🌱 Patch AM: How many new jobs are coming with Accu-Mold’s Ankeny expansion?

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In today's newsletter:

• How many new jobs are coming with Accu-Mold's Ankeny expansion?

Also on today's calendar: Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting for Royal Palm Marketing and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 61 and low of 53 degrees.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds; cool, temps: high: 61, low: 45.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a high of 63 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• IEDA Board approves assistance for six manufacturers, two startups and three community quality-of-life projects (einpresswire.com) — A major expansion at Accu-Mold in Ankeny, backed by over $1 million in state tax credits, is expected to add 150 jobs and significantly grow local manufacturing capacity. Ankeny-based startup SABER Chemical also secured a $50,000 state loan to advance its bio-based plastics technology, positioning the city for more high-tech and advanced manufacturing opportunities.
   

📸 Around Ankeny

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ankeny

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 22
• Wine Education: How To Be a Wine Snob →
  1450 SW Vintage Parkway, Ankeny

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Other local events

Tuesday September 22
• Sing & Shake →
  1250 SW District Dr., Ankeny
  10:00 am
• Learn to Play Pickleball →
  Albaugh Family Senior Community Center, 150 NW Ash Drive, Ankeny
  10:00 am
• Drop-In Chair Volleyball →
  Albaugh Family Senior Community Center, 150 NW Ash Drive, Ankeny
  12:00 pm
• Drop-In Pickleball →
  Albaugh Family Senior Community Center, 150 NW Ash Drive, Ankeny
  1:30 pm
• Peruvian Culture and History with the AHS Spanish Club →
  1155 SW Cherry St, Ankeny
  1:30 pm
• Zoning Board of Adjustment →
  Council Chambers, 1250 SW District Drive, Ankeny
  5:00 pm
• Teen Advisory Group →
  1250 SW District Dr., Ankeny
  5:00 pm
• Family Taste-It Tuesday: Cheez-It Edition (Drop-in) →
  1250 SW District Dr., Ankeny
  5:30 pm
• Plan and Zoning Commission →
  Council Chambers, 1250 SW District Drive, Ankeny
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Trivia Night at Uptown Garage Brewing →
  305 Southwest Walnut Street, Ankeny
Friday September 25
• Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting for Royal Palm Marketing →
  1360 SW Park Square Dr Ste 104, 106 & 108, Ankeny, IA 50023
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello everyone my name is Heather Day I have been cleaning homes for a decade or more and I am now starting cleaning company of my own.
  I am looking for new customers. The company name is Day solutions and Im available any day of the week and can even do most any time. My number is … (Nextdoor Autumn Ridge)
• We are stocked and ready!
  Come get your goodies until 9pm today! 1303 Ne 45th St Ankeny (Nextdoor Otter Creek)

• JEO Consulting Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Transportation Practice Leader-Iowa in Ankeny. Apply here.
• Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Walmart in Ankeny. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ankeny here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Paul Ryan Rips Obamacare while at a fundraiser in Iowa (rightspeak.net)
• Greenway returns to Grand View as Women's Basketball Head Coach (whoopdirt.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Beef Tips (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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