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Tags: Neighbors

Would you like to submit a post or article for publication here on Living Downtown Des Moines.com? If you have a passion for living in downtown Des Moines or just experiencing the many things to do when visiting downtown, we’d love to hear from you. Sharing your own experiences with others can be very rewarding. William Shakespeare said it best, “What is the city but the people.”

So, the rules to be a guest blogger are really simple, a few article guidelines are listed below as well as the five-step process to getting your post published.

Article Guidelines

• Your post may be anywhere between 150 and 1500 words in length.
• Author bio should be no more than 50 words or 250 characters in length.
• Affiliate links to your own blog are encouraged.

Submission Process

1. Register for an account, if you don’t already have one or log in.
2. Write your post, you can write it in multiple sessions, saved as a draft.
3. Edit your post to your liking.
4. Submit your post for review when ready.
5. Your post is queued for review and for publishing.

We look forward to hearing from you and to sharing your experiences about Downtown Des Moines with our readers.

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Continuing with our series, Des Moines Picture of the Week, this week’s picture comes from Jim Steep, aka jastepp_too, and is entitled “Architectural Nature”.

Jim says “I love photography. Whether I am out photographing for myself or professionally, discovery is always key to my process.Through my images, I am able to capture what I see and share that vision with others. I enjoy photographing downtown Des Moines. We all should be proud of what we have done structurally and socially with the Des Moines area. Capturing and expressing this in images is something I enjoy.” You can find more of Jim’s photography at: www.lexiconconsultinginc.com

Check out previous pictures in of our series, Des Moines Picture of the Week.

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Tags: Picture of the Week

From DowntownDesMoines.com Press Release:
DOWNTOWN DES MOINES – You may notice Walnut Street looks a little differently – that’s because some very visible improvements have been taking place over the past two weeks. Operation Downtown is in the process of painting all maroon crosswalk poles, light poles, utility stations/newspaper corrals, and bus shelters from a very dated maroon paint to a modern black satin. In addition to the new paint, benches as well as the bus shelters will be sanded and refinished.

“Operation Downtown is proud to be leading this effort. The new paint and refinished benches and bus shelters have made a tremendous beautification impact to the Walnut Street corridor,” says Kent Mauck, Operation Downtown Board President.

Work began on the corridor during the first part of September and is scheduled to be completed in the next two weeks. This beautification effort is a joint project of Operation Downtown and Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority.

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About Operation Downtown

Operation Downtown, also known as Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID), is responsible for safe, clean and beautiful services in downtown Des Moines. Managed by the Downtown Community Alliance, Operation Downtown is funded by a one dollar per thousand dollars of assessed value tax on property within the boundary. For more information about Operation Downtown visit www.operationdowntown.com.

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Tags: Community