The Des Moines City Council voted Monday to approve the final terms of an Urban Renewal Development Agreement that will allow the proposed conversion of an old agricultural threshing warehouse in the ...

Pleasant Hill, a city of nearly 12,000 people on the east side of Des Moines’ metro, has placed a moratorium on the use of tax abatements as a tool for economic development. The moratorium will stay ...

As Hubbell Realty Co. continues to grow and develop properties in the Des Moines metro, it is also growing its presence in the Omaha market, where it is developing industrial and multifamily projects ...

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 ...

Rather than continue operating an increasingly costly storefront, Ephemera Design’s owners decided to focus on growing the company’s custom design and print business. Their search for a new home led ...

Construction is set to begin on the Westgate Townhomes, a 48-unit, market-rate rental development on Oskaloosa’s west side. The project will feature two-bedroom, two-story units ranging from ...

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 ...

EveryStep has received a $40,000 Community Development Grant from the Polk County Board of Supervisors to support its transition to a new electronic health record system, Careficient. The funding, ...

This year’s Photo Issue highlights four leaders whose interests outside of work are as varied as their professional backgrounds. An environmental leader cultivates a garden filled with native plants ...

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 ...

This week’s column is about footgolf, which involves kicking a soccer ball into oversized holes on a golf course. It’s a sport few people have heard of and even fewer have played. I’m not one of them, ...

Two Rivers Bank & Trust will officially become First Mid Bank & Trust on Monday, June 15 the banks announced. Two Rivers’ banks will close Friday and reopen Monday as First Mid banking centers, after ...