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Delta Dental of Iowa opens funding requests for health projects

The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation is now accepting 2025 funding requests for projects that advance health equity in oral health, overall health or an integration of the two. The foundation typically invests more than …
By Business Record Staff | Jan 23, 2025
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Cedar Falls’ Carthage Holdings acquires Chicago-based digital design firm

Carthage Holdings Inc., the Cedar Falls-based parent company of software engineering firm DISTek Integration, has announced the acquisition of Red Foundry LLC, a Chicago-based digital product design and development services company. Red Foundry’s 14 employees …
By Business Record Staff | Jan 22, 2025
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R&R Realty Group raises over $154,000 for United Way of Central Iowa

R&R Realty Group, a commercial real estate agency in West Des Moines, announced its employees raised $154,435 for the United Way of Central Iowa during a recent campaign. The funding will directly support United Way …
By Business Record Staff | Jan 22, 2025
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Slater issues RFP for Main Street building project

The city of Slater has issued a request for proposals to redevelop a building on the town’s Main Street to create a new food and dining experience in the community of about 1,600 people.

According …
By Michael Crumb | Jan 22, 2025
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Holmes Murphy announces plans to expand into West Des Moines’ Arcadia building

Holmes Murphy & Associates has signed a lease and will expand into the newly renovated Arcadia building in West Des Moines.

The move was necessary to accommodate the insurance broker’s growth, and it will occupy …
By Michael Crumb | Jan 22, 2025
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Work underway on 515 Walnut tower

Work has begun on the planned 33-story 515 Walnut building with crews digging holes for the foundation that will support the towering structure that those involved in the project say will not only change the …
By Michael Crumb | Jan 22, 2025
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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Properties sold in Polk, Dallas counties

Bank Iowa, headquartered in West Des Moines, paid Penta Partners LLC $4.3 million for property at 5580 Merle Hay Road in Johnston, Polk County real estate records show. The property includes a newly constructed branch bank …
By Kathy A. Bolten | Jan 22, 2025
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3 ISU researchers honored with Presidential Early Career Award

Three Iowa State University researchers were among nearly 400 U.S. scientists and engineers who received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) on Jan. 14 for their high-impact contributions to STEM fields. …
By Business Record Staff | Jan 21, 2025
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Iowa Bicycle Coalition to release study on economic, health impacts of cycling

The Iowa Bicycle Coalition will release the results of its statewide Economic and Health Impacts of Cycling and Trails Study during its Bike Banquet on Jan. 25 at the Iowa Events Center. The study will …
By Business Record Staff | Jan 21, 2025
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Business issues to watch in the 2025 legislative session

Iowa House and Senate Republicans’ desire for more changes to the state’s property taxes has been a focus for business groups and the state’s GOP leadership in the lead-up to and early days of the …
By Mike Mendenhall | Jan 20, 2025