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Event Nov. 18: WDM Business Incubator to hold 5th anniversary reception

The West Des Moines Business Incubator plans a fifth anniversary celebration Wednesday at which it will honor its newest graduates, Three Razors Media and SocialWise Media Group. The event starts at 4:30 p.m. at 2829 …

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Nashville vending machine delivers vehicles

The country’s first coin-operated vehicle vending machine is a five-story glass tower located along Interstate 65 in Nashville, the Nashville Business Journal reported. Just order the car online and pick it up at the vending machine. The …

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Event Nov. 18: Black Urban Professionals happy hour

Black Urban Professionals of Des Moines will host a happy hour at 5 p.m. Nov. 18 at MALO. Black Urban Professionals of Des Moines was started in early 2015 by Georgia native and recent Des …

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Marriott, Starwood to combine to form world’s largest hotel chain

Marriott International Inc. will buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. for $12.2 billion to create the world’s largest hotel chain, with top brands including Sheraton, Ritz-Carlton and the Autograph Collection, Reuters reported.


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VIDEO: Could a Ferguson Missouri type event happen in Des Moines?

I attended the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Forum on Diversity & Inclusion Nov. 12 at the Holiday Inn Des Moines-Airport/Conference Center. It was an eye-opening and enlightening conversation about race and diversity and featured a …

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SBA backed $8.8 million in loans for Central Iowa businesses in October

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 19 loans totaling $8.8 million for Central Iowa businesses in October. The assistance helped create 108 jobs and retain 154 existing jobs in Polk, Story, Boone, Dallas, Madison, Warren,…
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Sioux City is the most affordable housing market, West Des Moines the least

West Des Moines, with an average listing price of $363,008, is the most expensive housing market in Iowa, and Sioux City is the most affordable, with an average listing price of $130,798, according to a…
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Skywalks closed? There will be an app for that

The city of Des Moines plans to provide an app with routes to the Iowa Events Center when it closes a section of the skywalk system between Watson Powell Jr. Way and the Events Center …

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RDG will help with properties near Kum & Go’s new headquarters

RDG Planning & Design has been selected by Kum & Go LLC to help plan the future of properties that the convenience store giant owns near its new headquarters, which is under construction in the…
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KCCI anchorman Kevin Cooney retiring after 33 years

KCCI anchorman Kevin Cooney, 63, will retire Nov. 24 after 33 years in the job. He will be replaced by colleague Steve Karlin. A Des Moines Register profile of Cooney notes that he joined the…