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The Nadas and the Partnership Join to Promote Des Moines
Friday, February 29, 2008
Des Moines’s favorite local band will launch its latest CD, The Ghosts Inside These Halls, online, on March 4 and in a performance at People’s Court downtown on March 8. The Nadas will perform “Feels like Home,” the anthem Jason Walsmith and Mike Butterworth wrote to celebrate our community’s coming of age. The song is included in the CD recording and will be released as a single as part of the band’s 100 city tour during 2008. The performance will also launch an innovative and unique collaboration between the Nadas and the Greater Des Moines Partnership promoting Des Moines as an attractive place to work and live...
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Athena ISG/GIXtreme, Inc. Announces Expansion in Des Moines
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Athena ISG/GTXtreme, Inc. dba Athena GTX in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has announced major corporate expansion plans to include new facilities in both Texas and Iowa in 2008...
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Greater Des Moines is fourth "best place for business and careers"!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Greater Des Moines has been recognized as the fourth “Best Place for Business and Careers” by Forbes magazine, which released its annual rankings this week...
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SBA picks Greater Des Moines for 'Emerging 200' job growth project
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced the selection of Greater Des Moines as one of 11 cities to participate in the Emerging 200 initiative, a jobs and growth stimulation effort targeting promising inner-city small businesses...
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Aviva USA Breaks Ground in West Des Moines
Friday, April 25, 2008
Aviva USA, part of Aviva plc, the fifth-largest insurance group in the world, today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the company¹s new 360,000-square-foot U.S. operations headquarters building located in West Des Moines, Iowa...
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Plans for South Des Moines ‘Super Block’ Underway
Thursday, May 08, 2008
The south side of Des Moines is poised to be the next big growth area of Central Iowa. Earlier this year, leaders of the city, county and state unveiled a new “Super Block Plan” to serve as a key Greater Des Moines project of economic growth and cultural attractions. Located on the former south side Fort Des Moines base and Southridge Mall properties, planners believe the idea will not only jump start the new area around the Highway 5 bypass, but will also be a signature “green” project for the city, county and state...
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