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SBA backs $2.3M in loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration in June backed nine private loans for mostly small projects in Central Iowa.

The $2.3 million in loans was for projects expected to create a combined 17 jobs and to …

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Nominations open for Iowa Job Honor Awards

Gov. Kim Reynolds is encouraging Iowans to make nominations for the sixth annual Iowa Job Honor Awards. The Iowa Job Honor Awards program is accepting nominations for its sixth annual event set for Oct. 10 …

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Rural Iowa workers lose in state plan to consolidate workforce regions, local leaders say

Des Moines Register: Leaders representing half of Iowa’s 99 counties lodged a federal protest last month to the state’s plan to cut unemployment service regions by nearly two-thirds. The local officials, many of whom are county …

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Iowa sets business filings record

Iowa set a record for most new business filings for the fourth straight year, Secretary of State Paul Pate announced. Some 24,720 new businesses filed with the state in the year that ended June 30. …

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Des Moines Partnership develops prospectus for Opportunity Zones

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has developed a prospectus to share information on seven Opportunity Zones in metro area. The Opportunity Zone program is touted as having the potential to create jobs and spark economic …

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SBA Awards $100,000 for veteran-owned small business growth pilot training program

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a partnership with the Veteran Entrepreneurial Training and Resource Network (VETRN) to establish a pilot training program for military members who are small business owners and their immediate family …

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Bayer supports YMCA STEM program

The YMCA of Greater Des Moines has received a $10,000 grant from Bayer Fund to provide STEM instruction as part of its Summer Learning Loss Prevention program for elementary age children who are performing below …

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SBA proposes new small-business standard

The U.S. Small Business Administration will accept comments through Aug. 23 on a proposed rule that would change how the agency calculates businesses’ annual average revenues.

The calculations are used to determine if an entity qualifies for …

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Iowa Business Council members expect strong finish to 2019

The Iowa Business Council’s quarterly survey of members found that most expect a strong economy and solid growth over the second half of this year. 

Overall, the index dipped a bit, to 63.75 from 65.5. Measures of …

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State unemployment, injury benefits to increase in July

Iowa Workforce Development announced an annual increase to maximum weekly benefits paid to unemployed Iowans and to workers injured on the job. The new benefit payment schedules will apply to people who file new unemployment …