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Downtown Chamber wins national ACCE award

Facebook and Twitter are buzzing this morning with the news that the Des Moines Downtown Chamber of Commerce has won the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executive’s Chamber of the Year Award in Division 1. …

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Urbandale counts eight new projects in its Urban Loop

What’s in a name, you might ask. Quite a bit, at least for the city of Urbandale and the development area it has marketed as the Urban Loop.

In the nine months since launching the …

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Bankrate ranks Iowa as 16th-best retirement state

A new Bankrate study ranks Iowa as the 16th-best state for retirement. The state ranked especially well on cost of living, at No. 11, but it’s lowest ranking came on tax climate, at 40th. State lawmakers recently …

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Local, state business leaders gather in Boone to talk workforce

Ames Tribune: A group of business leaders, educators and economic developers gathered in Boone Tuesday in a forum to discuss possibly the toughest issue businesses face statewide: access to workforce. The forum, was hosted by the …

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Future Ready Iowa regional summits planned

Registration is now open to attend Future Ready Iowa Regional Summits throughout the state and collaborate with local stakeholders on workforce solutions. The daylong summits are scheduled for late September and early October in nine Iowa communities: …

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Survey: 54 percent of Des Moines professionals say they’d jump ship for higher pay

Greater Des Moines tops a list of 28 metro areas in the percentage of professionals who say they would leave their present position if offered a job with better pay, according to a new national …

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Iowa GDP growth outpaces the nation

Iowa’s economy is doing better than average, writes the Cedar Rapids Gazette according to a report from the state’s fiscal agency that shows Iowa leading neighboring states and the nation in economic growth over the past 20 …

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SBA roundtable finds business owners feeling good

Corridor Business Journal: U.S. Small Business Administration head Linda McMahon stopped in central Iowa Friday for a roundtable with women business owners and state political leaders. The business owners in attendance reported equipment purchases, increased advertising …

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Iowa factory laying off most of its production workers because of steel tariffs

Des Moines Register/Associated Press: An eastern Iowa factory has laid off workers, reduced production and delayed expansion plans in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration on steel imported from Canada. The Black Cat …

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Through June, Urbandale development busiest since 2004

The city of Urbandale has issued its highest six-month valuation of development permits since 2004, according to a release. Through the first half of the year, the city has issued 483 building permits with a …

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