Archive for June 2022
NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Green energy’s big looming problem is red tape
Wind turbines are now built into the Iowa landscape, and I think they add a nice height to our rolling plains. I learned from this Wall Street Journal article that with costs to install wind and solar …
Read MoreNominations open for WDM Chamber’s DEI workplace awards
The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce is holding the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workplace Excellence Awards event for its second year. The purpose of the awards is to learn from and amplify the efforts of individuals, …
Read MoreCanoyer Garden Center acquires Florida tropicals grower
West Des Moines-based private equity fund Midwest Growth Partners announced it has capitalized Canoyer Garden Center in support of Canoyer’s recent acquisition of Stewart’s Greenhouse. Canoyer is a Grimes-based grower and retailer of premium flowers, plants, shrubs …
Read MorePace of new home construction slows in area communities
The Des Moines-area residential homebuilding market remained stagnant in May as rising home mortgage rates caused some potential buyers to leave the new-home buying market.
The 14 jurisdictions surveyed by the Business Record issued 420 …
Five Iowans apply to fill state Supreme Court vacancy
Five Iowans have applied to fill the vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court that will occur when Justice Brent Appel retires on July 13. They are Timothy Gartin, an attorney with Hastings, Gartin & Boettger …
Read MoreWebinars to offer insight on refugee employment
IowaWorks and the Refugee Alliance of Central Iowa are partnering on a three-part series of webinars for employers and communities to learn about how to invest in refugee employment. The events will cover what life …
Read MorePROJECT UPDATE: West Bank headquarters
Buildings have been demolished on the site of West Bank’s planned new headquarters at 3330 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. Last week, demolition crews were sorting through the debris and removing it from the site. Photo …
Read MorePROJECT UPDATE: West Bank headquarters
Buildings have been demolished on the site of West Bank’s planned new headquarters at 3330 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. Last week, demolition crews were sorting through the debris and removing it from the …
Read MoreConstruction underway on Live Nation entertainment venue in Waukee’s KeeTown Loop commercial district
Construction has begun in Waukee on the Live Nation entertainment venue at 2938 Grand Prairie Parkway. Architectural rendering courtesy of OPN Architects
More than $93.5 million in new commercial construction projects got underway in the …
Read MoreApple workers at Maryland store vote to unionize, a first in the U.S.
New York Times: Apple employees at a Baltimore-area store have voted to unionize, making it the first of the company’s 270-plus stores in the United States to join a trend in labor organizing sweeping through retailers, …
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