I’ve been watching the issue numbers grow each week as I put together the new Welch Avenue Weekly so I knew that I was getting close to the one year anniversary of this company. Last week I looked it up and it turns out that today is the official anniversary of Welch Avenue (yeah!).

A few weeks ago Mark Suster, startup founder and venture capitalist based in Los Angeles, wrote about a post about the components of an entrepreneurial community: How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene. It made the rounds in my social circles in particular for a shoutout to our friends at Dwolla.

I think and write a lot about this topic and was encouraged by Mark’s take. A few of the components he pointed out are particularly apropos as we’re working to establish Gravitate — an entrepreneurial center of gravity — here in the core of downtown Des Moines.

New sponsors, more offices added, demolition continues and more!