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Exclusive: The ‘unique’ moving, colorful art planned for new parking garage

Imagine circling through a multistory parking garage, becoming frazzled as you search for somewhere to park.

Now, imagine that experience driving through slowly rotating patchworks of colors, causing you to feel as if you’re floating …

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Exclusive: The ‘unique’ moving, colorful art planned for new parking garage

Imagine circling through a multistory parking garage, becoming frazzled as you search for somewhere to park.

Now, imagine that experience driving through slowly rotating patchworks of colors, causing you to feel as if you’re floating …

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$60 million soccer stadium proposed for Des Moines

A push is underway to attract a USL Championship men’s soccer team to Des Moines. Photo special to the Business Record

A 9-acre site just south of downtown Des Moines is being eyed for a 6,000-seat multiuse …

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Iowa State, ASLA chapter team up on East Village ‘parklet’ displays

These parklets in Ames were built by Iandscape architecture students in 2013. This year, students are preparing to bring their parklet designs to Des Moines’ East Village on Friday. Submitted Photo

For the first time, the …

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Iowa State University, ISU Research Park launch feasibility study for multiuse development district

Iowa State University and the ISU Research Park have announced a study to explore transforming land around the Iowa State Center and Jack Trice Stadium into a multiuse community district. Phase I of the feasibility study, …

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California adds Iowa to ‘travel ban’

California has added Iowa to a list of states in its “travel ban” because of the state’s ban on funding gender-transition surgeries under Medicaid, Fox News reported. That means that beginning Oct. 4 California won’t use …

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Catch Des Moines restructures as master plan looms

Catch Des Moines’ work on the Destination Master Plan has led to a realignment of staff positions and a restructuring.

“As we enter into the strategy development and recommendations phase of the Destination Master Plan …

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Market District redevelopment proposal unveiled

A master plan for the Market District, an industrial area located east of the Des Moines River, has been developed by HDR Inc. The plan proposes the creation of a destination riverfront park and a …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Workers leaving big cities for smaller ones, taking jobs with them

I was talking with Jackie Johansen, principal of Shattered Glass Development, about coworking space. She mentioned that it’s not just startups or one-person shops using the space but that there were corporate users as well. …

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Partnership, ABI, 77 others lobby for USMCA agreement

The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Iowa Association of Business and Industry were among 79 organizations that this week signed a joint letter to Iowa’s congressional delegation in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement.

“This …