Biz Buzz: High hopes for 'Cultivation Corridor'

Lynn Hicks
The Des Moines Register


The creators of the Cultivation Corridor hope that central Iowa's new brand evokes "refinement and good education" as well as tending the soil.

Gov. Terry Branstad, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other officials unveiled the name for the Des Moines-Ames bioscience industry Monday at the World Food Prize headquarters. Behind the scenes was Flynn Wright, a Des Moines advertising firm that spent about a year coming up with a name to please economic development officials, agribusiness executives and other leaders.  

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St. Pete Chamber of Commerce rises from ashes

BY CHRISTOPHER O’DONNELL, Tribune staff 
St. Petersburg Tribune 

ST. PETERSBURG — Just three years ago, the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce was on life support.

The nonprofit group, which represents local businesses, was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, was losing members and was mired in infighting over its direction.

In need of new leadership, the chamber’s board hired Chris Steinocher.

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Blueprint Birmingham: More than 2,600 new jobs in 2013

Written by Birmingham Business Journal Staff

Birmingham Business Journal

Birmingham's seven-county region added 2,611 jobs from new and expanding companies in 2013.

The Birmingham Business Alliance announced this week at the Blueprint Birmingham Summit that Birmingham received a total in capital investments of $319.5 million during the year.

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