Economic Development

Join the Des Moines Downtown Chamber of Commerce for its monthly luncheon Thursday at the Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa, 705 E. University Ave.

The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to …

A quarterly report on the Capital Crossroads long-term regional plan will be given on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at the Des Moines Botanical Environmental Center, 400 Robert D. Ray Drive.

Co-chairs of the 10 “Capital” …

The South Des Moines Chamber of Commerce will announce the Volunteer of the Year and Educator of the Year awards at its annual Taste of the South Side event on May 10.

The event will …

The Polk County Housing Trust Fund’s spring bus tour will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. April 20.  The focus will be on affordable homeownership. In addition, there will be a special dedication of the …

The Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) underwent major changes last year, morphing from a state agency into a public-private partnership. Tasked with the lofty goal of creating 200,000 jobs and increasing family incomes by …

The Tomorrow Plan – Greater Des Moines’ effort to to plan for the region’s long-term future – and the Science Center of Iowa will present a night of PechaKucha on April 12 from 7 to …

 The Iowa Economic Development Authority board awarded financial assistance to seven companies for job creation and expansion projects.

The awards will assist in the creation of 323 new jobs and the retention of 214 existing …

The Warren County Economic Development Corporation is working with the Iowa Workforce Development’s Regional Research Bureau to complete a Laborshed employment study.

The study will assist existing businesses and potential new businesses in better understanding …

The U.S. economy needs to grow more quickly if it is to produce enough jobs to bring down the unemployment rate, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today, Reuters reported.

Bernanke said the recent decline …