Business Plan for 1st Street Diner and Nightclub

A business plan was created for a diner and nightclub located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, and the concept was found to be unique to the Des Moines area. The downtown community is home to sixty-six American-cuisine eateries, is under continued development, and looking to house more restaurant and entertainment establishments. Des Moines has a five-county metropolitan area with a population of 562,000 and Des Moines alone is home to 200,000 people. The downtown community is growing, and with the projected employment outlook to rise 11%, downtown’s 77,000 employees will also increase. These findings suggest that there is a market in downtown Des Moines for a restaurant and live music establishment. With proper business planning, restaurant development, web design, and a strong knowledge and understanding of hospitality law, a restaurateur can succeed in the downtown Des Moines area

Recent Trade Shifts in the Des Moines / West Des Moines Metropolitan Region

A large expansion in shopping capacity was introduced at the Jordon Creek Town Center area of West Des Moines in late 2004. As that project developed, concerns were voiced about the impact of the development on the overall retail and service health of the region: the supposition was that gains in the newer areas would come at the expense of existing malls and trade areas in the region.This research looks at metropolitan-wide trade in fiscal 2006, one full year after the Jordon Creek expansion, compared with fiscal 2004, the fiscal year prior to the opening of the development.This analysis allows us to gauge the magnitude of trade changes accumulating to the MSA as a whole, and the extent to which trade shifted within the region. It sorts out the area trade winners and losers.

Teen Substance Use and Abuse in the Growing Metro of Des Moines, Iowa

uVoice, a youth philanthropy board comprised of twelve students from seven Des Moines-area high schools, spent 2016 identifying unmet needs of central Iowa youth, specifically issues related to substance abuse.Students wrote and released a "White Paper" discussing the results of the survey. The group made community-wide recommendations on how to best address the issue of youth substance abuse in Polk County

Audit report on the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, Des Moines, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, Des Moines, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 201

Des Moines 2004 Annual County Profile, 2004

County Profil

The Role of the Church In Making Bio-Medical Decisions

Following is the text of an address deliuered by Bishop Dingman at the joint meeting of NFCPG and the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in September, 1975, in Washington, D.C. The author has been Bishop of Des Moines since 1968. In this article, he confronts such problems as static us. dynamic mentality and classical us. historical consciousness. He stresses the need for an understanding of Christian Community and for a commitment to personal holiness