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Friday Five: This week’s top business headlines

 

Minneapolis-based Medica to enter Iowa health insurance market

Iowans will have a new option for health insurance coverage in the individual market next year with the entry of Medica Health Plans, a Minneapolis-based regional …

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A Closer Look: Tom Leners

When it comes to Greater Des Moines development, Tom Leners says that Madison County is “kind of the last frontier.” It’s a frontier that gets a lot of attention from developers, who point to its …

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Downtown wish list: research

“The Metropolitan Revolution” co-author Bruce Katz visited Greater Des Moines for the first time last week, and the big thinker from the Brookings Institution liked what he saw. But if it were up to him, …

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Vision Iowa OKs Ankeny project, continues review of Wellmark YMCA pool

The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Vision Iowa board voted today to approve $280,387 for the $1.7 million Ankeny Market Pavilion project, providing supporters complete a fundraising effort in the next 30 days. The project includes …

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Top tweets from the Partnership’s D.C. Trip

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will fly home tomorrow from its annual policy promoting journey to Washington, D.C., where at least 197 business representatives and community leaders are meeting with the congressional delegation and other …

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BirdDogHR poised for expansion in Urbandale

The Urbandale City Council will be asked to approve an economic development package that would allow human resources firm BirdDogHR to make a $3.3 million move from its present location on 100th Street to a …

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Report: More than a third of Greater Des Moines housing unaffordable

More than a third of housing in Greater Des Moines is considered unaffordable when transportation costs are factored in, but the area is far more affordable than the national average, a new report finds.

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DMACC Foundation extends entrepreneurship contest deadline

The Des Moines Area Community College Foundation has extended the deadline for the first round of the DMACC Foundation Entrepreneurship Competition to May 29. The competition is open to DMACC students and alumni who live in Iowa …

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National metro expert offers Des Moines advice

Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution got his first look around Des Moines in the hours leading up to a Tuesday morning breakfast meeting at the Windsor Heights Community Center.

 


Katz: D.M., other cities…
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Valley Junction at $20M in ‘Main Street’ investment

This year’s annual Main Street Iowa awards included a nod to Valley Junction in West Des Moines, which has reached the $20 million mark in private investments in the purchase and revitalization of properties. Elsewhere in Iowa, Manning …