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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Zuli Garcia, the founder of food pantry Knock and Drop Iowa, was diagnosed in November 2023 with having HPV cells, which can cause cancer. “It’s really hard, dark times when you hear the word cancer,” ...