Young Professionals Connection Helping to Shape the Future of Des Moines
In addition to my community involvement with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa for the last three years, I had the opportunity today, thanks to a fellow blogger, Pete Jones with www.desmoinesisnotboring.com, to check out another civic organization, the Greater Des Moines Young Professionals Connection. If you are not familiar with this group, it’s mission is to promote an environment that attracts and retains young professionals in the Greater Des Moines area. Their efforts focus on connecting young professionals to each other and to the community through social, civic, charitable, and professional development endeavors.
This organization is part of the Greater Des Moines Partnership and provides a voice to the 20-to-30-something age demographic. The group was formed in 2000 and now has over 500 active members. In the meeting I attended today the group was focusing on two efforts, one is working with at-risk youth in the community and the other thinking about what needs to happen to help get more people to make the decision to live downtown.
Having moved downtown myself in March, I can’t begin to say how happy I am with making that decision, it was one of the best decisions I’ve made. It opens your life up to many more and new experiences and the best part I don’t have to spend very much time in my car. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my car, I drive a Bimmer for a reason, but this week I had the opportunity to work in downtown four days in a row and I haven’t had to drive to work all week! It’s a nice feeling to get up in the morning, usually about 30 minutes later than usual, get ready for work and then walk out my front door, take the elevator down to the skywalk level and walk for less than 10 minutes and be at work. Plus, think of all of those extra calories I’m burning and the gas I’m saving. It’s even better for the environment! Living and working downtown is a win-win situation!
If you are thinking about either renting or buying downtown, don’t forget to check out our Real Estate page that provides a guide to both all the rental locations and condo buildings that are available downtown.
By MulderDSM
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Pete Jones on Fri, 12th Sep 2008 12:45 pm
Thanks for the plug Larry. We hope we can get enough information to help with the cause and get more people living downtown.