Economic Development

Des Moines is hosting what is being described as the largest gathering of the USA/Canada Lions Forum in 10 years this week. According to a news release from Catch Des Moines, about 1,500 Lions Club …

Wall Street Journal: This isn’t the September economists were predicting. Earlier this year, many of them saw this month as the moment when the economic recovery would kick into high gear. Vaccines would ease labor shortages. Schools …

CNBC: E-commerce giant Amazon Inc. today announced it will offer to pay 100% of college tuition for its 750,000 hourly employees located in the U.S. Amazon, which has several distribution centers and delivery stations in Iowa, …

Wall Street Journal: The number of people filing for jobless benefits fell to a new pandemic low last week, continuing a downward trend that began in July. Unemployment claims for the week ended Sept. 4 were …

A project to beautify the Lincoln Way median near the Iowa State University campus in Ames has been completed, and it’s being touted by local officials as a tool that can be used to demonstrate …

Iowa’s economy continued to grow in August behind expansions in manufacturing and food production, according to a survey of supply chain managers released this week.

According to Creighton University’s Mid American Business Conditions Index, the index …

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund announced it has awarded $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits that will spur investment and economic growth in low-income urban and rural communities …

A new vision and action plan for downtown Des Moines will be called Downtown DSM: Future Forward, a Greater Des Moines Partnership steering committee announced. The name “gives a nod to the momentum of downtown …