My wife and I purchased this website from Josh a few weeks ago. We have been working around the clock to merge it with the rest of our websites.
We will do a new post to introduce ourselves next week.
Thanks again and we look forward to serving you better.
Jason & Tammy

Do you want some free BBQ and to listen to  live music?  Come out and meet your neighbors at the 25th annual National Night Out.
Tuesday, August 5
6:00–9:00 pm
The Red Bridge (just south of Court Ave.)

photo by jo hill

Are you planning on moving downtown and have no idea where to start?
We would like to help point you in the right direction and then write about it on our website to help others who are just like you.
email us at - downtowndesmoinesblog (at) gmail dot com

I wanted to let you know about the upcoming Des Moines Rehabbers Club meeting this Saturday, August 2, from 9:30 to 11:00 am.  We will be touring the historic Murillo building with general contractor Mike Kinter, who will talk about the move and the rehabilitation process.  Please forward this event announcement to anyone you think [...]

Friday around noon a guy had to be pulled out of the river by city hall. He thought it would be ok to swim over the center street dam as long as he swam fast enough.  Needless to say he had to be rescued  and then he was charged with public intox.
Kcci has a great [...]

After over 100 years in business,  King Ying Low, which is located at 223 4th St in downtown Des Moines, has decided to close the restaurant.
We have not heard of the reason for closing.

We tried to eat at KC BBQ on Friday July 18, but when we arrived there was a sign posted on the door that they would be closed until  July 21 due to a small fire.

Here is a great video about how to improve our dam signs downtown.
I can’t help but wonder, what kind of idiot takes a walmart style blow up raft down the river. The only thing missing in this video is the rafters standing in water waist deep holding an umbrella to give the interview.