helped DuPont Pioneer, subject matter experts, as well as technology, to see if we can
now Corteva Agriscience, to build a successful program, said Paul get truly measurable movement around the world on some
Schickler, its former president. really important matters related to saving for long-term needs,
When Pioneer was just starting its international giving programs oftentimes retirement,” he said. “This is going to be a major project Read more notebook items anytime at
20 years ago, partnerships between corporations and nonprofits on the on our part, and we’re excited about getting it kicked off.” businessrecord.com/notebook
ground were “very uncommon,” he recalled. The company started out
small with six to 12 projects a year, after bringing employees together
From teen mayor to leader of ABI
BY SUZANNE BEHNKE
Business Record | June 29, 2018
As a journalist, it’s nice when a surprise arrives, such as Northern Iowa, he sought the mayor’s job in his hometown. He won,
learning someone served in public office as a teenager. Several at age 18. He was re-elected several times. Since then, Ralston has
months ago, Association of Business and Industry worked for different companies and organizations, including Qwest
President Mike Ralston kindly met for coffee and being appointed the director of the state Department of Revenue
to give me a crash course in what the by then-Gov. Tom Vilsack. “I was 18 when I was first elected and I
organization does and what businesses are am 59 now, so if my math is correct, that is like a hundred years
in its membership. We discovered we are ago,” Ralston emailed when I explained I’d like to share his mayoral
both from northeast Iowa. Ralston hails from history. Grundy Center now has a population of about 2,700. ABI has
Grundy Center. Here’s where the surprise 1,500 member businesses that represent 330,000 Iowans, according
came in. While studying at the University of to its website.
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A CLOSER LOOK: A local leader you should know
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TILEY NUNNINK
Take a closer look at the new general manager of the Des Moines Menace
BY PERRY BEEMAN
Tiley Nunnink got a taste of Des Moines Menace soccer as an front office piece sings to me because, kind of like the Ma-
assistant coach last year, but now he’s back as general manager rines, you are trying to synchronize many different aspects.
after a brief stint with a pro team in San Antonio.
Nunnink is a retired Marine who was selected as a colonel at What appealed to you about this job?
Number one, straight up, the challenge. I come from an
the end of his 23-year career but retired before he took the posi-
environment where you are constantly challenged at a high
tion. Before his military career, he attended college in California on PHOTO BY DUANE TINKEY
tempo. For me, that’s what I crave. This is a different fight,
a soccer scholarship. “I knew I’d always have one foot in the game,”
if you will, but it still provides opportunity to exercise your
he quipped about his return to the sport. initiative to compete and be challenged. AGE: 48 (“I was a Marine, so those are dog
As a Marine, he was a diplomat in London and also had high- years.”)
ranking positions in Japan and in San Antonio. He loved the heat Is it scary to be general manager?
HOMETOWN: Kansas City, Mo.
and sun in Texas — and found the outdoor running a bit chilly No. I’ve been in charge of all kinds of organizations in
when he returned to Des Moines in January. His time in London the past. We have a staff here that is so dedicated. There LIVES IN: West Des Moines
most likely started his habit of calling a soccer field the “pitch.” was a challenge here, and I knew I was coming in to some-
thing that is very strong with an owner [Kyle Krause] who FAMILY: Wife, Kristi; two children
Now he’s in charge of the Des Moines Menace, a widely re-
garded amateur machine that cranks out professional soccer is passionate. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, criminology
players with regularity. There are men’s and women’s teams and a and geology, California State-Bakersfield;
What are your goals for this position? Master’s degree, military studies and strategic
youth soccer league, along with camps and clinics.
I want to try to grow our attendance and the busi- planning, United States Marine Corps Command
Nunnink succeeds Matt Homonoff, who was the Menace’s
ness end of it. We want to do bigger and better things. We & Staff College.
general manager from November 2012 until last October. want a good environment at [Valley Stadium in West Des
Moines]. We want teams that win and serve the players CONTACT:
How did you land in Des Moines coaching the Menace? well in their development toward the pros. This is our Email: Tiley.Nunnink@MenaceSoccer.com
I was here last year as an assistant coach working with 25th year. We are one of the dominant teams in the [Pre- Phone: 515-457-6366
my good friend John Pascarella, who is back in [Major mier Development League]. It’s fun to build a team. We are Website: MenaceSoccer.com
League Soccer] the pros. I had scouted for John back in the the highest level of amateur. LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2Lqvnjm
day, when he was with Kansas City. I told him I would come Facebook: facebook.com/DMmenace/
up and help build a team, cohesion and that sort of thing. What is the attendance? Twitter: @MenaceSoccer
It was a great team, great people. I ended up going to San Our attendance for the first game was 1,988. In May, in
Antonio at the end of the season to work for the San Antonio that league, that’s good.
