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Advocates share bright spots, challenges in local music scene after DMMC dissolution

Byers’ celebration of life set for Friday

Mind & Spirit Counseling Center announces 2025 Women Helping Women event

Peoples Co. launches corporate services division

One-third of Central Iowa households struggle to afford essentials, United Way report finds

Latcham leaving role as Anawim’s president

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Des Moines Art Center announces new community programs manager

The Des Moines Art Center has announced the appointment of Kelsey Burr as manager of community access programs, effective April 24. According to a news release, Burr brings experience in the fields of art and arts education, nonprofit management, disability advocacy, career development for youth and social and physical well-being. In her new role, Burr will serve as…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

Byers’ celebration of life set for Friday

A celebration of life for Jay Byers will be held on Friday, his family has announced. The Simpson College president and past president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership died unexpectedly on April 17. He was 54. The celebration of life will be at 10:30 a.m. at Hoyt Sherman Place. In lieu of flowers, memorial…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

Mind & Spirit Counseling Center announces 2025 Women Helping Women event

Mind & Spirit Counseling Center announced the 27th Annual Women Helping Women luncheon, scheduled for May 2 at the Meadows Events Center at Prairie Meadows. The event aims to bring together community leaders, mental health advocates and supporters to explore social media’s impact on mental health. Part of the luncheon will be a panel discussion,…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

Peoples Co. launches corporate services division

Peoples Co. has announced the launch of a corporate services division to assist owners with large, diverse agricultural portfolios. Since launching, the new division has served multinational corporations on land deals to build, site or liquidate major data centers, renewable energy projects, warehouses, and commercial buildings, a news release said. In launching the division, Peoples Co. has…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

One-third of Central Iowa households struggle to afford essentials, United Way report finds

The United Way of Central Iowa recently hosted its Live United Celebration, where organization officials shared results of its annual community report on the health of individuals and families in the region. One of the areas of concern for United Way officials this year is the increase in working families unable to pay for basic necessities. Known…

By Gigi Wood | Apr 21, 2025

Latcham leaving role as Anawim’s president

Cynthia Latcham, Anawim Housing’s president, is leaving the organization at the end of September, the group announced. Latcham started at Anawim 12 years ago as a program director. She became the group’s executive director in 2020 and was named president in May 2023. She has advanced Anawim’s mission of creating safe, stable and affordable housing…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

Des Moines Art Center announces new community programs manager

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

Byers’ celebration of life set for Friday

By Business Record Staff | Apr 21, 2025

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A Closer Look: Courtney Ackerson

Courtney Ackerson believes her background in the nonprofit sector will serve her well in her new role as the executive director of the Bondurant Chamber of Commerce, a position she started in March. Ackerson, who is also a licensed therapist, recalls getting involved in volunteer work as part of her sorority in college, later volunteering…

By Michael Crumb | Apr 18, 2025

Jay Byers remembered for his kindness, passion for Simpson, Greater Des Moines

Jay Byers is being remembered as a man who helped shape Des Moines’ future through his innovation and who was the special ingredient in the “secret sauce,” that he often said made the Des Moines metro successful. Byers, the president of Simpson College and past president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, died…

By Sarah Diehn | Apr 18, 2025

City ‘tees up’ 300-acre shovel-ready industrial site for development

A new, nearly 300-acre industrial site on the southeast side of Des Moines is ready for development, city officials said Thursday at a news conference announcing that the site has been designated as shovel ready through the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Certified Sites program. While no specific user for the site was identified, a site…

By Michael Crumb | Apr 18, 2025

Guest column: Make a difference for our future workforce

I’ll never forget the feeling. As a student at Drake University studying journalism and mass communication, I was finally in the field as an intern for KCCI, working with one of the news outlets I watched since childhood, working alongside journalists who told stories of Iowans every day, as a way to inform and inspire….

By Tiffany Tauscheck | Apr 18, 2025

What they’re checking out: Week of April 18

As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 18, 2025

The catalyst of 80/35

When Tobi Parks was researching whether to relocate from New York City to Des Moines, she looked into the arts and culture scene here. She discovered the Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) and after meeting with some of the people involved, the nonprofit brought Parks in to speak at an event. “It really was a…

By Lisa Rossi | Apr 18, 2025