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JULY 13, 2018 The business journal serving Central Iowa’s Cultivation Corridor Price: $1.75 A PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE JOHN FORBES Owner, Medicap Pharmacy Urbandale With both dental and vision benefit options, Delta Dental of Iowa has you covered. Our large provider networks, flexible plan designs and local customer service make it easy for you to keep your employees happy and healthy. Take a closer look and see why we’re one of Iowa’s leading benefits providers. deltadentalia.com CONTACT US (515) 288-3336 | [email protected] FOLLOW US TABLE OF CONTENTS www.businessrecord.com VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 28 | JULY 13, 2018 www.facebook.com/DMBusinessRecord @BusinessRecord LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Chris Conetzkey (515) 661-6081 | [email protected] EDITORIAL EDITOR Suzanne Behnke @businessrecord | Twitter: businessrecord.com (515) 661-6085 | [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR Perry Beeman (515) 661-6086 | [email protected] Beats: Economic Development | Transportation | Energy & Environment SENIOR STAFF WRITERS Joe Gardyasz (515) 661-6084 | [email protected] Beats: Insurance & Investments | Health & Wellness | Manufacturing & Logistics | HR & Education Kent Darr (515) 661-6083 | [email protected] Beats: Real Estate & Development | Banking & Finance | Law & Government STAFF WRITER Kate Hayden (515) 288-3478 | [email protected] Beats: Tech & Innovation 5 8 18 NEWSROOM OPERATIONS MANAGER John Retzlaff (515) 661-6082 | [email protected] Calendar | On the Moves 4 A FOURTH WITHOUT 8 STEVE SHAFFER 23 CALENDAR PICKS COPY EDITOR Kurt Helland FIREWORKS Take a closer look at the new president Your first look at upcoming events and CEO of Homesteaders Life Co. ART & PRODUCTION CREATIVE DIRECTOR 4 A SUNNY SOLUTION FOR 24 TELLING VOTERS A BETTER Joe Crimmings LOWERING ENERGY COSTS 12 COVER STORY: STORY SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Ariane Criger PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE The Elbert Files: By Dave Elbert GRAPHIC DESIGNER 5 WATERFRONT LIVING Will state review of pharmacy benefit Sami Schrader IN IOWA? managers bring reforms? PHOTOGRAPHER 25 HOW TO SAY, ‘I’M SORRY’ Duane Tinkey Marketing: By Drew McLellan SALES 5 CARE PROGRAM CONNECTS 18 ELUSIVE ROOMS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING MERCY STUDENTS, CLINICS Sara Brown Minimum wage earners can’t afford the DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS rent for two-bedroom apartments Katherine Harrington 6 GREATER D.M. TRIBUTES SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Lori Bratrud TO MICHAEL SADLER 21 ON THE MOVE Kristi Edwards Job changes, hires and promotions ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Laura Stapes PROJECT COORDINATOR Kolbie Creger ADMINISTRATION WHO’S IN THIS ISSUE? BPC VICE PRESIDENT A list of local people and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Jason Swanson BUSINESS MANAGER BUSINESS RECORD IOWA Eileen Jackson Bob Andeweg, 30 Harold Hughes, 24 ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST Michael Andreski, 12 Mike Jensen, 5 UPLIFTING DOWNTIME Becky Hotchkiss Terry Branstad, 12 Bobby Kaufmann, 12 Iowa business leaders find therapy, OFFICE MANAGER Laura Stegemann Eric Burmeister, 30 Nancy Kertz, 5 challenge in hobbies INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE Alison Damon Jay Byers, 6 Jennifer Kopriva, 5 BPC CHAIRMAN Nick Colletti, 6 Steve Lang, 8 July 2018 Connie Wimer Up James Conlin, 24 Mike Ralston, 6 lifting BPC PRESIDENT time PAUL GREGOIRE down recently retired vice president Janette Larkin of global human resources, Roxanne Conlin, 24 Robert Ray, 24 Emerson/Fisher John Forbes, 4, 12 Kim Reynolds, 24 DEBI BULL 13, 2018 July marketing coordinator, Business Record® (USPS 154-740, ISSN 1068-6681) is BrownWinick Law Firm published by Business Publications Corporation Inc., Kate Gainer, 12 Dave Ryan, 5 The Depot at Fourth, 100-4th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, (515) 288-3336. Contents © 2018 Business Kimberly Hansen, 6 Michael Sadler, 6 Record. Published weekly. Annual subscriptions $69.95. Single copy price is $1.75. Copies of past issues, as Matt Hosford, 12 Steve Shaffer, 8 available, may be purchased for $4.50 each. Periodicals Postage Paid at Des Moines, Iowa. POSTMASTER: Send Joe Hrdlicka, 6 Nikki Syverson, 30 address changes to Business Publications, The Depot at Fourth, 100-4th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Charlotte