StartupCity Des Moines announced on its blog Sunday that former resident Danyelle Crowell will serve as the incubator’s new city manager. Shortly after the facility opened Crowell worked there with startup MyLocalCoop. The position had been open since StartupCity’s previous city manager, Becky Mollenkamp, who joined the incubator in October 2011, relocated to St. Louis earlier this year. –– Source: StartupCity Des Moines blog

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