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Knox named recipient of 2020 Capital Crossroads Vision Award

Izaah Knox, executive director of Urban Dreams, was named the 2020 Capital Crossroads Vision Award winner during the organization’s quarterly meeting today. The award recognizes individuals who work within the Capital Crossroads leadership team and …

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Hy-Vee to carry Des Moines-based BLK & Bold tea, coffee

BLK & Bold co-founders Pernell Cezar and Rod Johnson. Contributed photo by BLK & Bold

BLK & Bold is now available through the Hy-Vee supermarket chain, bringing specialty tea and coffee products to 175 retail stores …

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MercyOne unveils completed birthing center at W.D.M. hospital

Kathy Goetz, vice president of women’s services and the children’s hospital at MercyOne, cuts the ribbon to the new maternity center as Phil Harrop, chief operating officer of MercyOne, assists.

Families in the western suburbs …

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Hy-Vee hiring 10,000 workers in Midwest

Hy-Vee Inc., the West Des Moines-based grocery store chain, plans to hire 10,000 people to fill part-time and full-time positions in its eight-state region. About 1,500 of the new positions will be in the Des …

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Des Moines Playhouse to present family holiday classic

The Des Moines Playhouse will be presenting “Miracle on 34th Street,” with both in-person and livestream options for audiences. The announcement follows the Playhouse’s return to live theater this fall after offering drive-in-style performances over the summer. …

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Vermeer, Pella partner with ISU’s Ivy College in professional sales certification program

Two premier Iowa manufacturers, Pella Corp. and Vermeer Corp., are working with Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business to help more ISU graduates to begin their sales careers in Iowa. 

The two companies are …

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A look back: Hippee Building billed as ‘absolutely fireproof’ when it opened in 1913 in downtown Des Moines

The Hippee Building, which recently underwent a $40 million renovation, was among the first in Des Moines to employ steel framing, according to Alexa McDowell, an architectural historian. The Surety Hotel and Mulberry Street Tavern…
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$2.1 million office building planned in Johnston for Impact7G

An environmental services company plans to build its headquarters in Johnston, a $2.1 million project that will bring at least 30 new jobs to the northwest Polk County suburb.

The Johnston City Council this week…
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Free-standing Starbucks planned in Grimes

 

 A Starbucks coffee shop will open at 2255 E. First St. in Grimes in mid-2021, according to Kurt Mumm, who with Mark Hanrahan, owns the 2.2-acre site. Architectural rendering special to the Business Record  Starbucks…
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Ankeny council approves development agreement with Echo Group

The Ankeny City Council this week approved a development agreement with Echo Group Inc., which plans to construct a $12 million warehouse and distribution center at Southeast Delaware Avenue and Southeast Corporate Woods Drive. According to the…