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Preview: 6 things Power Breakfast speakers want business leaders to know about placemaking

A proposed pedestrian walkway at the Des Moines International Airport. Updates to the airport will be one of the projects discussed at the Business Record’s upcoming Power Breakfast. Contributed rendering

Placemaking and big investments in …

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ICON launches Scott Avenue segment of water trails project

Community leaders use paddles for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the ICON Water Trails’ Scott Avenue project on Thursday. Photo by Michael Crumb.

Two years ago, the then-named Central Iowa Water Trails celebrated a concept becoming a …

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Algae farming company leases space in Financial Center

Left: Slater-based Gross-Wen Technologies has leased space in downtown Des Moines’ Financial Center. Business Record file photo. Right: Gross-Wen Technologies headquarters in Slater. Photo by Michael Crumb.

A Slater-based company that has developed a technology …

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First phase of Boone County water quality project launched

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has partnered with Boone County and the Boone County Soil and Water Conservation District to launch a “batch and build” project aimed at improving water quality in …

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New AR technology used in DMACC class helping fill talent pipeline for utility workers

Fourteen students will graduate this spring from the first digital line mechanic training program at Des Moines Area Community College, designed to help build a talent pipeline for utility companies.

The program, implemented in DMACC’s …

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Iowa Solar Association announces 2023 board of directors

The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association has announced its new board of directors for 2023. The trade association, which serves Iowa’s solar energy industry, will be led by Larry Steffen as president. Steffen is the …

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Sewer project to affect downtown traffic beginning April 3

Installation of a new sanitary sewer line will significantly affect travel on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway near downtown Des Moines through 2024, the city announced in a news release.

The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater …

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Local artist picked to add artwork to Avenues utility boxes

The design selected by the public for utility boxes at 2715 Ingersoll Ave. 
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Local artist Ramona Muse Lambert has been selected to add colorful artwork to utility boxes at …

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ISU Research Park, Alliant Energy partner on ag innovation lab

A digital rendering of the new Alliant Energy Agriculture Innovation Lab that will be built at the Iowa State University Research Park. Image provided by Alliant Energy.

A new collaborative office and agricultural workshop space …

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Converse named ICON project manager

Monica Converse has joined ICON Water Trails as its new project manager, the organization announced this week.

In the newly created position, Converse will work to bring five of ICON’s six downtown Des Moines sites …