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Home sales in July up from a year ago

Greater Des Moines home sales climbed to 1,299 in July from 1,172 a year ago, while pending sales increased over the year to 1,366 from 1,081, the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors said today. …
By BPC Staff | Aug 11, 2015
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Warren County business grant competition is underway

Warren County Economic Development Corp.’s second annual Warren County Small Business Grant contest is underway. Small businesses and startups can enter the competition here. The deadline is midnight Sept.14. Three finalists in the existing business and startup …
By BPC Staff | Aug 11, 2015
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Rise Broadband receives award to serve rural Iowa

Denver-based Rise Broadband has been awarded $16.9 million through the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Broadband Experiment program to expand broadband and telephone in five states, including Iowa. The award was made to the company’s Skybeam …
By BPC Staff | Aug 11, 2015
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Des Moines board gets first look at 7th and Grand development project

We’re looking four years into the future, to a time when gawkers might look at the 17-story structure rising from the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Grand Avenue and not take real notice of…
By KENT DARR | Aug 11, 2015
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Airport board: Guard lease delays will cost taxpayers, delay terminal project

The National Guard Bureau’s refusal to sign a deal on a new lease for the Iowa Air National Guard base at the Des Moines airport is costing taxpayers and ratepayers money, blocking economic development and…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 11, 2015
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Wind energy could mean thousands of Iowa jobs

A new study by Iowa State University economist Dave Swenson estimated a continued boom in Iowa wind energy development could mean 483 to 6,424 new jobs a year as the state meets carbon-cutting goals. The …
By BPC Staff | Aug 11, 2015
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City, developer set to cover federal loan for Gray’s Landing development

Sherman Associates Inc. will lend the city of Des Moines an estimated $7.4 million to cover any shortfall in an $8.5 million federal loan to feed development of the Gray’s Landing urban neighborhood between West…
By KENT DARR | Aug 11, 2015
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Branstad to hold education/workforce roundtables

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday announced they will launch a series of roundtable meetings across the state to focus on ways to better align education and workforce initiatives to close…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Aug 11, 2015
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Josh Maurer joins Cemen Tech as CFO

Cemen Tech, the leader in the volumetric mixing industry, has hired a new chief financial officer. Josh Maurer, most recently the chief financial officer for LBS, a Des Moines-based manufacturer supplying the bookbinding industry, will…
By BPC Staff | Aug 11, 2015
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Organic grocery delivery service expanding to Iowa

Door to Door Organics, a Colorado-based natural and organic online grocer, announced plans to expand to the Des Moines market. The company, which currently serves 13 markets, focuses on partnering with local farmers and ranchers …
By BPC Staff | Aug 11, 2015