Economic Development

Gov. Terry Branstad will give the commencement address to …

Employers will see about $100 million in tax savings next year because of an improvement in the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds, with the average rate falling from 2.4 percent to 2 percent, according to …

Des Moines Water Works has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Leadership Circle. The grant will help fund a master plan to renovate the park, said Randy Beavers, …

Deirdre White, president and CEO of CDC Development Solutions of Washington, D.C., will speak in Des Moines on Sept. 12.

The event is hosted by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the U.S. Center for …

The Greater Des Moines Partnership received the American Chamber of Commerce Executives’ (ACCE) Award for Communications Excellence.

Winners were recognized at the annual ACCE convention on Aug. 2 in Louisville, Ky. The Partnership’s Community Rankings Campaign received …

Iowa is the third-best state for young adults, according to a recent ranking. MoneyRates.com, an online source of information on bank rates, personal finance and investing, ranked Iowa behind North Dakota and South Dakota.  The …

Fairfield Inns and Suites is building a new hotel in Urbandale. The hotel will be at 8661 Plum Drive, just off the 86th Street interchange of Interstate Highway 35/80. The Urbandale City Council approved a …

The retreat from the U.S. stock market continued last week, CNNMoney reported. Another $2.7 billion was pulled from U.S. stock market mutual funds during the week ended Aug. 15, according to the Investment Company Institute. …

Nominations are now available for the Iowa Tourism Awards, hosted by the Iowa Tourism Office and the Travel Federation of Iowa.

The awards are designed to honor the most outstanding attractions, events, communities, organizations and …