Up to this point I’ve been very fair when talking about Project Destiny. I was still doing my research, and wanted to make an informed vote on the issue.
In my research I have found that Project Destiny is modeled after something that was done in Pittsburgh, PA. If you end it there it sounds nice. [...]
It’s here!
by Jo Hill
Now, I am excited!!!!
Oh, I loved the Triathlon, and was out watching and taking pictures, and I will be at the Art Festival; which is being called the biggest event in Des Moines. But for myself and a number of people downtown, the biggest thing is we have a grocery store. A real grocery store [...]
The biggest event to hit Des Moines this year is finally here this weekend! If you haven’t heard feel free to climb out of your box (if you’re local) and join us!
We’ll have coverage of the event, pictures, stories and maybe even a surprise or two! Have a great weekend downtown!
The River Bend Trading Company is finally opening on Thursday, from 10AM to 9PM. This is the long awaited Court Avenue grocery store.
This opening brings the downtown grocery store total to 3, which is a huge improvement from the beginning of the year. One of the huge complaints downtown residents have had was the lack [...]
Wow, it’s been a busy busy week here! I want to let you know about all of our new supporters of this site.
The Kirkwood
Brett Fine ”Your Downtown Realtor”
The Des Moines Wedding Association
Whiteline 103
Downtown Job Listings - Downtown intern needed, Logo Design Needed (read the page for more information if you’re interested)
Professional Services
Google
In addition to all the changes we’ve made here this week, we’ve added a Professional Services page. What does that mean?
You can add your service ad to this page. If you offer a service and you want people downtown to know about it–you can now list your services on the page!
We have a few listings [...]
Looking at purchasing a loft downtown and finding that anything decent is at least $200,000?
Whiteline 103 is for sale by owner (saving realtors fees for both the buyer and the seller).
It is a studio loft with a true lofted sleeping area allowing for privacy, a modern design featuring concrete countertops and stainless steel appliances (included), [...]
Coming this weekend is a full fledged feature about living downtown, and what people living there had to say about it. (if you received my survey and haven’t sent it back yet, time’s ticking if you want your opinion to be heard……)
The last question of the survey is this:
If you could tell someone thinking about [...]
Did you know that this site had over 8,000 hits last month, and should be over 8,000 hits for June as of today? Every one of those hits are people reading about, looking for information on, or getting excited about downtown Des Moines. In fact, the traffic has been so great that we’ve had to update [...]
