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Coming This Week To Downtown Des Moines Blog

October 8th, 2007 at 3:15 am » Comments (10)

I want to give you a heads up to what we have been working on for you this week.  If you haven’t been here much in the last week you’re probably alone.  We had a huge surge in traffic last week.  We had as many hits last week as it took 3/4 of September to [...]



Race For The Cure

October 7th, 2007 at 6:50 pm » Comments (0)

by Jo Hill

It looked to me like the Race/Walk for the cure was a big success this weekend. After the race, I took a lot of pictures. I heard various number about how many people took part, anywhere from 20,000-40,000. That’s a lot of people with the same thing on their minds. [...]



More Pictures From Race For The Cure

October 7th, 2007 at 6:45 pm » Comments (0)

 

 

 



Downtown Des Moines Fall Colors

October 6th, 2007 at 3:08 pm » Comments (0)

by Jo Hill

I know we live in the Corn State, but I was surprised to see how much corn we have downtown, and not only at the Farmer’s Market.

I know I haven’t found all the Fall decoration, but there are many, all featuring Corn, Pumpkins, and Squash. The Convention Center were first I [...]



418 Liberty Plus 5 Questions Equals Great Read

October 5th, 2007 at 3:43 pm » Comments (0)

One of the perks to my website here is that I get to interview a lot of great people. In case you haven’t met Tina Johnson, or as she likes to be called, T Your Downtown Gal, I’d like to introduce you to her.
She’s got a great perspective on her project, 418 Liberty, because [...]



5 More Questions With The Gateway Lofts

October 5th, 2007 at 12:23 pm » Comments (0)

Want to know more about the Gateway Lofts? You should, no property is moving faster downtown right now. They are doing an excellent job, and are moving units very, very well. If you haven’t yet seen Gateway Lofts, or if you want more information, this is a can’t miss article for you!
If [...]



418 Liberty Open House This Weekend

October 4th, 2007 at 5:28 pm » Comments (1)

418 Liberty Open Every Sunday from 1 to 4p.m. Also open this Saturday, Oct. 6th from 9 to 1 p.m.
Live closer to the center at 418 Liberty!
Executive luxury condos w/high ceilings offering unique quality construction with the urban sensibility of a highrise. 10 yr. full tax abatement, highest soundproof rating, additional lower level storage [...]



Walters and Whiteline

October 3rd, 2007 at 10:55 pm » Comments (9)

I had quite a bit of feedback to my question as to why Whiteline was dark at night. Seems to me that a lot of folks have an opinion about that. Haven’t seen the article? You can find it here.
I received an email with a lot of questions, actually a lot of [...]



5 Questions About The Gateway Lofts

October 3rd, 2007 at 11:44 am » Comments (3)

I recently had a chance to interview Trina Braafhart, the new property manager at Gateway Lofts. I tried to ask her as many questions as I could think of about the property.
I’ve found that Gateway Lofts are one of the properties that many people don’t know all that much about.

So here it is, the [...]



Do More In Des Moines

October 3rd, 2007 at 6:00 am » Comments (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMF4Rt4eFD4

Gray’s Lake and downtown Des Moines aren’t just for people anymore!