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Iowa Builders Group’s New Endowment Targets Industry Skills Gap

Associations Now

A new endowment launched by Master Builders of Iowa will fund innovative solutions to close the industry’s skills gap and bring younger workers into the construction field. This week, Master Builders of Iowa announced the launch of MBI Works, a $5 million endowment to fund new resources for career education and workforce recruitment.

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University of Iowa Eyes Plan to Combine Alumni Association, Foundation

Associations Now

For years, the University of Iowa treated its foundation and its alumni association as separate entities. “After reviewing the committee’s recently provided report and recommendations, it is my intention to create one, new, unified organization,” Harreld wrote, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

Associations Now

The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. The duration of the attack is unclear, but there’s evidence that it may have begun about a year ago, Krebs reported. Goodwill has 165 regional headquarters in the U.S.

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High alert: Building safety concerns rise following Surfside condo collapse

Ungrated

City officials closed the eight-story garage for repairs, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. is understandable, says Thomas Leslie, professor of architecture at Iowa State University. In Marina del Rey, Calif., a team of Los Angeles County inspectors fanned out at a condominium complex with a history of deferred maintenance.

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Associations Boost Aid Efforts Amid Nebraska Flooding

Associations Now

While the storm hit Iowa and other states hard as well, Nebraska suffered more than $1 billion in damage , NPR reported. The NBA itself donated $20,000, KIOS reported. Farming is a big part of the economy in Nebraska and Iowa, and many agricultural groups are supporting their own. The agricultural community.

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Association Brain Food: 12.8.23

Reid All About it

Results Direct and.orgCommunity released the first and most comprehensive report on mobile apps in the association community , which includes data on how associations and their members are using mobile apps. Host: Volunteer Managers of Central Iowa Fri 12/15 at 4 p.m. Mobile apps. More info/register. More info/register.

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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

Associations Now

The Tech Town Index, a new report from the association, finds a surprising geographic diversity among tech hot spots, helped along by both booming college towns and maturing local tech economies. But even cities that couldn’t simply be excused as college towns, like Des Moines, Iowa, or Colorado Springs, Colorado, also did well on the list.