Archive for February 2020
Commission to discuss rezoning site to allow homeless shelter on Des Moines’ east side
Texas entity pays $60.8 million for site of Amazon fulfillment center
Construction is underway of the fulfillment center in Bondurant. Photo by Duane Tinkey
Amazon.com’s announcement Thursday that it will open a fulfillment center in Bondurant comes 15 days after a Texas-based entity paid $60.8 million for…Read MoreNatural Resources Director appears on track for confirmation after Senate hearing
Iowa Public Radio: The new director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources appears to be on track to be confirmed to the post after a hearing in an Iowa Senate committee Tuesday. Director Kayla …
Read MoreMcLellan: Could you be an authority?
For the last two decades, the global PR agency Edelman has conducted research that examines who and what consumers trust and how that trust influences their buying behaviors.
The results of the 2019 Trust Barometer …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Iowa’s civil rights hero
February is Black History Month, which makes this is a good time to recall one of Iowa’s most successful, if least known, civil rights heroes.
Alexander Clark was a black man who lived in Muscatine …
Read MoreSTEM in Iowa at a glance
Gov. Reynolds addresses computer science in Condition of the State address
Gov. Kim Reynolds talked about the importance of computer science education in her Condition of the State address, which kicked off the legislative session. …
DMU campus opens up prime real estate in central Des Moines
The departure in three years of Des Moines University from its 24-acre campus along Grand Avenue will create a wide range of opportunities for the redevelopment of prime real estate located in central Des Moines, …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Kerty Levy
Everywhere that Kerty Levy appears these days, she is talking about Iowa investment.
As an honored speaker at the Technology Association of Iowa’s Catalysts event, Levy noted that only 1.2% of the $117 billion in …
Read More7 takeaways from our 2020 Economic Forecast
The Business Record held its annual Economic Forecast last week at the Sheraton West Des Moines hotel. Below are a few takeaways from our staff writers.
Logistics outlook
Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers …
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