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Posted February 29, 2024in Just Released

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 tenth anniversary. “Art Week Des Moines usually prompts mural installations at local businesses,” said Teva Dawson, founder of public arts

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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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. — John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –

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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 teacher in Iowa and the bill were to become law here, I would begin to figure out how I could

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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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –

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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 for the 2023 Renewal and New Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Program grants. This funding highlights HUD and the Biden-Harris Administration’s

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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 2023. Over 3,260 charities received support as fundholders responded to community needs and opportunities. Thanks to the generosity and support

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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 bank’s lending team from the West Des Moines headquarters for more than six years. “Bob joined the bank in 2017

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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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –

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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 leaders’ statements and actions. Sometimes voters may find discrepancies between what politicians say and what they do. Here is one

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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 be used to help build DMACC’s new Transportation Institute that’s currently under construction. “The new DMACC Transportation Institute will train

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