FC [professional] soccer team [as an assistant general man-
ager, basically]. It was great. Do people understand the scope of your operation?
Then the Menace called and asked if I was interested in A lot of people don’t know we have a women’s team.
the [general manager] job. There are a lot of good things hap- We’ve had a men’s team for 25 years, but the women’s team is
pening here. I thought it could be an interesting challenge. newer. They don’t have as many home games, so they don’t
We talked, and here I sit. surface as much. They play at Valley Stadium and Grimes
It’s an interesting challenge. The weather wasn’t great in and Ankeny to help the brand. Most of our games are at Val-
the winter [he came in January], but I’m doing OK now. ley on a Friday or Saturday. We also have the youth teams.
What did you do in San Antonio?
I was in charge of operations, basically.
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Soccer has been very, very good to you.
I went to college playing soccer. When I finished, there
wasn’t much going on in professional soccer. I wasn’t proba-
bly good enough or handsome enough anyway. I had always
had passion for my country so I joined the Marine officer
ranks and had a career in the Marine Corps. I was coaching COACHING MARINES IS A LITTLE CONSUMING.
my home team, the Marines. It was a little consuming, if you
will. I could scout talent. As I retired from the Marine Corps,
I always knew that I would be back in the game. I always had
one foot in soccer — I always joke around with that pun. I’m
back and I looked at coaching and the front office piece. The
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I’VE ALWAYS HAD ONE FOOT IN SOCCER.
Have the Menace players routinely turned pro?
We have tons of former players in the pros. From last year’s team
Closer Look suggestion?
alone, we have six players in the pros right now. We have players who won Do you know a leader who’s new or of growing interest in Des Moines’
business community? Send an email to the editor with the name, position and
what is essentially the Super Bowl of soccer. The Des Moines Menace is
reason you think your nominee should be interviewed by our reporters. Send
probably better known outside Des Moines in the soccer communities suggestions to suzannebehnke@bpcdm.com
and in the pro ranks than we are here. There isn’t a [Major League Soccer]
team that wouldn’t know the Menace. We hire pro coaches. We produce
players that augment their training and they bolt into the pros. When col-
lege players come here for the summer, they are basically borrowed tal-
ent. Their coaches are relying on them coming back a better player. [Play-
ers are unpaid but get some living expenses.] We are the highest level of
amateur but we run like a professional program.
How do you sell the program?
We dress up Valley Stadium with our sponsorships. We are in the en-
tertainment business. We have to have an exciting team. You have to have
other activities. You have to make it entertaining, create entertainment
at halftime. No holds barred at this point; you have a crazy Marine at the
helm. I’m going to wrestle a bear if we have to. We had some robotics on
opening night. We’ve had a streaker. You dress up like a streaker with a BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
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Greater Des Moines’
PHOTO BY JOHN RETZLAFF
big parks plans seen
as a draw for new
development, workers
BY PERRY BEEMAN
Greater Des Moines leaders plan hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars’ worth of parks improvements that
aren’t just about zip lining, kayaking, swimming, fishing
or hearing an outdoor concert.
The improvements are about attracting and keeping
residents in a market with an exceptionally low unem-
ployment rate of 2.3 percent — which means a shortage
of skilled workers.
“What we are seeing is that cities around the coun-
try are using parks and open space as a way to increase
the quality of life to attract new businesses and resi-
dents as well as to retain the people who already are liv-
ing in the city,” said Catherine Nagel, executive director
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of the City Parks Alliance in Washington, D.C.
Millennials, and perhaps others, now are looking at
destinations rather than jobs, Nagel said. And places
like Des Moines and its suburbs, which offer more af-
fordable housing and easy commutes, can also sell
themselves based on strong parks, trails, and river and
lake recreation. In other words, the outdoor amenities
are tools for economic development.
