Grimes Chamber & Economic Development Makes Call in the Interest of Safety GRIMES-IA: Grimes Chamber & Economic Development regretfully announces that Grimes Governors Days (www.GovernorsDays.com), a celebration of community, has been cancelled. The decision to cancel the event, originally scheduled to take place June 11-13, 2020, was made in order
Read More →GREATER DES MOINES, IA (May 4, 2020) – The Downtown Farmers’ Market and the Iowa Cubs have teamed up with Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery to host a free hand sanitizer drive-up on Wednesday, May 6 at the Principal Park parking lot from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. With the
Read More →AMES, Iowa (May 1, 2020) – The nine-week campaign, called 25 for 25, features 25 Iowa artists, small businesses and entrepreneurs. Each week, three of these vendors are featured and their products are promoted on social media and our website. Here’s how it works: Anyone interested in purchasing the promoted items
Read More →The Des Moines Concours team continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation, both in Iowa and nationwide. Given the current projected curve of the coronavirus, we believe the pandemic will sufficiently subside and the Concours will go forward as scheduled September 12 and 13. Our team continues to recruit the very
Read More →The Des Moines Symphony’s Yankee Doodle Pops, originally planned for Thursday, July 2 at the Iowa State Capitol, will be reimagined as a community-wide Labor Day celebration on Monday, September 7 in the Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park. As part of this special concert, the Orchestra will honor Labor
Read More →DES MOINES (April 20, 2020) – Security National Bank of Iowa today opens its first full-service location in the West Des Moines area. The location is at 200 S. Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266. Security National Bank saw a need in the West Des Moines market— a bank with an integrated, tailored
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (April 27, 2020)—In the interest of health and safety in light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden has shifted its 2020 Spring Garden Festival presented by Country Landscapes to an online plant sale with curbside pickup. The sale opens to the public at dmbotanicalgarden.com/shop on Wednesday, April
Read More →DES MOINES – The Des Moines Symphony today announced the cancellation of all concerts and public events through June 14 at the Des Moines Civic Center and the Temple for Performing Arts due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All affected concerts and events, some of which had previously been announced
Read More →The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) was notified today that a maintenance employee tested positive for COVID-19, commonly referred to as Coronavirus. The employee had most recently been working alone on a vehicle that had not been in service for several months. The individual who tested positive, who
Read More →Bonne Finken, Lucinda Williams, and Steven Van Zandt are among The 18th IMA Nominees New York, NY April 9, 2020 — Alternative Pop/Rock writer, vocalist and producer Bonne Finken from Des Moines, Iowa joins Lucinda Williams, Steven Van Zandt and Sekou Andrews as a Nominee in The 18th annual Independent
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