Archive for January, 2010

Jan-24-2010

Thanks Once More to the DCA (Downtown Community Alliance)


The Downtown Community Alliance (DCA) once again put their mind to an easy way to make something ugly beautiful. For the last few years, since Younkers moved out of the previous flagship store downtown, this skywalk area has been pretty dismal. Walkers were always greeted by a wall of black plastic covering the insides of the old main Younkers skywalk entrance, but as of last week, walkers now see a nice image of the city at night. Thanks again to the DCA!.


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Jan-7-2010

Average Rental Prices in December for Des Moines, IA.


MyApartmentMap has just released compiled their average rental prices for Des Moines, IA apartments.

Average rental prices for Des Moines are broken down by bedrooms, they are as follows:

Studios: $596.00
One Bedroom: 590
Two Bedroom: 60
Three Bedroom: 802

In addition to the average rental prices, MyApartmentMap also includes nearby cities, the difference in rent and distance from the original city, in this case: Des Moines

Nearby City Diff* Dist
West Des Moines, IA +9.1% 7.7m
Ankeny, IA +12.23% 8.1m
Johnston, IA +14.63% 8.1m
Urbandale, IA -1.75% 8.6m
Clive, IA +2.35% 8.9m
Altoona, IA -11.2% 9.2m
Grimes, IA +1.07% 11.3m

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Jan-4-2010

Writers Needed!


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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