GREENWOOD PARK
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THE
“Cities compete with each other for knowledge work-
NATIONAL SCENE
ers,” Nagel said. “People are moving to cities for quality
of life even before they have a job. They are looking for
recreation and exercise and ways to be social.
“It’s not just the large cities. It’s the small and mid-
sized cities like Des Moines, because they find out they
can be competitive because housing is more affordable
than what they are seeing in larger cities,” Nagel said.
“Younger people are moving to cities that aren’t as well-
known that have really strong local character. It’s really
a choice. Younger people are giving up their cars. They
can rely on Uber and their bikes.”
In Nashville, Tenn. — a city the Greater Des Moines
Partnership often compares with Greater Des Moines
According to City Parks Alliance,
— city leaders invested in downtown improvements, parks have these effects:
including a riverfront park. The result: a 50 percent in-
crease over a decade in the number of residents ages 25
to 34 who have college degrees.
Nationally, Nagel said, there has been a 37 percent
Add private investment and jobs. Den-
ver turned $1.2 million in federal grants into
increase in the number of young, educated adults mov- $2.5 billion in public and private investments.
ing to “livable, walkable urban neighborhoods.”
“It’s becoming something that people are expecting,
and it’s helping to ensure the success of developments,”
Nagel said.
Increase property values.
Houses near parks or trails are worth 5 percent
In Greenville, S.C., for example, leaders arranged for to 20 percent more than others in the community.
$13 million in spending on Falls Park on the Reedy, which
within two years drew $150 million in investment.
Over the years, a highway bridge had been built over
the falls, where the city had been born.
Attract residents and boost
property tax revenue. Since 2000, the number
“It was a very tough sell because we basically told of young, educated adults moving to livable,
people, ‘We are going to spend about $13 million to cre- walkable urban neighborhoods has increased
ate a park around a waterfall you’ve never seen. Trust 37 percent nationally.
us,” Mayor Knox White said in a video produced by Na-
Lower
gel’s group. “Most people didn’t. What we’ve created is an
incredibly successful economic development story.” costs. Philadelphia saved
$14 billion by using parks and other “green
infrastructure” to manage stormwater, instead
of building pipes and tunnels.
IF WE ARE GOING Save residents money. Parks help
people keep the weight off, which can save
TO REMAIN them $1,500 a year per person on health care.
More case studies: https://bit.ly/2li62wS
A VIBRANT
CITY, WE NEED
TO REMAIN
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NIMBLE. .
Ben Page, park and
recreation director,
Des Moines
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JOHN AND MARY PAPPAJOHN SCULPTURE PARK
PHOTO BY JOHN RETZLAFF
IN THE
Condominiums, shops, hotels and restaurants popped
WORKS
up around the park.
That message isn’t lost here. The development around
the 4.4-acre John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park,
opened in 2009 in downtown Des Moines, has been quick
and includes the new headquarters for Kum & Go, still Projects planned or under
under construction, and a Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue
Shield complex. Coffee shops and restaurants encircle the
development in Greater
popular green space. Des Moines:
Hubbell Realty Co. has housing developments in the
works near the planned whitewater courses in downtown Whitewater courses, zip lines and a
Des Moines along both rivers. President and CEO Rick skate park in downtown Des Moines.
Tollakson has said he sees the $100 million-plus water
trails plan as crucial to luring workers.
A two-sided concert stage at Des Moines
Creating these attractions can take years of planning,
Water Works Park.
and all local governments do to some extent.
Des Moines is completing its 191-page update to the
A “five lakes” development in West Des
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city’s last major parks plan, completed in 1995. Polk Coun-
ty is working through $50 million worth of recreation and Moines, building on Raccoon River Park.
water quality projects after residents voted to tax them-
selves to pay for the work, and other fundraising ensued. A nearly finished lodge at Jester Park.
West Des Moines has a $32 million plan for a recreation
area built around waterways in the suburb, and has eyed New facilities and water quality im-
construction of an amphitheater near City Hall. provements at Easter Lake.
Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership,
said: “A thriving and extensive parks and trails system
See our panel discussion about outdoor
helps attract and retain top talent. We have to compete
recreation on video: https://bit.ly/2t9fVS4
with other cities around the country and the globe. Some
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The percentage of residents
who live within a 10-minute
walk of a park:
CONVENIENCE
COLORADO MIGHT Grinnell, 91
HAVE RED ROCKS, Pella, 80
BUT DSM HAS Altoona, 78
‘GREEN GRASS.’ . Urbandale, 78
Jay Byers, Marshalltown, 77
Ankeny, 74
CEO, Greater Des Moines Partnership
have oceans and mountains. We have an outdoor parks
Ames, 73
Clive, 73
and recreation system that can compete with anywhere
in the world.”
