Construction Photos
Looks like things are moving along nicely in what might be the best looking new building downtown.
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Meet Trina Braafhart
I’d like to introduce you to Trina Braffhart, the property manager at The Kirkwood. She was kind enough to allow us to interview her and do a little feature about her on the site.
How long have you been associated with The Kirkwood?
I started hunting down the owners of the Kirkwood last summer when I visited [...]
Newsletter Reminder
Have you signed up for the big newsletter yet? I’ve got an invite to a big party on June 4 that only newsletter subscribers are going to get access to!
Here’s a link from the previous article about the newsletter.
–Josh
Downtown Des Moines Website
Have you seen www.downtowndesmoines.com? I suggest you take a look see, they did a pretty good job.
20,000 HITS!
On May 29, 2007 this site went over the 20,000 hit mark! That’s really exciting as that’s 20,000 times that someone has searched for information, or read about urban living in downtown Des Moines!
This site started on February 14, 2007 and before June we’ve already had over 20,000 hits–not too shabby!
I wanted to take a [...]
Moving To Downtown Des Moines Part 3
So we’ve already taken a look at what moving downtown is all about, and we’ve looked into the myth that downtown is ‘expensive.’ With this installment of the series let’s take a look at the idea that if you have kids you must move to the suburbs.
I wish I knew where this idea originated, because [...]
Village Bean Hosts Q Party
by Jo Hill
One of the follow ups of the Big Dream Gathering was the Q Party put on by Mitch and Melissa held at the Village Bean in east Village. Several of the dreamers came to play the Q Game. Beth and I went together and spent the evening with new friends. As we got [...]
What Is This?
Anybody know what this is? How was it made? It was found on the trails at Gray’s Lake.
Downtown Des Moines Carnival
by Jo Hill
Lets go to the Carnival. Where? Downtown, of course. Yes, we had a carnival downtown and I had to go and see if was like I remembered as a kid. Much of it is the same as always. What’s a carnival without eating. There are lots of places to buy Cotton Candy, corn [...]
Have A Great Weekend
I want to personally wish you a great Memorial Day weekend. Get out, have a great time, enjoy Vanilla Ice! Be sure to take a few minutes and remember those that have given everything for us to have the life we do. After all, if it wasn’t for the sacrifice of the few, the many [...]
