Archive for May 2016
State receives $1.2 million for homeless assistance
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it has awarded approximately $1.2 million to support homelessness assistance services in Iowa. The funding combines with awards announced earlier this spring to total $8.4 million …
Read MoreAuthors announced for Des Moines writing festival
Craig Johnson, the New York Times best-selling author of the Walt Longmire mystery series — the basis for a hit A&E drama — will be the headline speaker for the Wonder of Words Festival June …
Read MoreHouse prices up 5 percent through March
Greater Des Moines house prices dropped 0.3 percent from February to March, but remained 5.2 percent higher than in March 2015, according to a report from real estate research firm CoreLogic Inc. The year-to-year increase …
Read MoreBucksbaum commits $5 million to Grinnell College
Carolyn “Kay” Bucksbaum, a 1951 graduate, former chair and now life trustee of Grinnell College, has committed $5 million to support the expansion of the college’s Global Grinnell Program. “The Global Grinnell program is close …
Read MoreMidwest business conditions index slips
Cedar Rapids Gazette: After three straight months of expansion, a gauge of business activity in a nine-state region of the Midwest declined last month, but remained above growth-neutral. Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index dipped to …
Read MoreCommunity Connect mentoring program graduates 30
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute has 30 new graduates of its Community Connect: Mentors Inspiring Success program. They are: David Albrecht, Callie Angove, Brooke Axiotis, Kristin Broers, Nicole Burgmeier, Emily Caropreso, and Crissanka Christadoss. …
Read MoreDes Moines-area sewage plant launches reuse program
The Des Moines-area sewage treatment plant plans to spend $19 million on a system that will pull much of the phosphorus from wastewater and turn it into fertilizer pellets to be sold to farmers, The Des …
Read MoreKum & Go to donate $600,000 to Habitat for Humanity, help build homes
Kum & Go LC and its customers will donate more than $600,000 to Habitat for Humanity as part of the housing organization’s nationwide fundraising effort. More than $370,000 was donated by Kum & Go customers. …
Read MoreChicago firm to promote economic development in eastern Polk County
Chicago advertising agency MACLYN has been hired by Eastern Polk Regional Development Inc. to create a brand campaign and website this fall, according to a release. The firm developed the recent AltoonaNow campaign and created …
Read MoreUSDA spends $70 million on Iowa projects in early ’16
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development programs have spent $70 million during the first half of the 2016 budget for 24 infrastructure projects. This funding includes $13 million to support 12 projects that will …
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