Economic Development

Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Economic Development Authority are partnering to conduct a laborshed study across 10 counties, including communities in the Greater Des Moines area. The annual study takes about six months and …

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has launched a new downtown retail portal on its web site. The data, statistics and information on the growth of downtown are aimed at the many people who contact the Partnership for …

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 2.5% in July, up slightly from 2.4% the same month last year. The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 3.7% in July. “After a solid year of 2.4 percent …

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration has made $587 million available to eligible grantees in communities affected by natural disasters in 2018, and floods and tornadoes in 2019. The grants in areas declared disaster areas by …

Coon Rapids and Nevada have been named Main Street Iowa communities by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. 

The communities were chosen in a selection process that started last fall. They join 53 other communities that have won …

The U.S. Small Business Administration guaranteed 21 private loans for a combined $16.4 million in July for projects expected to create 159 jobs in Central Iowa. 

That was the highest number of loans, and the …