Hubbell, 24 Tim White, 6 | Record Business Fred Hubbell, 24 3 THE INSIDER notebook 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 A Fourth without fireworks A sunny solution for businessrecord.com | Twitter: @businessrecord @businessrecord | Twitter: businessrecord.com BY KATE HAYDEN lowering energy costs What’s more American than fireworks? BY JOE GARDYASZ Lots of things, I would argue, including the golden retriever puppy at home with his tail between his legs as my neighbors shot off their fireworks. Despite You might not expect a pharmacist to geek out about the poor pup’s reluctance, our very noisy neighborhood around the Fourth of July alternative energy, unless he happens to be John Forbes. I got my family talking about fireworks accidents over the years, and my brother, met the Urbandale pharmacy owner, who is also a state who recently visited Aspen, Colo., told us about the city’s plan to avoid fire risks representative in the Iowa House, recently for an interview. associated with Independence Day shows. But before we sat down to talk about trends in drug Aspen is one of our Western cities well-versed in wildfire risks during costs, he showed me a monitor mounted above the summer droughts. After a low snow year in the winter of 2017-2018, the city pharmacy counter displaying real-time data on how started planning for a new drone show with 50 drones timed to music, inspired much electricity the solar array atop the building was by the 2018 Winter Olympics, reports the New York Times. It’s a win-win: while generating on that sunny day. other Colorado cities are cancelling annual fireworks showcases, Aspen and a Forbes became interested in solar power after few other cities across the U.S. are mitigating risks while still hosting a pretty learning more about it for various pieces of legislation. cool show. He had the system of 90 solar panels installed about I couldn’t find a video (yet) claiming to be Aspen’s show specifically, but if three years ago, and ever since they’ve been quietly generating you’re interested, USA Today has video of a show from the Travis Air Force Base nearly all of the energy needs for the building, he said. Although it in California, https://usat.ly/2tTDdvu. was a big upfront cost, he says you can’t beat an investment that Meanwhile, we better start conditioning the pup at our house to stop chasing will pay for itself in about seven years. the friendly neighborhood drone. T:9.6” More business means more challenges. And more ways we can help. T:5.25” At Commerce Bank, we know that as your company expands, new fi nancial challenges arise. That’s why we work with you to secure new equipment, streamline cash fl ow and fi nance real estate. That means you can get back to focusing on running a successful business. 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In case you Mercy College students, The prices could sink you missed it... BY STEVE DINNEN local health clinics A brief look back at news from the past BY JOE GARDYASZ If it’s winter, and you want a vacation, you head to warm and dry Arizona week on BusinessRecord.com or Palm Springs. Summertime treks are closer to Des Moines, and involve a Nursing students who are nice lakeside cottage at Panorama, Clear Lake or Okoboji-Spirit Lake. enrolled in Mercy College of A real tail wagger Yes, some people will go to Missouri and the Lake of the Ozarks. And Health Sciences’ Bachelor of It’s rare to find employers — many travel to Minnesota — after all, there are a lot of lakes there. But for the Science in Nursing program particularly larger organizations sake of convenience alone, these three Iowa lake sites are the bigger draws. will receive more hands- — that keep an in-house dog as a Panorama wins the prize for convenience, as its eastern shore lies within on clinical experience in full-time employee perk. an hour’s drive from Des Moines. With 1,160 acres of water, Panorama is community-based settings https://bit.ly/2tXUKTm @businessrecord | Twitter: businessrecord.com the largest private lake in Iowa. There are beaches, but recreational boating in Central Iowa through a appears to be its big draw. It also has a good golf course. $1.79 million grant the college Panorama is the newest of these three lakes, and as such it still received recently. The four-year Gains in June Fourteen out of 22 Iowa-based has some open lots. Dave Ryan, owner of Country Realty LLC in Panora, grant funds a new initiative called companies posted gains for the estimates that about 100 waterfront lots remain available.