Archive for October 2010
Des Moines council to consider TIF funds for Younkers rehab
The Des Moines City Council will be asked today to spend up to $4.5 million in tax increment financing funds to help cover the estimated $45 million renovation of the former Younkers department store building …
Read MoreGreater Des Moines tourists spent $1.5 billion last year
The number of visitors to Greater Des Moines in 2009 remained strong, but the dollars spent by those visitors dropped slightly, the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau said. The metro area hosted more …
Read MoreInvestment deals up, dollars down
Venture investors put $5.5 billion into 662 deals for U.S.-based companies during the third quarter of 2010, a 5 percent drop in investment but a 2 percent increase in deals from the same period last …
Read MoreWells Fargo provides $5 million to housing organizations
Wells Fargo & Co.’s Housing Foundation today announced grants totaling $5 million to nonprofit housing organizations in 34 communities, including Des Moines. Earlier this year, Wells Fargo donated an additional $8 million to Habitat for …
Read MoreSales of existing homes increased in September
Existing home sales climbed for the second month in a row in September, fueling hopes that a housing recovery is under way, CNNMoney.com reported. Sales of previously owned homes rose 10 percent to a seasonally …
Read MoreDelta Dental helps Iowa MOM event
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation has awarded $50,000 to the Iowa Dental Foundation, the Iowa Dental Association’s nonprofit foundation, to help fund the Iowa Mission of Mercy (Iowa MOM) project, which is scheduled for …
Read MoreIt’s all about the company culture
Recently I attended a Global Leadership Summit where I was able to listen to speakers live via webcast, including Terri Kelly, president and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (maker of Gore-Tex), and Blake …
We know the angry voter will turn out
The current political climate, like all political climates, is analyzed in broad terms. We’re told that it was spawned by anger about spending and taxes, determination to change course, philosophical differences about moral issues.
As …
Read MoreLoan participation agreement lands two banks in federal court
Peoples Trust & Savings Bank should call in a $4.4 million loan to a company controlled by developer Bob Knapp, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Des Moines.
American State Bank …
Read MoreStone named president of Downtown Kiwanis Club
The Downtown Des Moines Kiwanis Club has named Carol Stone as its president for 2010-2011. Stone is the chief compliance officer at West Bank and lives in West Des Moines.
Scott Pierce, a marketing representative …
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