Archive for February 2011
After nearly a year, health reform still a question mark
Less than six years after she launched her staffing agency, Katie Roth’s business employs 75 people. But she’s concerned that additional regulations and costs tied to health-care reform may force her to scale back her …
MPO allocated more than $22 million in government funds in FY2010
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) released its fiscal year 2010 annual report last week.
The group allocated more than $6 million in Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds from the federal government, and …
Read MoreHy-Vee to construct C-store, then supermarket, in Waukee
Hy-Vee Inc. is poised to break ground on its first phase of development at the Crossing at Alice’s Road in Waukee.
Beginning this spring, the grocery store chain plans to construct a 4,360-square-foot Hy-Vee Gas …
Read MoreAnkeny approves Staples site plan
Staples Inc. will construct an 18,000-square-foot store at 2407 S.E. Delaware Ave. in Ankeny.
On Feb. 8, the city’s Plan & Zoning Commission approved a site plan for the Framingham, Mass.-based retailer to build northwest …
Read MoreMake way for better buildings
At the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast, Hubbell Realty Co. CEO Rick Tollakson discussed the 25 percent vacancy rate in Greater Des Moines’ competitive office market. The new headquarters buildings recently constructed include “shadow space” …
Fewer owners fall behind on home loans
Fewer U.S. homeowners are falling behind on their mortgage payments, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
CNNMoney.com reported that mortgage delinquency rates among U.S. homeowners fell to 13.56 percent at the end …
Read MoreCore consumer prices grow fast
The cost of apparel, shelter and airline fares drove up the U.S. Department of Labor’s core Consumer Price Index in January, an indication that an extended period of slowing inflation has passed, Reuters reported.
The …
Read MoreKimberley recognized by Iowa Home Builders Association
Kimberley Development Corp. and its president, Bill Kimberley, have received the Member of the Year Award and Builder of the Year Award, respectively, from the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines. The awards, which …
Read MoreLeadership Institute to remodel school auditorium
The 2011 class of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute has announced Project Encore, an all-volunteer effort to renovate the Amos Hiatt Middle School auditorium. Constructed in 1924, the auditorium has become dilapidated and is …
Read MoreLt. Gov. Reynolds to chair iJAG board
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has been appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to chair the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates’ (iJAG) board of directors. Established in 1999, iJAG works to help Iowa high school students who …
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