Take the plans for the concert venue at Water Works
Carlisle, 65
Park, intended for medium-sized to small gatherings on a
large lawn surrounding a new stage. “Colorado might have
Red Rocks, but DSM has ‘green grass,’ ” Byers said.
Winterset, 60
Clyde Evans, West Des Moines’ community and eco-
nomic development director, said parks and trails always
are ranked high on citizens’ lists of things they want. It
Indianola, 59
may be just one of the factors in a move — but it’s an im-
portant one, Evans said.
“A lot of people are moving here because of schools
Des Moines, 58
and things like that,” he said. “They say, ‘Oh, there is a
neighborhood park.’ Those are all things that are going to
West Des Moines, 55
be considered.”
Evans talked to a friend who decided to move to Port-
land, Ore., without a job, because of the quality of life there.
Adel, 54
He also recalls a small community in Illinois that lost
a cookie manufacturer to Terre Haute, Ind., because the
company owner had a boat too big to float on anything the
Bondurant, 48
Illinois location had to offer. Recreation proved important.
Youth sports tournaments also are a huge perk for
this market. Evans recalled courting a restaurant opera-
Windsor Heights, 43
tion — unsuccessfully — that showed the power of ama-
teur sports. When Evans went to describe Jordan Creek
Town Center, the man cut him off. “He knew all about Jor-
Pleasant Hill, 41
dan Creek because he had been coming to soccer tourna-
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ments and they had eaten at Fleming’s,” Evans said.
Now, Evans said, West Des Moines is building cricket
Waukee, 40
facilities and planning more water recreation because
people want more.
Ben Page, Des Moines park and recreation director,
said his city’s parks plan will call for a renewed connec-
tion with nature and also call for innovation and for eq- National average, 54
uity in offerings across neighborhoods.
*City Parks Alliance
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JULY 2018 | VOLUME XII | ISSUE VlI
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DSM USA
#ACCE18
ANNUAL CONVENTION IS HERE MOMENTUM
The Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE)
EVENTS
Annual Convention comes to Greater Des Moines (DSM) from July
17 – 20. The event will convene more than 1,000 Chamber of
Commerce professionals and other influencers from across the
world to experience the region’s momentum.
Learn more at acceconvention.com.
To view a complete list of
upcoming events, visit
MidAmerican Energy Company to Hit 100 Percent DSMpartnership.com/
Renewable Energy events. See more small
MidAmerican Energy Company will be the first investor- business events on page 3.
owned electric utility in the country to generate renewable WEDNESDAY, JULY 11
energy equal to 100 percent of its customers’ usage on an Seize the City Intern Series:
annual basis, upon completing its proposed Wind XII project. Personal Brand (See full
series schedule online at
DSMpartnership.com/
seizethecity)
TUESDAY, JULY 17 –
GAME-CHANGING WATER TRAILS FRIDAY, JULY 20
PLAN IS FEASIBLE, ENGINEERING ACCE Annual Convention
STUDY SHOWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
An engineering study detailing the transformational long-term water Best of China Trip
trails plan has been released showing that the plan is feasible. The Registration Deadline
plan would create a network of more than 80 water trails projects Source Allies Inc. Plans Expansion
and includes bringing to life the Downtown riverfront. Continuing
Source Allies, Inc., an information technology consultancy, is
steps to activate the Downtown riverfront and river is a Partnership
planning a $3.8 million expansion of its current workspace
2018 Strategic Priority. A funding feasibility study is taking place this
in Urbandale to allow for additional growth.
summer with results set to be released in the fall.
Read more economic development news at
Learn more at dmampo.org/water-trails-engineering-study. DSMpartnership.com/news.
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guest-written blog? Email ambassadors@DSMpartnership.com to learn more.
DSMpartnership.comJULY 2018 ONEVOICE PAGE 2
CHAIR’S COLUMN DSM BUZZ
DAN HOUSTON, 2018 CHAIR • DSM was named the #8 Top Place for Creatives in 2018 by
SmartAsset.
