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Iowa approves $11.5 million for Prestage for pork plant

Des Moines Register: Prestage Farms is poised to receive nearly $20 million in taxpayer incentives to help build a proposed $240 million pork plant in Wright County. Though dozens of opponents flooded Thursday’s specially called meeting, …

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Two Cedar Rapids groups join to back EntreFEST, other events

Corridor Business Journal: The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance plans to work with the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo) to create entrepreneurial events and programs.The events will include EntreFEST, an entrepreneurship conference planned for May in …

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Keeping talent in Greater Des Moines: Leaders offer ideas to stem brain drain

We all talk about how to keep graduates of Iowa’s colleges and universities in the state. There are all kinds of internships, incubators, accelerators, mentorships, signing bonuses, added perks, flexible hours.

Some universities take pride …

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Online voting underway for Warren County business awards

Online voting starts today and ends Aug. 31 for the Warren County Economic Impact business awards. Awards will be given in seven categories that include established, startup, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses. Special recognition will be …

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Workers’ compensation rate decrease proposed

Iowa workers’ compensation premiums would decrease by nearly 5 percent on average under a proposed rate decrease filed with the Iowa Insurance Division last week. The rate filing, which would be effective Jan. 1, 2017, proposes an …

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Partnership plans policy kickoff

The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans a state policy agenda kickoff meeting from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at its headquarters, 700 Locust St. Major topic areas include economic development, research and development, tax …

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Capital Crossroads 2.0 sets town hall Aug. 30

Capital Crossroads 2.0, the visioning process for Central Iowa, will hold a town hall meeting from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Des Moines Central Library. Speakers will detail emerging trends from the …

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State to consider $11.5 million in tax credits for Prestage project

Des Moines Register: Iowa economic development leaders will consider providing about $11.5 million in tax credits for Prestage Farm’s $240 million proposed hog processing plant near Eagle Grove. The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board will consider …

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Whatever happened to the automated grocery kiosk planned for Des Moines’ central city?

Whatever happened to the project we heard about last summer to install a robotic grocery kiosk in Des Moines?   As organizers learned, the devil often is in the details, even with good ideas. 


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Export assistance available through IEDA

The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s International Trade Office is again offering assistance through the Export Trade Assistance Program and the Domestic Trade Assistance Program. The support is for exhibits at international trade shows or IEDA…