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VIP tickets available for DSM Book Festival

VIP tickets are now on sale for the DSM Book Festival on March 28. The festival, which is produced by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, is free to attend. The VIP tickets provide a value-added …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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DMPA commissions Air Play Symphony for family concert experience

Des Moines Performing Arts is premiering Air Play Symphony by Acrobuffos, part of the 2019-2020 Wellmark Family Series. Air Play Symphony will take the Civic Center stage with Joseph Giunta conducting the Des Moines Symphony …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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SBA backs $2.1M Central Iowa loans in January

The U.S. Small Business Administration in January backed $2,179,500 in Central Iowa loans. 

Those eight loans are expected to create 78 new jobs and retain 35. Two of the top loans went to: 

2100 NE…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 12, 2020
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PROJECT UPDATE: INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE

Construction is progressing on a spec warehouse under construction at 4707 S.E. Rio Court in Ankeny. Photo special to the Business Record What: New warehouse

Where: 4707 S.E. Rio Court,  Ankeny

Project value: $3.4 million

Background and update: Last fall, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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Home, remodeling show at fairgrounds Feb. 21-23

The Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines’ annual Home & Remodeling Show will be held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds’ Jacobson Exhibition Center Feb. 21-23. The event, which is free and open to the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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R&R Realty’s Anderson honored

Luke Anderson, president of R&R Realty Group’s technology subsidiary, was named a top commercial real estate tech influencer by Globe Street, a national publication focusing on the commercial real estate industry. According to Globe Street, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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Area communities issue record value of commercial building permits in 2019

The Amazon fulfillment center under construction in Bondurant. The building permit issued for the structure was valued at $295.5 million, records show. Photo by Kathy A. Bolten

The value of commercial building permits for new construction …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Feb 12, 2020
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Des Moines fast-tracking its move of public works out of Market District

Des Moines city officials are fast-tracking moving the city’s public works facilities out of the Market District, an area that is drawing increased interest in redevelopment.

The public works facilities are spread over about six…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Feb 12, 2020
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Center for disabled Iowans directed public funds for lubricants and porn, lawsuit claims

Des Moines Register: The top officials at a state-run institution for people with severe disabilities directed the purchase of sexual lubricants, silk sheets and boxers, and pornographic images in preparation to study patients’ sexual arousal, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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Popular scooter share program will return to Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: An electric scooter rental program that’s popular but also potentially a dangerous nuisance will not only be making an encore in Cedar Rapids but also expanding, city officials said Tuesday. The scooters and …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2020
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