Another Sign of Our Momentum on the World Stage
• Food & Wine magazine published an article titled “We Can’t
There’s something special happening here in Greater Des Moines Believe How Cool Des Moines is Being Right Now” detailing
(DSM). We’re growing. We’re global. We’re different. That’s why the the region’s restaurant, bar and coffee shop scene.
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) decided • The Seize the City summer intern series continues with two
to bring its Annual Convention here on July 17 – 20. More than events in July and one in August. Seize the City is open to
1,000 Chamber of Commerce, economic development and business all interns and college students working in DSM to connect
leaders from around the world will gather here in DSM. They’ll see to community engagement and professional development
the momentum and learn about our plans for future game-changing opportunities. Learn more at DSMpartnership.com/
projects such as Lauridsen Skatepark and further riverfront activation seizethecity.
on the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. The last time the Annual
• The Partnership won two Awards of Excellence through the
Convention came to DSM was 1964, so this is potentially a once-in-
ACCE’s Awards for Communications Excellence program for
a-generation opportunity to host this group of influencers. Landing this major event is a testament to
its national digital marketing campaign and its Maximizing
our region and our ability to work together. The Partnership worked closely with Catch Des Moines for the
Momentum 2022 Investor Campaign.
winning bid, which would not have been possible without the Hilton Des Moines Downtown Convention
Hotel. ACCE could have gone anywhere. They chose DSM. We will make this count. Register to attend at
acceconvention.com. Please help welcome our guests to DSM.
DSM USA
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHTS:
POLK CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ADEL PARTNERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CORPORATION
Board President: Joshua MacLean, Structure Financial
Board Chair: Marc Riley, Peoples Bank
Executive Director: Sheila Mahan
President: Deb Bengston
Members: 70
Members: 174
What is one initiative or project that you are looking forward What is your Chamber’s biggest accomplishment in the past
to in 2018? 12 months?
The Raccoon River Valley Trail (RRVT) Improvement project. The Chamber Our biggest accomplishment is the merger of the Economic Development
is just starting to pull this project together to enhance the RRVT from Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce under one executive board.
the bridge over the Raccoon River to Nile Kinnick Drive. This will be a
$100,000 project to improve landscaping, art presentation and bridge What is one initiative or project that you are looking forward
enhancements. to in 2018?
Getting more visitors from Saylorville and Big Creek to stop in Polk City
and utilize the local businesses.JULY 2018 ONEVOICE PAGE 3
SMALL BUSINESS
EVENTS
FIRST FRIDAY SERIES
Friday, July 13 | 11:30 a.m.
The Iowa Center
8345 University Blvd., Ste. 1F, Clive
NEW VIDEOS
SHOWCASE DSM Susan Watts, Owner of Olson-
USA TO ECONOMIC Larsen Galleries, will be the
presenter.
DEVELOPMENT,
TALENT AUDIENCES TOP FIVE FOR SMALL
BUSINESS SERIES
In conjunction with the Principal Charity Wednesday, July 25 | 11:30 a.m.
Classic, The Partnership sponsored Greater Des Moines Partnership
two 30-second commercials that aired 700 Locust St., Ste. 100,
during the live international television Des Moines
NEW AD CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES segment on the Golf Channel during
the event. One commercial was aimed Matthew Warner-Blankenship,
RESIDENTS TO VISIT DOWNTOWN DSM USA at talent attraction and one included Shareholder at Davis Brown Law
The Partnership has worked closely with the City of Des Moines to launch an economic development messaging. Firm, will speak on the Top Five
advertising campaign encouraging residents from throughout the region to visit To view the talent-focused commercial, Things to Know About Protecting
Downtown DSM. The campaign will promote the vibrancy of Downtown as well as the go to DSMpartnership.com/living-here/ Intellectual Property from
ease of access of getting to and traveling within Downtown. The campaign will run communities. Employees When They Leave Your
throughout the summer and include digital billboards, online and radio advertising, Company.
skywalk advertising, advertising on DART buses and much more. This is the first To view the economic development-
campaign to incorporate messaging identified through a quantitative and qualitive focused commercial, go CAPITAL FOR YOUR BUSINESS
research project which was used to launch the Downtown DSM USA identifier in late to DSMpartnership.com/ SEMINAR
2017. A strong Downtown core is important to workforce attraction and continued growingbusinesshere. Thursday, Aug. 2 | 8 a.m.
economic development growth throughout the entire region. Greater Des Moines Partnership
BEST OF CHINA 700 Locust St., Ste. 100,
Learn more about visiting Downtown at downtownDSMUSA.com.
