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December 2015 general fund revenue memo

Over the first six months of fiscal year 2016, Iowa net general fund revenue growth stands at 2.0 percent, with individual income tax and sales tax growth positive and corporate income tax growth negative, says…
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Our top videos: Drones, brain drain, millennials

This year, we offered a few more videos on our website for your viewing pleasure. Here’s a recap of five that attracted the most viewers in 2015:


1. Drone over Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Kurt Mumm…
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VIDEO: How the arts could revive Iowa’s small towns

Zachary Mannheimer, founder of the Des Moines Social Club, will resign as executive director Dec. 31. On Jan. 2, he’ll begin work as vice president for creative place-making at the for-profit Iowa Business Growth, an …

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VIDEO: ‘It’s not a gender issue; it’s an economic issue’

      In October, NEXUS Executive Women’s Alliance announced the launch of its EPIC Corporate Challenge at a luncheon for Central Iowa CEOs at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.

The EPIC Challenge invites…
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VIDEO: Could a Ferguson Missouri type event happen in Des Moines?

I attended the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Forum on Diversity & Inclusion Nov. 12 at the Holiday Inn Des Moines-Airport/Conference Center. It was an eye-opening and enlightening conversation about race and diversity and featured a …

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Ignite Des Moines: Extras!

Once our seven scheduled Ignite talks were wrapped up at our Power Breakfast on Oct. 14, we asked for brave volunteers from the audience to continue igniting Des Moines with their own 2-min. Ignite talks. …

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VIDEO: Ignite Des Moines 2015

 

Below are links to videos of all of our presenters at our Oct. 14 Ignite Des Moines Power Breakfast. Below each video you’ll see icons that allow you to quickly share their Ignite talks.…
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VIDEO: Ignite Des Moines – End Hunger in Polk County

55,000 people are going hungry in Polk County. 55,000! And it’s not just people in the areas you might expect. Kids in Ankeny and West Des Moines are waking up and going to school without …

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VIDEO: Ignite Des Moines – Growing Urban Agriculture

Courtney Long is a Design Fellow at Iowa State University and works at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Her topic of creating urban agriculture was particularly interesting, in that, during a time of such …

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VIDEO: Ignite Des Moines – Why Housing Matters

Eric Burmeister has been with the Polk County Housing Trust Fund since 2010 and is currently the organization’s Executive Director. He has long been a proponent of affordable housing and through his work with the …