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Plan for Village of Ponderosa aims to attract YPs to WDM

A Texas developer may have found “a better mousetrap” for attracting young professionals to West Des Moines with a proposal for a high-end residential development at the Village at Ponderosa.

 

Amit Goel, who at …

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Botanical Garden to kick off Spring Garden Festival with garden party

The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden will host its second annual Spring Garden Festival, an event that also marks the first major one to take place in the facility’s new outdoor gardens. The festival will …

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Ride your bike to benefit bonobos

Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative is hosting its annual Biking for Bonobos fundraising event on May 16. The 15-mile ride starts at Confluence Brewery at 11 a.m. and includes a stop at the 230-acre ape …

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DuPont acquires California biologics company

DuPont announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Taxon Biosciences Inc., a leading microbiome discovery company based in Tiburon, Calif. The acquisition “will build on DuPont’s in-house capabilities and unparalleled market access in both …

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Deerfield to break ground on $9 million expansion

Deerfield Retirement Community in Urbandale announced it is ready to break ground on a $9 million expansion project that will include construction of a new performing arts center and large-scale renovations to one of its …

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BUSINESS BRAINSTORM: What’s on your culture wishlist?

 
Submit Your Idea >>> It could spark Des Moines’ 
next cultural project

We’re never quite satisfied – and that’s a good thing.

 

We want your help brainstorming ideas that could be the seeds …

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Weitz Co. selected as contractor for downtown convention center hotel

The Weitz Co. has been granted the contract to build the $101 million Iowa Events Center Hotel at Fifth Avenue and Park Street.

 

The historic Des Moines firm will work with local architectural and engineering firms …

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Des Moines Career & Trades Expo on Friday

The Des Moines Career & Trades Expo will be held on April 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Valley Community Center, 4444 Fuller Road, West Des Moines. The event aims to help job …

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New professional women’s group to celebrate launch Thursday

Join other female professionals from around Greater Des Moines for the launch of the Des Moines chapter of national group Femfessionals, scheduled Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. at West End Architectural Salvage. Femfessionals is a female-only …

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Townsend changes Workforce Development administration

An administrative shake-up at the Iowa Workforce Development means that a key management position overseeing unemployment insurance appeals will have more protection against political agendas, The Des Moines Register reported. The decision to restructure the Unemployment Insurance …

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