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Economic Development

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A new game plan for entrepreneurship and big data at ISU

Bill Adamowski hit the ground running when he landed at Iowa State University this past spring. With the same eye that has keenly analyzed multimillion-dollar business opportunities, Adamowski has sized up some gaps in ISU’s …

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Car wash turns into coffee shop, youth training center

Work is beginning on Freedom for Youth Ministries’ Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin, set to open in the spring in a former car wash. The coffee shop will employ disadvantaged youths as a training center. A …

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REG smells success

REG, the Ames-based company that spun off of a biofuels venture at West Central Cooperative in Ralston, has its eyes on much more than biodiesel now. 

The company wants to use natural feedstocks to produce …

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Iowa economy continues to signal a coming contraction

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index dropped 0.4 percent in June to 107.6, marking the sixth consecutive month that the gauge of economic activity has declined, the Iowa Department of Revenue said.

 

A separate index …

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Midwest economic activity spiked in July

The Chicago PMI, an indicator of economic activity in the Midwest, was much stronger than expected in July with a reading of 54.7, up from 49.4 in June and higher than a measure of 50.8 …

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Iowa Events Center brings in record profit for FY2015

Spectra, the management company for the Iowa Events Center, presented a check to the Polk County Board of Supervisors today for more than $1.9 million, representing profits generated from the venue during fiscal year 2015. …

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Iowa taxable sales up 5.6 percent in first quarter

Iowa’s taxable retail sales were up 5.6 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the first quarter of 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by the Iowa Department of Revenue. Taxable sales for the …

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Minicozzi to discuss development areas

Joe Minicozzi of Urban3 LLC will discuss mixed-use developments that cater to pedestrians at 8 a.m. Aug. 27 at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. He will also discuss what types of developments create the …

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Capital Crossroads outlines diverse improvements

The quarterly Capital Crossroads meetings can be an illuminating look at just how diverse the efforts to improve Greater Des Moines are. Community leaders give updates on what they and others are doing to improve …

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Fun that’s good for business?

Polk City’s election next month on whether or not to sell $8.6 million in bonds to build an aquatic center and sports fields has recreational and economic implications beyond the north end of the suburb …