Whew! I met with Jake Christensen with Nelson Development (418 Liberty among other projects), he shared some of what is to come downtown and a little secret about East Village. I also met with Michael Stessman the general manager of inPlay, stopped by the Kirkwood, visited Ligutti Tower, and visited my grandfather at the VA [...]
If you happened to see the Des Moines Register’s front page on Friday you no doubt saw that property assessments have gone up by 6.9%. We all know that now everyone is looking at a tax hike in their property taxes as well.
Property taxes are ridiculous already, so tax increases are never something to [...]
There are a few reasons that I was very excited about moving downtown.
Urban living
Walking distance to everything
The Views
My grandma lives downtown
My grandmother moved downtown about a year ago I think. She has a great little condo that overlooks the East Village, the Capital, the new ice skating rink, the Brownstones on Grand and best [...]
There are many new improvements that have been made downtown. One of the best is the new central library. I don’t care that it’s not brand new, it’s “newer,” and it’s one thing that has really improved downtown.
What I’m going to tell you now will suprise you, but many people that use the library don’t [...]
