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Greater Des Moines Partnership outlines regional wins, notes budget caution and leadership loss
Summary
The Partnership reported business recruitment metrics and talent-marketing results to the council and noted recent budget pullbacks; council members praised the group's work and mourned the passing of former leader Jay Byers.
Tiffany Taushek, president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, and Stacy LaVaughn, senior vice president of economic development, presented the organization's 2024 and early-2025 outcomes to West Des Moines city leaders on April 21.
Taushek told the council the Partnership represents "over 400 investors" and noted the group is "now the largest regional Chamber of Commerce in the entire country," a point she used to frame the organization's marketing reach. LaVaughn summarized site-selection results: since the Partnership formed in 1999 it has worked on roughly 759 business projects that staff say produced about 37,000 jobs and approximately $14.7 billion in regional investment.
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