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Capital Crossroads released its 2025 annual report last week, detailing progress on workforce housing, education and other long-term regional priorities. Launched in 2011 and now in its third iteration, Capital Crossroads: A Roadmap to Opportunity and Prosperity for All, guides collaborative efforts across Central Iowa through 2040. The regional vision plan focuses on six critical outcomes shaped by […]

GREATER DES MOINES, IA (Feb. 11, 2026) – Capital Crossroads has released its annual report highlighting progress made over the past year toward advancing opportunity and prosperity across Central Iowa, while also announcing its 2026–2027 Regional Council, a diverse and influential group of leaders who will guide the next phase of work aligned with the community’s […]

Capital Crossroads and the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s DSM Workforce Collaborative have launched the Capital Crossroads Workforce Development Ecosystem Map, which offers a visual representation of workforce development organizations, programs and resources in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties. The map is designed as an interactive tool to help workforce development professionals better navigate workforce resources in Central […]

Kaity Patchett’s first week as executive director of the Central Iowa region’s Capital Crossroads initiative was “appropriately overwhelming and extremely exciting.” The 35-year-old said she is meeting key players and taking a deep dive into the Central Iowa regional initiative’s history and 2024 report “Central Iowa’s Roadmap to Opportunity and Prosperity of All.” The 12-year-old […]

One of the first things leaders of the Central Iowa visioning initiative Capital Crossroads did when developing a 2040 roadmap for the region was call the Polk County Housing Trust Fund to plan a listening tour. Kaity Patchett In an interview Jan. 26, Capital Crossroads’ newly hired Executive Director Kaity Patchett said the business, local […]

Capital Crossroads, a collaboration of regional organizations and residents, has announced a new regional plan called Central Iowa’s Roadmap to Opportunity and Prosperity for All that will be executed by new Executive Director Kaity Patchett and the Capital Crossroads Regional Council. Patchett starts her new role on Jan. 16. In the new plan, the organization […]

One of the first things leaders of the Central Iowa visioning initiative Capital Crossroads did when developing a 2040 roadmap for the region was call the Polk County Housing Trust Fund to plan a listening tour. In an interview Jan. 26, Capital Crossroads’ newly hired Executive Director Kaity Patchett said the business, local government and nonprofit leaders […]

The Greater Des Moines Partnership touted its successes of the past year and laid out its goals and priorities for the year to come during its annual dinner celebration Thursday evening, saying the need to continue to focus on those things will continue to push the region forward and focus on results, not just action. […]

Capital Crossroads, a collaboration of regional organizations and residents, has announced a new regional plan called Central Iowa’s Roadmap to Opportunity and Prosperity for All that will be executed by new Executive Director Kaity Patchett and the Capital Crossroads Regional Council. Patchett starts her new role on Jan. 16. In the new plan, the organization has identified six critical outcomes […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 CAPITAL CROSSROADS ANNOUNCES ROADMAP FOR CENTRAL IOWA’S FUTURE New Leadership includes Regional Council Members and Executive Director Kaity Patchett GREATER DES MOINES, IA (Jan. 10, 2023) – Capital Crossroads has announced the next regional vision plan, Central Iowa’s Roadmap to Opportunity and Prosperity for All. Through robust community […]