Economic Development

Matt Hinch started at the Greater Des Moines Partnership this May after working in politics for nearly a decade. He is filling the position previously held by Jay Byers, who became the Partnership’s CEO in …

The nearly 23 million Latinos living in the United States represent the country’s fastest growing racial or ethnic minority. The same holds true in Iowa, where in 2010, the 151,544 Latinos made up 5 percent …

Editor’s Note: The Business Record asked Capital Core committee co-chairs Rick Clark and Mary O’Keefe to talk about the challenges facing their committee and to discuss areas that are triggers for the city’s economic, social …

Amy Jennings was named executive director of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute after serving as interim director since January. She becomes the organization’s first director. She will work with a volunteer board of governors …

Glen Oaks Country Club completed a front-to-back, top-to-bottom $3 million renovation on May 1, transforming what many considered a “men’s only” money loser into a family-friendly social center at the heart of Iowa’s first gated …

Regional planning isn’t an exact science. Officials working with the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) The Tomorrow Plan are well aware of that. In public meetings earlier this year, they rolled out a …