Already on to part 3! If you missed parts 1, or 2, I’ve linked them for your review.
Where is the best place to hang out downtown?

Buzzard’s patio or The Continental
A room with a view!
IMAX Theater
Court Ave (heard this a lot)
The Lift
Anywhere downtown, especially my loft!
The Royal Mile
El Bait Shop
inPlay (yes, I’m still a kid!)
On [...]

Back for part 2 of the series, in case you missed part 1, here’s your link.
When asked “Who has the best cup of coffee downtown?” These were some of the responses.

I’ve told you before about a little “survey” that I sent out to downtown residents if you recall. Here’s some of the results!
What I sent out were 10 questions. I’m going to keep each of these short and sweet, so I’ll put up the answers to each question in a different article.
The first [...]

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 [...]

I recently sent out a questionnaire to people that live downtown and asked each of them ten questions about things they like, misconceptions, and what can be done to make downtown better.
I am going to share what I get back next week, as these answers are still coming in–but I want you to hear what [...]

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 [...]

One thing that the people selling properties downtown really haven’t done is explain to the public what they are selling.  For the most part people are told about the loft, condo, flat, brownstone, or even house that they are buying–but they aren’t told about the lifestyle.
The lifestyle is everything!
When people decide to move to the [...]

As you’ve noticed I am sure I’ve tried to give examples of places that you can live in downtown Des Moines.  I haven’t been through every building yet, but I have been through quite a few of them.
I have been getting many of the same questions emailed to me, what places are like, how much [...]

This week the Des Moines Register shares another great example of living downtown–this week in the East Village.  Follow the link to see every story they’ve covered as well!
Downtown Living Link

The Des Moines Register added another story this week to their series on living downtown.
This week focused in on some empty-nesters and Mulberry Lofts.
Here’s your link.