Estes Construction has launched a new program that will provide grants and sponsorships to nonprofit organizations and partners that align with the company’s newly developed giving pillars of ...

Drake University has named Jessica Vanden Berg the new executive director of the Ron and Jane Olson Institute for Public Democracy, a role aimed at expanding the institute’s efforts in civic ...

After nearly two decades in Des Moines’ historic East Village, Ephemera Design faced a challenge familiar to many retailers: declining foot traffic as more shoppers moved online. Rather than continue ...

CREW Iowa is hosting NXT 515: The No Excuses Tour, a one-day leadership conference focused on advancing women and community leaders in November, featuring WNBA star and West Des Moines native Caitlin ...

A rendering from The Iowa Clinic shows the clinic’s proposed two-story, 27,000-square-foot medical building that is planned for 207 Jordan Creek Parkway, west of Jordan Creek Town Center. If approved ...

Tell us a little about your hobby. I am a classically trained musician with undergraduate and master’s degrees in piano performance and literature, as well as an MBA. Playing classical music has ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Jeff Pomeranz was city manager in West Des Moines when the community was approached around 2008 by a consultant looking for land on which to build a data center for Microsoft Corp. At the time, ...

Shopping malls, which used to be a hub of retail activity — and an after-school and weekend hangout for teenagers — are struggling to maintain relevance as consumers seek experiential shopping ...

The 80/35 Music Festival is canceled for this year following the dissolution last year of the Des Moines Music Coalition, which organized the two-day event. File photo The 80/35 music festival, the ...

The site of the tired looking, nearly vacant Crossroads Mall in Waterloo will be redeveloped into a mixed-use district that features residential, retail, restaurants and other amenities, the developer ...

The area highlighted in yellow shows the 517 acres DRA Properties LC is annexing into Ankeny on the city’s northeast side off of 36th Street. Although plans are not definitive, a mix of development ...