Des Moines
TRIP REGISTRATION
KEY STAT DEADLINE This seminar will inform and
APPROACHING educate potential and current
business owners on capital options
The Partnership will lead a cultural
for their businesses, walking
exploration trip to China with visits to
attendees through the spectrum
Beijing, Xian and Shanghai from Wednesday,
of capital options, bank financing
Oct. 10 – Saturday, Oct. 20. Registration for
types and expectations, alternate
this trip is open until Wednesday, July 18.
loans and grants and buying on
Learn more at DSMpartnership.com/events. contract.
BRAGGING RIGHTS
• The City of Ankeny is the fourth-fastest-growing city in the country with a population • Hubbell Realty Co. held a ribbon cutting for its Bridge District in the Historic
of 50,000 or more, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau report. Ankeny grew by East Village. The 16-acre development will hold more than 700 housing units
6.4 percent from July 1, 2016 – July 1, 2017, adding an average of more than 10 in the next five years.
people per day.
• Blackbird Investments and EMC Insurance Companies closed on a deal for
• The Weitz Co. jumped up 23 spots on Engineering News-Record’s list of top contractors. Blackbird to purchase 555 Walnut St. and EMC to purchase 701 Walnut St.,
The company is up to 47th from 70th. helping both companies move forward on development plans.
• Facebook and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) announced a partnership • Drake University and Catch Des Moines hosted the USA Track & Field Outdoor
for DMACC to offer the Facebook Digital Marketing Certificate to its students. DMACC is Championships from June 21 – 24, bringing in 1,000 of the best track and
the second community college nationwide to partner on this certificate. field athletes, including former and future Olympians, as well as spectators
from across the country to DSM.
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SBA SMALL
BUSINESS SUCCESSES
THE BENEFITS OF MENTORING
Earlier this spring, SCORE — a resource partner of the U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) that provides free one-on-one
May all your business challenges
business counseling and advice to small businesses — conducted
a survey of more than 20,000 business owners. The survey, be more business than challenge.
for a report titled “The Megaphone of Main Street: Women’s
Entrepreneurship,” reached out to business owners (male and
female) at all points of the business lifecycle: Pre-startup, startup,
in business and transitioning out of the business. Among the
findings of the survey was the impact that mentoring has on small
business success.
There was no statistically significant difference in responses
between male and female entrepreneurs regarding mentoring, but
mentoring’s impact is significant. Entrepreneurs with a mentor
are five times more likely to start a business than those without
one. And mentoring leads to a greater chance of weathering the
challenges that come with that first year in business. Of the small
businesses started by SCORE clients within the last year, 87
percent are still in operation. This compares to 75 percent who are
still in operation who didn’t have a mentor.
In the survey, businesses in the pre-startup phase, the startup
phase and those in operation for more than a year had similar
concerns. Top concerns included human resource issues,
business growth and expansion, obtaining startup assistance and
marketing strategies.
These concerns are all areas that SBA resource partners such as
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SCORE, America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs),
the Women’s Business Centers and the Veterans Business
Outreach Centers can provide free, one-on-one mentoring in.
Take advantage of mentoring and give your small business a
better chance for success.
Looking for more? Read more SBA blog posts at DSMpartnership.
com/blog and learn more about SBA resources at sba.gov. At U.S. Bank, we know not everything comes easy. But we have
the unique products and services that may take your business
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Iowa. Together with 23 Affiliate Chambers of Commerce, more than
6,100 Regional Business Members and more than 330 Investors,
The Partnership drives economic growth with one voice, one
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and global collaboration, The Partnership grows opportunity, To learn more, please contact:
helps create jobs and promotes DSM as the best place to build a
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State launches Fast Track Filing,
accepting business filings 24/7
BY KATE HAYDEN
Businesses can now file 24/7 in an online database. the 7 million electronic documents
with a new system in place with the “We’ve not set a timetable on already stored by the secretary of
Iowa secretary of state’s office. how fast all of those will be in, but state’s office. At the end of the proj-
New software launched June 18 I’m pretty optimistic we can do ect, Pate said businesses in and out
aims to reduce the new business fil- something at a pretty reasonable of state should be able to pull up fil-
ings wait significantly — from two rate once we start getting past the ing documents on the secretary of
weeks to less than a day. first couple,” Pate said. “Every one state’s website without paying for a
Fast Track Filing has started to of these has its own processes — subscription service.
