Art Week Des Moines seeks 10 mural sites
DES MOINES (Feb. 29, 2024) – Art Week Des Moines organizers are looking for 10 local businesses to host new murals as the annual celebration of local artists nears its [...]
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Posted February 29, 2024in Just Released
Posted February 27, 2024in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), [...]
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Posted February 22, 2024in Morain
02/22/24
House File 2544 survived last week’s funnel deadline in the Iowa Legislature. It now awaits consideration in the state House of Representatives. If I were a public school social studies [...]
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Posted February 20, 2024in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), [...]
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Posted February 16, 2024in Just Released
HUD Announces Nearly $2 million to Empower HUD-Assisted Families in Iowa Towards Financial Stability and Savings
DES MOINES – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced over $128 million to 835 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) owners [...]
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Posted February 14, 2024in Just Released
More than $62.1 Million in Charitable Grants Distributed from Community Foundation Funds in 2023
NEWS RELEASE – Des Moines, IA – More than $62.1 million was distributed to nonprofit organizations from charitable giving funds held at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines in [...]
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Posted February 14, 2024in Just Released
Bank Iowa Celebrates Retirement of Chief Lending Officer
(West Des Moines, Iowa – February 12, 2024) – Bank Iowa Chief Lending Officer Bob Gagne retired from Bank Iowa on February 2, 2024. Gagne led the $2 billion community [...]
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Posted February 13, 2024in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), [...]
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Posted February 12, 2024in Stray Thoughts
Pay attention to officials’ talk vs. their actions
Voters have busy lives — families to care for, jobs demanding their attention, bills to worry about. So, they can be forgiven if they do not closely track their government [...]
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Posted February 09, 2024in Just Released
FAREWAY ANNOUNCES $100,000 GRANT TO SUPPORT DMACC’S NEW TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
NEWS RELEASE (DES MOINES, IA) – Fareway Stores, Inc. presented a $100,000 check to Rob Denson, DMACC’s President and Tara Connolly, Executive Director of the DMACC Foundation. The funds will [...]
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