I don’t know if you’ve caught wind of the news, but Des Moines is feeling the love from Forbes Magazine.  They recently ranked Des Moines #4 in their list of the best places for business and career.

Take that (enter big city around us here!)

Here’s a few links for reading.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/1/07bestplaces_Des-Moines-IA_2856.html

http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/04/05/best-cities-business-biz-07bestplaces-cz_kb_0405bestplacesintro.html

 I’ll be the first to say that Des Moines has come a long way.  The amount of change in the last 5 years has been astounding.  It wasn’t all that long ago that people thought Des Moines was DOA, but now even national business leaders are taking notice of what’s going on around here.  Let’s hope a few more large companies like Principal or Wells Fargo decide that Des Moines would be a great place to have their corporate headquarters.  That should bring a few people in!