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Visions of Home

Joppa Outreach takes a visionary approach to homelessness in Des Moines. According to a 2012 report, over 16,000 Iowans were homeless and nearly 20,000 more were at risk of homelessness that year. In central Iowa, [READ MORE]
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A Conversation with Victoria Veiock

As she shutters the door on Wicker and the Works this month, the West Des Moines entrepreneur reflects on nearly 40 years in the business. By the end of the month, Victoria Veiock, owner of [READ MORE]
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A Flicker of Hope

Blue Light Project offers encouragement to law enforcement and their families. Americans are quick to respond when disaster strikes, no matter where in the world it occurs. In Iowa, that’s just part of being good [READ MORE]
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A Conversation with Mark Reetz

Reetz is new chair for state building code group. Mark Reetz was elected chairman of the State Building Code Advisory Council in September, following more than a decade as a member of the group. “It’s [READ MORE]
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A Successful Group Effort

The Central Iowa Code Consortium has completed its first proposal process. We often hear that committees are where good ideas go to die. But the Central Iowa Code Consortium (CICC) is proving that cliché wrong. [READ MORE]