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Council to consider sharing agreement with county for redevelopment of 5th and Cherry parking lot

The Des Moines City Council will consider a 28E agreement with Polk County for the proposed redevelopment of the county-owned parking lot at Fifth and Cherry streets downtown. Business Record file photo

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On the Move: Week of June 27

Matt Kluver
Availa Bank
Hired as branch manager
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Drake Callon
Availa Bank
Promoted to loan officer
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The 2025 Photo Issue

For several years, we’ve published a Photo Issue in the summer that highlights the interesting pastimes of leaders. This year the leaders and the hobbies included are as unique as ever. 

A nonprofit leader shreds …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Abby Delaney

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

Each spring I enjoy creating Ukrainian Easter eggs, known as pysanky. This 2,000-year-old artform involves hand-decorating eggs using a batik method of writing designs on the egg with …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Greg Bellville

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

Snowboarding is a winter sport where you sit in the middle of a ski run with a piece of wood strapped to both feet (that’s a little joke …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Wade Zimmerman

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

My hobby is all about crafting custom cakes, usually for my three amazing kids’ birthdays, though sometimes for other special occasions. Honestly, there’s no limit to what I’ve …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Sara Hopkins and Emily Westergaard

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

Sara: We actually grew up with our mom making dollhouses. There used to be a little miniature dollhouse store we would go to and could spend hours looking …

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City to issue RFP for armory after DMPA pulls out of redevelopment proposal

The city of Des Moines will seek proposals for redevelopment of the Argonne Armory building after Des Moines Performing Arts decided against pursuing a plan to redevelop the building citing the building’s size and the…
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Aureon realigns executive leadership team

Aureon, a West Des Moines-based technology solutions provider, announced a strategic executive realignment with the appointment of three key leaders: Chris Burns as chief operating officer, Holly Veeder as chief transformation officer and Aric Birchmier …

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McCormick named chair of MidWest One

Tracy McCormick

Tracy McCormick will serve as chair of MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. and MidWestOne Bank, the group announced. McCormick is the daughter of MidWestOne Bank’s former chairman and director emeritus, W. Richard Summerwill, who …