1930 – Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg open a small grocery and dry goods store in Beaconsfield, Iowa. In 1933, the men begin calling the store Hyde & Vredenburg. 1938 – Hyde and Vredenburg with 14 ...

New renderings of the Ignit Sports and Fitness complex in Johnston were recently released by Emergent Architecture, the project’s architect. Construction of the $55 million project is underway on ...

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board today awarded four Business Incentives for Growth tax credits and assistance for six startups. The Business Incentives for Growth, or BIG, program helps ...

We asked our readers to cast votes for what Des Moines has to offer in a variety of business-related categories. These businesses make up an ecosystem in our region that supports a strong and vibrant ...

Samantha Mosser will become president of Bankers Trust on Aug. 1, the bank announced today. Mosser currently is Bankers Trust’s Nebraska president, a position she’s held since February 2022. “One of ...

Jay Wang, owner of Wasabi, is developing a strip center that will house four retail tenants on 36th Street near Costco in Ankeny. He said the regional draw of Costco and the anticipated development in ...

The West Des Moines Leadership Academy has announced 42 leaders who will participate in the program’s 2025-2026 class. The nine-month program aims to guide participants through experiential learning, ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

For most of the first half of the 20th century, the Des Moines Coliseum occupied the downtown site where a federal courthouse is now being built. Although the Coliseum burned down in 1949, it remains ...

No industry is set in stone. Indianola-based Cemen Tech has been shaking up – or vibrating – the cement and concrete industry with its volumetric mixer trucks. Roads, bridges, buildings, parking lots ...

Sustainable solutions are a form of innovation. They often birth new technologies, ideas, mindsets and behaviors that differ from how consumers and businesses have traditionally interacted with the ...

Jeff Pomeranz was city manager in West Des Moines when the community was approached around 2008 by a consultant looking for land on which to build a data center for Microsoft Corp. At the time, ...