Economic Development

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board approved plans for an expansion at Pella Corp. in Pella and a $100 million joint project involving improvements in downtown Grinnell and Grinnell College. Pella Corp. is expanding a …

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board today voted to provide $100,000 toward the purchase of a metal 3-D printer that will be used to help Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research and Service educate businesses …

Ventech Solutions Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based system integration and consulting services firm that focuses on the public sector, was awarded $500,000 in state High Quality Jobs Program tax credits to help with an expansion to …

The state unemployment rate was at 3.8 percent in May, the same as in April but down from 4.4 percent a year ago, Iowa Workforce Development said today. The national unemployment rate was 5.5 percent …

Ventech Solutions, a system integration and consulting services firm that focuses on the public sector, is seeking economic assistance from the state of Iowa and the city of Urbandale that will boost Greater Des Moines …

The Ankeny City Council will consider a development agreement Monday for PurFoods LLC’s planned expansion. The company wants to build a $3.5 million, 30,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse and distribution center at 3210 S.E. Corporate Woods Drive. …

Iowa’s gain in gross domestic product slowed to 0.4 percent in 2014, ranking 45th in the country, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. The growth in the three prior years had ranged from 2.2 percent to …

Accumold ceremonially broke ground today on a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its Ankeny facility, its second expansion project in four years. The $10 million project, first announced in February, will enable Accumold to hire more than 200 additional …