As I have enjoyed writing in six previous August articles since 2013, we have seen Cedar Rapids, the 2014 “All-America City,” go from flood recovery in 2008 and 2016 to record levels of development. The city set a record for building permits in fiscal year 2018 of...
I didn’t exactly go to Des Moines expecting corn fields, but I didn’t want to miss them, either. One night in the capital city this summer, I drove 30 minutes northeast of Des Moines and joined a weekly bike ride in the rural town of Maxwell . Our small group pedaled...
There are more than 1,000 Holiday Inn managers around the world, but Davenport’s Felicia Weese is the best. She won “GM of the Year” honors for 2018 from the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). The Holiday Inn brand honor is among the...
