East Des Moines Celebration of Progress is October 9
The East Des Moines Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring its annual Celebration of Progress On Tuesday, October 9, from 5-8 p.m. at the Knapp Animal Learning Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. This year’s event features the theme “Gallery of Architecture,” and will include displays of architectural drawings, models, and other materials related to recent [...]
Iowa Events Center TURNS A PROFIT!
In only its second full year of operation, the Iowa Events Center has turned a profit for the fiscal year ending June 30 - even better news than reported earlier! Polk County taxpayers will therefore not have to pay any of the $114,000 subsidy originally budgeted for the Center. The IEC will actually put money [...]
Principal launches major downtown expansion!
Wow, here is big news from Principal Financial Group. Both KCCI and the Business Record are reporting via email that Principal will add 1,500 new jobs over the next five years, 840 of which will have an average wage of $23.45 per hour. They are also launching a $100+ million expansion in Des Moines, including [...]
I-235 completion celebration - save the date!
In 1966, when I was four, my family purchased a home on Rollins Avenue just east of 63rd Street. I-235 was still under construction, and the home was a bargain because no one wanted to live across the street from the noise.
In fact, 235 ended at that time just past the 63rd Street bridge - [...]
Secret Blockbuster warehouse contains more than videos
Apparently, Blockbuster customers are idiots who can’t tell the difference between a warehouse and a retail store.
Shoppes at River Bend by Neighborhood Development Corp. thrives
A new commercial development along Sixth Ave., the Shoppes at River Bend, is in my neck of the woods and I’ve been so pleased to drive by regularly and watch it take shape. What started out as a 120-year-old crumbling building has been revitalized - fixed up and expanded - into a thriving business development [...]
Iowa Events Center costs taxpayers less than expected
The Register reports that the subsidy taxpayers will pay to the Iowa Events Center will be significantly less than anticipated:
Matt Homan, general manager of the complex that includes Wells Fargo Arena, Hy-Vee Hall, Veterans Memorial Auditorium and the Polk County Convention Complex, said Events Center officials expect to need a $26,529 taxpayer subsidy for the [...]
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