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Des Moines council approves selling city-owned land for $11.1M

The Des Moines City Council this week approved selling 14.1 acres the city owns around East Fourth and East Market streets to a consortium of developers who plan to redevelop the light industrial area.

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By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jan 26, 2021
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Des Moines’ clean energy plan: What’s next?

The Des Moines City Council approved a resolution on Jan. 11 calling for all of the city’s homes and businesses to run on 100% clean energy by 2035. So what happens now?

The plan is…
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Jan 26, 2021
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Renovation projects in Des Moines’ Highland Park neighborhood could receive $2.2 million in financial aid

A $2.6 million renovation is proposed for the three-story brick building at 3524 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines. Photo provided by Polk County assessor

Proposed projects to redevelop two buildings in Des Moines’ Highland Park neighborhood…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jan 25, 2021
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Sammons Financial Group acquires Beacon Capital Management

Sammons Financial Group, based in West Des Moines, announced it is expanding into the growing investment adviser marketplace with the acquisition of Beacon Capital Management, a registered investment advisory firm based in Dayton, Ohio. Financial terms of the …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jan 25, 2021
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Affiliates Management, credit unions contribute over $400K to Credit Union Foundation

Affiliates Management Co. and its family of companies — including Coopera, the Iowa Credit Union League, PolicyWorks Iowa, PolicyWorks LLC and First Community Trust N.A. — recently donated $169,050 to the Iowa Credit Union Foundation, which is the philanthropic …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completes record 125 kidney transplants in 2020

UnityPoint Health’s Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completed a record 125 life-saving kidney transplants in 2020, the health system announced. The number of transplants conducted last year was the highest since the program’s inception more than 30 …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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IEDA awards incentives for Burlington, Sioux Center companies

A swimming pool cover manufacturer and a commercial vehicle suspension company have been awarded tax benefits that will create 134 jobs and represent more than $10 million in capital investment in Iowa.

The Iowa Economic …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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House of Mercy to dedicate new behavioral health center

MercyOne House of Mercy will dedicate the new Joseph & Dorothy Schuster Behavioral Health Center with a virtual event on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The center, located in the House of Mercy’s lower level at 1409 …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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Clear Lake’s Surf Ballroom named National Historic Landmark

The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson gave their last performances before the “day the music died,” has joined the nation’s official list of some …
By BPC Staff | Jan 25, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Baby boomers are fastest-growing category of online shoppers

I can attest that those of us with more “life experience” are buying more online, but this story from the Washington Post helps back up my assertions. As more people have turned to the internet to buy …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Jan 25, 2021