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Economic Development

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Cashing in on micro-moments

Whitney Cox is on the phone, and she’s sharing a message she has given her own mother: 

If you want to succeed in small businesses — which Cox and many others call the “backbone of …

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IowaWORKS Center to move to Army Post Road

Iowa Workforce Development plans to move its IowaWORKS Center in Des Moines to a new location at 200 Army Post Road effective Nov. 20. The center is located at 430 E. Grand Ave. “When the …

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Airbnb visitors have generated $3 million in ‘host’ income this year

Airbnb, the service that links travelers to homeowners and others who turn their properties into temporary guest quarters, generated $3 million in “host income” this year in Iowa, according to a news release. Des Moines …

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IEDA backs projects in Grimes, Newton, Pella

The Iowa Economic Development Authority today backed $28 million in capital projects with various incentives including tax benefits. Daimler Trucks North America plans a new parts distribution center in Grimes with 43 new jobs; Graphic …

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Iowa’s unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in November

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in November, slightly higher than the 3.5 percent of a year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent in November. “The unemployment rate in …

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Byers re-elected to World Chambers Federation council

Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers has been re-elected to the General Council for the World Chambers Federation, a global network of 12,000 chambers of commerce. The group helps link chambers and make them…
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Getting around

You undoubtedly have noticed downtown traffic is a mess. And we mean by foot, car or bike.

But it’s mess in the best possible sense, brought on by a boom unlike any of the several …

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Latino Community Center plans partnership with Grand View

Organizers’ plans for a Latino Community Center on Des Moines’ east side are coming into focus, with a partnership under discussion with Grand View University. 

By early next summer, the nonprofit Latino Community Center Inc. …

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Partnership annual dinner speakers to address election lessons learned

The husband and wife duo of “Bloomberg View” Columnist Albert Hunt and “PBS NewsHour” anchor Judy Woodruff will address lessons learned in the 2016 election during their keynote address at the Greater Des Moines Partnership …

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SBA backed $5.4M in area loans in November

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 14 private loans for a combined $5.4 million in Central Iowa during November.


The businesses together agreed to create 39 jobs and retain 82. The Central Iowa area includes…