Metro Population: 635,000 Major Industries: Insurance, Health care, Agribusiness Gross Metro Product: $45.2 B Median Household Income: $64,278 Median Home Price: $191,200 Unemployment: 3% Job Growth (2016): 2.4% Cost of Living: 7% below national average College Attainment: 36.7% Net Migration (2016): 1,600 Des Moines is a major center for the insurance industry and maintains a […]
This article was written by Scott Beyer and appeared in Forbes Magazine. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the second fastest-growing metro in the nation. According to Census figures, from July of 2014 to July of 2015, it added 144,704 people, trailing only Houston. This is nothing new, as Dallas has, along with Texas’ other Big […]
This article appeared in the Huffington Post on November 17, 2017. Two concepts that speak of how re-urbanization in America looks today were shown in separate exhibitions across Kansas City, MO — Julie Schenkelberg: Solo Exhibition and New Paintings by Jason Needham. With very different processes, these artists critiqued a subtext as it relates to […]
Iowa’s capital has been named among the top 10 best cities to live in America, according to a new report. U.S. News & World Report ranked Des Moines fourth in its Best Places rankings released Tuesday — which analyzed 125 metro areas in the U.S. based on five indexes: Desirability, job market, quality of life, […]
This article by Patrick Anderson appeared in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader on October 24, 2017. Robert Stefani watched as workers smoothed a porous concrete mix in a pit that would eventually become a vinyl-lined pool. A biting autumn wind signaled the end of another season. Stefani’s team has five pools left to install before […]
