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Partnership events will celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has a series of presentations planned to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 8-12. Diana Wright, startup community builder at the Partnership, said there is significant startup activity in the Des …

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SBA webinar: Financial assistance for entrepreneurs, employees with disabilities

The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a live online panel session on Thursday, Oct. 28 to recognize entrepreneurs with disabilities and discuss how they have used SBA financial assistance to pivot their businesses and …

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Ricochet preparing to open in downtown Des Moines

Ricochet Game Lounge & Social Bar is expected to open in December on the street level of Capital Square, located at 400 Locust St. in downtown Des Moines. The pandemic delayed the game lounge’s opening …

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Female small business owners forum focuses on leveling the playing field

Being a female business leader is a lot like being a mom, says Jenny Steffensmeier, owner of Steffensmeier Welding and Manufacturing, located in the southeast Iowa town of Pilot Grove.

Much like her kids, “I’ve…
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Report: Overall retail vacancy rate at 6.3% in Des Moines area

The following are highlights from CBRE|Hubbell Commercial’s 2021 third-quarter market report for the Des Moines area:

• 6.3%, or 900,701 square feet, of the area’s 14.2 million square feet of retail space was vacant.

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Drake Holiday Inn Express closes

Des Moines Register: The Holiday Inn Express at Drake University, 1140 24th St., has closed. The hotel had a long-term lease from Drake University, owner of the building. Its operator “requested to terminate the lease a …

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Beckett named Kum & Go’s CFO

Brian Beckett has been named chief financial officer for Kum & Go, a convenience store chain based in Des Moines. Beckett succeeds Erin Kuhl, who is now chief financial officer for Krause Group, Kum & …

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Des Moines collects $34.5 million from local sales tax in 2020-21

The city of Des Moines collected nearly $34.5 million from the local option sales tax during the fiscal year that ended June 30, $3.6 million less than was collected the previous fiscal year, a report …

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Western Iowa restaurant wins ‘best tenderloin’ title

Des Moines Register: A restaurant in a historic train station in western Iowa is home to this year’s winning breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. The Victoria Station in Harlan has won the Iowa Pork Producers Association’s annual …

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Downtown Winter Market to kick off Nov. 20

The Downtown Farmers’ Market will transition to the Winter Market on Nov. 20, with vendors offering their products in the Historic Court District in downtown Des Moines. According to a news release, the Winter Market …

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