Linda Barnes becomes Geonetric CEO in Cedar Rapids
Linda Barnes rises to chief executive officer of Geonetric in Cedar Rapids after a decade with the health care marketing firm. Recruited by former CEO Eric Engelmann from Alliant Energy, she previously led business development and internal communications, bringing an MBA and market branding expertise.
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Linda Barnes
Geonetric
Cedar Rapids
Eric Engelmann
Engelmann
Barnes
Alliant Energy
Alliant
Northwestern University
Liz Zabel
the Gazette
Roosevelt Middle School to open Creative Corridor Business Academy
In Cedar Rapids the Roosevelt Middle School will transform into the Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, Cedar Rapids Community School District says. The magnet program will offer nontraditional classrooms, with about 40 students on a waiting list, and accept students from outside the area via lottery. The focus is to prepare middle schoolers for careers with project based learning using tablets and collaboration.
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Liz Martin
The
Gazette
Brenda Marcos
Miriam Perez
Roosevelt Middle School
Cedar Rapids
Miriam
Roosevelt
Northwest Quadrant
Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy
Lindsay Micek
Ellen Ampem
13Th St
Micek
Trace Pickering
Dawson Bauge
Cedar Rapids official backs business academy for youth
Trace Pickering, Cedar Rapids associate superintendent of innovation, school improvement and technology, advocates a business academy to help students grasp local economic and business opportunities for community growth.
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Trace Pickering
Cedar Rapids
Iowa roadside ditches grow in value for wildlife and crops
A column notes Iowa's 750000 acres of roadside ditches enrich the natural environment by improving water infiltration reducing erosion and supporting wildflowers and wildlife including milkweed monarchs red winged blackbirds and ring-necked pheasants. The author recalls a ditch hunting trip with Arthur Clark near Quasqueton on December 3 seeking pheasants along roadsides.
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Iowa
Arthur Clark
Quasqueton
Arthur
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