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Naig announces 20 Choose Iowa dairy innovation grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Thursday that 20 Iowa dairies across 12 Iowa counties have been awarded Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation grants. The cost-share grants are intended to help small dairies with less …

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A new era for events

Techstars Startup Weekend events are naturally brimming with lively energy and fast-paced activity as teams who are often strangers at the start work together to rapidly validate and develop ideas to pitch to a panel …

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Takeaways from CBAN’s 2024 Spring Summit

Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), a nonprofit trade association representing community-owned broadband networks, was the keynote speaker at the 2024 Spring Summit hosted by Iowa-based member organization Community …

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LightEdge to acquire Connectria, including six new data centers

LightEdge, a Des Moines-based cloud services provider, has announced an agreement to acquire St. Louis-based Connectria, a provider of multi-cloud infrastructure and managed hosting services. Connectria adds six data center locations to LightEdge’s existing footprint …

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SBA names Erin Huiatt as the 2024 Iowa Women in Business Champion of the Year

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Erin Huiatt, owner of Des Moines Parent and president of FemCity Des Moines, as the 2024 Iowa SBA Women in Business Champion of the Year. In addition to her …

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A Closer Look: Jill Wilkins

Jill Wilkins’ home office wall, decorated with framed posters from Broadway shows, is a reminder of the influence the arts have on her life. Her parents are both artists, which drew her to dance, music …

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DMACC hosting 15th annual ciLive! speaker series Thursday

Des Moines Area Community College is hosting the ciLive! speaker series tomorrow at the college’s West Des Moines campus. The free event is open to the public and will feature lectures from motivational speakers like …

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Applications open for Spark DSM Business Incubator

The Greater Des Moines Partnership announced the Spark DSM Business Incubator program has opened applications. “We look forward to the return of the Spark DSM Business Incubator program that connects new vendors to attendees of …

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2 questions with Geoff Wood on expanding Gravitate Coworking

When businesses were shuttered during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Geoff Wood, founder of Gravitate Coworking, said coworking as a model felt endangered because people weren’t sharing spaces or socializing.

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Iowa makes short list of states in consideration for bioindustrial manufacturing pilot facility

Iowa is on a short list of six states being considered for potential locations as part of a national network of bioindustrial manufacturing pilot facilities, which would represent a minimum $25 million investment for Iowa …