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Annual home show will be held in Waukee in July

The 2019 HomeShowExpo will be held in Waukee this summer at the Reserve at Daybreak, northwest of the intersection of Ashworth Road and Ute Avenue. This is the first time since 2004 that the home show, sponsored by …

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$4 million expansion of Des Moines assisted living center announced

Construction has started on a $4 million expansion of Edencrest at Beaverdale Assisted Living and Memory Care at 3410 Beaver Ave., officials announced this week. Twenty apartments will be added to center, which now has …

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45% of Polk County assessment protests appealed successfully

About 45% of the more than 7,800 Polk County property owners who protested their property assessments were successful in getting the values changed, data from the county assessor’s office shows.

In addition, 41% of the …

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Spring 2020 opening planned for Franklin school restaurant, bar

Jeff Young, who owns the former Franklin Junior High School, hopes to open a restaurant and bar at the facility by next spring.

To do that, he said, work on putting in footings, underground plumping …

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Cedar Rapids buys downtown lake for recreation

Cedar Rapids has fulfilled a decades-old dream, buying a downtown cooling-water pond from Alliant Energy to set up a new recreation area with a signature bridge and facilities for kayaking, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Cedar …

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Des Moines council approves creating nonprofit corporation to oversee neighborhood revitalization

The Des Moines City Council on Monday unanimously approved the creation of Invest DSM, a nonprofit corporation that will oversee an expanded effort to revitalize neighborhoods.

The move is a departure from how Des Moines …

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More development activity proposed for northwest Des Moines: Developer wants to convert empty medical center into commercial, residential space

A developer has a contract to buy the former Northwest Community Hospital at 1818 48th St. from Hubbell Realty Co. He hopes to convert the structure into residential and commercial space. Photo courtesy of the Polk …

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Knapp on Drake project: ‘I’m so very optimistic about what’s going to happen here’

Drake University benefactor Bill Knapp sat among about 50 people today listening as Marty Martin, the university’s president, announced Drake’s partnership with a Cedar Falls firm to redevelop a two-block area east of campus.

“I …

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$63 million multiuse development planned adjacent to Drake University

Drake University is collaborating with a Cedar Falls firm to redevelop two city blocks into a residential and commercial district that will boost the neighborhood’s vibrancy and return a large parcel of land back to …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: What can reverse the cost of homelessness? Stable housing, 5-year study shows

From 2013 to 2018, the financial cost associated with homelessness for eight people in Linn County — including legal costs, medical costs and transitional services — reached a combined $1.2 million when participants were without …