accept many of the 20,000 new busi- uniform commercial filings is its “The biggest challenge ... is we
ness filings submitted each year to own beast, and we’re updating want to get it cataloged in a format
the office. The system will eventu- that already.” that users can access it and pull
ally expand to accept other filings, Fast Track Filing has been in up what they need,” Pate said. “If
including business renewals, after a development since October, led by you need to access something, you
few months of use. The new system information technology special- should be able to use our library.”
is available 24 hours a day at filings. ist Kyle Phillips and using funds With a limited amount of time
sos.iowa.gov. raised by the Technology Modern- on the Technology Modernization
New businesses in Iowa are re- ization Fund. Fund, the priority in the office is
quired to file a certificate of orga- “The idea for this has been getting as much of the documents
SUBMITTED PHOTO
nization, articles of incorporation around for a while. We just didn’t digitized as possible, Pate said.
and a certificate of authority, which have the resources to do it,” Phil- “We’re trying to compile what all
will all be available to submit in lips said. “I think the thing that we need to do. That sounds kind of
Fast Track Filing. did surprise us is just the sheer basic, but when we were in a mode
An estimated 30 percent of the volume and numbers, because before this that I’d call ‘get through
20,000 new filings are rejected each nobody ever looked at how much the day’ mode — make sure the
year because of errors in applica-
tion, Secretary of State Paul Pate
time this is going to save us. ... We
didn’t look at that in great detail
equipment operates, make sure
we’re able to give the basic services
THE SECRETARY
said, errors that the online applica- until more recently.” — the amazing thing is the public OF STATE’S OFFICE
tion is programmed to catch imme- The Technology Modernization was pretty satisfied with what we PROCESSES
diately. Correcting errors in paper- Fund, approved by the Iowa Legis- were doing,” he said.
20,000
filed applications can take four to lature in 2017, is provided through “We had a lot of dedicated staff
six weeks to remedy and send back an increase in filing rates for the who just held it together, but the
through the mail. secretary of state’s office from $30 staff was getting a little frayed and
“The volume that we see here to $45. That fund is temporarily au- a little worn out, and we couldn’t new business entity
is overwhelming,” Pate said. “We’re thorized to raise up to $2 million a keep the pace,” he added. “These new filings per year
looking at about 60,000 phone calls year through July 2022. technology upgrades are significant,
101
a year from small businesses call- Until that fund was autho- and allow us to not have to count on
ing in, asking questions or wanting rized, the office had been work- staff working 60-hour weeks.”
help. ... And we have about 12,000 ing on a “duct tape and baling Once all filings are open on
walk-ins who come in to get the wire budget,” Pate said. Most of Fast Track Filing and the majority different types of
paperwork processed or get assis- the existing machinery, including of machine processes are updated business filings
tance in some fashion. microfiche scanning, has been at in the secretary’s office, Pate said
“We figured this was going to the end of its usable life, and staff the staff will have more time and
save us about 70 hours” of staff la- members were struggling to find training to focus on customer ser-
bor each week, he said. “That’s the
staff time we hope to redirect to
replacement parts.
“In all fairness, our technology
vice experience.
“It will allow them to be able 60,000
customer service.” was a little embarrassing, looking to focus on something that’s prob- phone calls per year
New business filings account more like something before Bill ably a higher priority for our staff
Business Record | June 29, 2018
for most of the documents submit- Gates even came on the scene, so and for the customer,” he said. “We
ted to Pate’s staff every year, out of that dates it a little bit,” Pate said. are encouraging people to use on-
12,500
101 filing categories. Next Pate’s of- “Now the staff has some tools, now line systems and to pay online just
fice will prioritize introducing the we just need to give the staff some as banks do, because the time our
next 100 categories to Fast Track time to build the things that cus- staff spends on this isn’t a good use
Filing based on the volume the of- tomers here deserve.” of resources.” n walk-in customers
fice receives from each category. Staff members are continuing per year
Eventually, Pate said, all those fil- to digitize 3 million to 5 million
ings will be accessible to the public business documents, in addition to
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RANDY EVANS
Tariffs aren’t so simple Randy Evans is the executive director
of the Iowa Freedom of Information
Council.
