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$800,000 in grants awarded from the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program board recently approved 15 project applications and 11 supplemental grant requests, amounting to over $800,000 in funding. Out of the 15 projects, 12 are focused on E15 infrastructure, while …

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Humanitarian who clears land mines and restores land for farming named 2023 World Food Prize laureate

Heidi Kühn, the 2023 World Food Prize laureate, is pictured (center) with a family in the Shomali Plains in Afghanistan, a country where she has worked to clear mines and restore the land for agriculture. Photos…
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DNR to hold workshop on contaminated sites

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Kansas State University Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program are hosting a workshop June 7 for individuals interested in revitalizing underutilized properties, commonly …

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Preview: 6 things Power Breakfast speakers want business leaders to know about placemaking

A proposed pedestrian walkway at the Des Moines International Airport. Updates to the airport will be one of the projects discussed at the Business Record’s upcoming Power Breakfast. Contributed rendering

Placemaking and big investments in …

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ICON launches Scott Avenue segment of water trails project

Community leaders use paddles for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the ICON Water Trails’ Scott Avenue project on Thursday. Photo by Michael Crumb.

Two years ago, the then-named Central Iowa Water Trails celebrated a concept becoming a …

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Algae farming company leases space in Financial Center

Left: Slater-based Gross-Wen Technologies has leased space in downtown Des Moines’ Financial Center. Business Record file photo. Right: Gross-Wen Technologies headquarters in Slater. Photo by Michael Crumb.

A Slater-based company that has developed a technology …

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First phase of Boone County water quality project launched

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has partnered with Boone County and the Boone County Soil and Water Conservation District to launch a “batch and build” project aimed at improving water quality in …

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New AR technology used in DMACC class helping fill talent pipeline for utility workers

Fourteen students will graduate this spring from the first digital line mechanic training program at Des Moines Area Community College, designed to help build a talent pipeline for utility companies.

The program, implemented in DMACC’s …

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Iowa Solar Association announces 2023 board of directors

The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association has announced its new board of directors for 2023. The trade association, which serves Iowa’s solar energy industry, will be led by Larry Steffen as president. Steffen is the …

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Sewer project to affect downtown traffic beginning April 3

Installation of a new sanitary sewer line will significantly affect travel on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway near downtown Des Moines through 2024, the city announced in a news release.

The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater …