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IEDA looks to hire state economist

The Iowa Economic Development Authority wants to hire a state economist, a position that was eliminated 15 years ago, The Des Moines Register reported. Director Debi Durham said she will ask Gov. Terry Branstad to include $200,000…
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USDA awards value-added grants to nine Iowa businesses

Nine Iowa-based businesses will receive U.S. Department of Agriculture grants worth a combined $1.2 million, the agency announced. The money is from the USDA Rural Development’s Value-Added Producer Grant program, which encourages new products. Among the recipients will…
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Capital Crossroads looks to 2.0

Capital Crossroads’ quarterly meeting this week brought a range of news and recaps of major developments. Among the updates: Gene Meyer, president of the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Downtown Community Alliance, said work has begun…
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Middle-skills jobs, millennials lead some workforce categories – Iowa report

Iowa Workforce Development is issuing a new report this week on middle-skills jobs, which include construction workers, occupational therapy assistants, paralegals and massage therapists, for example.


The report indicates that over half of Iowa’s jobs…
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SBDC State Advisory Board leaders elected

America’s SBDC Iowa has elected Maureen Elbert of Algona and Lindsey Buchheit of Sergeant Bluff as the chair and vice chair, respectively, of the SBDC State Advisory Board. The board represents all regions of the …

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Iowa Area Development Group wins national USDA award

Iowa Area Development Group has received the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Abraham Lincoln Honor Award for its work to promote economic development. The group, as the marketing and business development office for nearly 250 rural …

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A Closer Look: Mark Phillips

When Mark Phillips was working as a banker for high-wealth clients In Denver, rather than taking them golfing, he would invite them to help him serve meals at homeless shelters. Many, in fact, joined him. …

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Board approves help for new $200M Kraft Heinz plant in Iowa

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board approved help Thursday for a new Kraft Heinz Foods plant in Davenport, KCCI reported. Tax benefits totaling $1.75 million and direct financial assistance of $3 million was approved. The $3 million will …

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New University of Iowa president to help lead Creative Corridor ‘vision strategy’

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld has agreed to co-chairing the Iowa’s Creative Corridor work on a five-year action plan, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Harreld agreed to join Rockwell Collins Inc. CEO Kelly Ortberg and U.S. …

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We picked food over clothes in the fourth quarter

We apparently were either rummaging through the closet for last year’s summer clothes, bargain hunting or going slightly threadbare in the fourth quarter of the state’s fiscal year, according to sales tax data released today…