The school year is finished, but whether to the president’s tariffs. But the tit-for-tat That means the biggest consequence of
we like it or not, Iowans have been sent to dispute over international commerce could the widget tariff would fall directly on U.S.
summer school this year. cause huge headaches for Iowa farmers and consumers who would pay more.
The subject for our summer education: businesses that rely on them. There are a couple of fundamental eco-
the economics of foreign trade and tariffs. Pork producers in Iowa are worried about nomic lessons involved here that often get
Professor Donald Trump assured us losing up to $560 million in sales to Mexico. overlooked: Companies have moved their
this would be really simple to master and Last week, China responded to U.S. tariffs by factories out of the U.S. primarily because
wouldn’t take very long. But Iowa farmers slapping a 25 percent duty on U.S. goods — a they can pay workers in Mexico or China sig-
and the owners and managers of many busi- move experts believe will cost Iowa soybean nificantly less than they would pay workers
nesses are now realizing the professor might farmers up to $620 million. in the U.S. And whether the factory is in the
need to brush up on the subject material be- The effects of this potential $1 billion U.S. or elsewhere, automation is reducing the
fore he teaches more lessons. blow to Iowa farmers would go much farther. need for factory workers.
The president’s tariffs have been imposed Farmers are less likely to buy John Deere Dimy Doresca, director of the University
on goods produced by many of our overseas tractors and combines or Kinze planters and of Iowa Institute for International Business,
trading partners for sale to customers in the grain carts, and a protracted trade fight and said Iowa is going to suffer as this trade dis-
United States. Those nations have responded downturn in sales could lead to layoffs at pute drags on. “I don’t see any way to look at
by imposing tariffs on many products their those factories. this where Iowa will come out as a winner,”
residents want to buy from the United States. Iowa consumers who don’t owe their live- he told The Des Moines Register.
Suddenly this easy-peasy course in econom- lihood to agriculture may face other effects Tim Bardole, a farmer from Rippey and
ics has turned into a complex exercise that is from the tariff dispute. Foreign goods that a director of the Iowa Soybean Association,
creating ulcers from border to border in Iowa are subject to U.S. tariffs will be more ex- said, “There’s no shortage of things to think
and across the globe, too. pensive. Competing products that are made about when you lay awake at night.”
Even if you are not a farmer or don’t own in the U.S. may rise in price, too, as collateral Professor Trump, your students have
a manufacturing company, you are feeling damage from the tariffs. learned enough already to know they wish
the effects of the tariffs — or soon will be. Here’s a simplified example to help you you had not signed them up for this expen-
If you are a consumer, those foreign goods understand why: sive set of lessons. n
on which the U.S. has imposed tariffs will cost Consider a widget made in Mexico or Chi-
you more, or U.S. goods made with certain for- na that had been selling in the U.S. for $100
eign raw materials will cost more. And if you before the tariff dispute. A 20 percent Trump
are a farmer or a manufacturer, your products tariff means the widget now will cost you $120.
will cost your foreign customers more. Similar widgets made in the United States
A tariff is just a fancy word for a tax the may have been selling for $110. The Trump
United States government collects — and tariff means those U.S. widgets are now less Have an opinion?
We’re always on the lookout for community leaders who
pockets — from U.S. buyers of certain goods expensive than the $120 foreign widgets.
want to voice their opinion on the issues affecting Central
brought into our country. Tariffs that other U.S. widget companies could increase Iowa business. If there’s an issue or challenge in your
countries impose on U.S. goods mean those their sales by taking advantage of the price industry that you think our readers should hear about,
products cost overseas customers more. difference. But they might decide, instead, to consider submitting a column for publication. For more
Republicans in Congress who typically capitalize on the tariffs and raise the price of information, contact the editor at suzannebehnke@
would be apoplectic over any tax increase their U.S. widgets to $120. bpcdm.com.
have been pretty restrained in their reaction
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residents, in the growth of neighborhoods, in the productivity of employees
and in the continued strength of our local economy.
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American Equity Investment
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Life Insurance Co.
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American Trust & Savings Bank
Rafferty Group
Great Southern Bank
Baker Electric
Ryan Companies US
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Blackbird Investments
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Jester Insurance Services
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Kemin Industries
Community State Bank
UnityPoint Health –
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Conlin Properties Des Moines
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