Archive for August 2015
City to save nearly $4 million in parking garage demolition contract
The Des Moines City Council on Monday accepted a bid nearly $4 million below the expected cost to demolish the parking garage at Grand Avenue and Seventh Street downtown, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. City staff said the 63 percent …
Read MoreDes Moines workers: Job stability most important value
Last Saturday, thousands of workers from across Iowa came out to support Workshift, a national good jobs campaign focused on engaging Americans to set a new people-driven standard for good jobs, and interacted with an …
Read MoreGDMLI announces Community Leadership Program participants
Fifty individuals will participate in this year’s Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program. Each participant was nominated by a program alumnus. The participants represent private, public and nonprofit sectors within the community. Class …
Read MoreAfter wild ride Dow finishes down 588 points
Gravitate eyes Ames expansion
Gravitate, which long has discussed looking at offering services beyond downtown Des Moines, has met with stakeholders about an operation in Ames. Entrepreneur Geoff Wood of Gravitate wrote in his blog that interest seems to …
Read MoreLocal nonprofits competing for office technology makeover
Numerous Greater Des Moines nonprofits are in the running for a $15,000 office technology makeover. To win the makeover, nonprofits from 125 counties throughout Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin are participating in the 10th annual Make …
Read MoreUniversity of Iowa president finalist forums begin this week
The first of four public forums involving finalists in the search for a new president at the University of Iowa will be held Thursday, Aug. 27. Each of the forums will be held at the …
Read MoreDow gains ground after opening down 1,000
Utilities board issues proposed rate of return for MidAmerican wind project
DART to change some routes
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority changed several routes as of Sunday, some of them because streets are closed due to work on developments nearby. Major changes include the realignment of Routes 5 and …
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