2009

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Considering Security in an Urban Area
“Despite Iowa’s general reputation as a very rural state with a surplus of farming land, ...”
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Homebuyers Tax Credit Expires This Week!
“Thousands of Dollars Could Slip Through Your Fingers! The heat is on for those who are ...”
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Drake Relays Sidewalk Art
“These were done by volunteers earlier today on Court Avenue. ”
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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 ...”
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Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2010
“This was a big hit last year, so I thought I would share this cute ...”
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How do you rate downtown Des Moines?
“Operation Downtown is conducting a survey to assess employees' perceptions of downtown Des Moines. It ...”
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New Pictures of Downtown Des Moines in the Summer
“I've added some new photos to the gallery to show off downtown during the summer ...”
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Regret moving downtown? Not at all.
“When I first heard that my two roommates were planning to move downtown, I was ...”
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Iowa State Fair Commercials
“Continuing on our State Fair theme, here are some of this year's commercials. ”
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Photos from the 2009 Iowa State Fair
“Here are some photos I took while attending the fair on Sunday. ”
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2009 Iowa State Fair Parade in Downtown Des Moines
“ That's it! I hope you enjoy it.”
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Smaller Iowa County Now More Techno Enabled than the Most Populous County
“This week, it was announced that residents of Black Hawk County can now text their ...”
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Will DSM Police Also Use Twitter and Facebook to Track Down Bike Thieves?
“I'm not saying that we have a problem with bike theft downtown, but if we ...”
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Skywalk Signage
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New to Downtown – Some Suggestions
“I moved downtown about a month ago, into the 10th Street Lofts. Although I work ...”
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John & Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park Update
“ From the June 26th Press Release: MAJORITY OF SCULPTURES INSTALLED AT JOHN AND MARY PAPPAJOHN ...”
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Downtown Des Moines is Very Walkable
“Note: This post was originally published on August 22, 2008. Since moving downtown, I find myself ...”
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Robert D Ray Asian Garden Video Tour
“Here's a video tour of the Robert D Ray Asian Gardens that I took yesterday ...”
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Downtown Business Opportunities: The Des Moines Sports & Education Complex
“Now that the Des Moines Building is up for sale again, here's what I think ...”
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What Does MetroMointor Say About Des Moines?
“A reader of this blog pointed me to a new report published this week by ...”
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City Services via Twitter
“I saw this the other day, and thought if San Francisco is so hip to ...”
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Downtown Business Opportunities: Kaleidoscope Factory Outlet Mall
“I believe if this next business opportunity could be pulled off, there could a huge ...”
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2009 Alice Rodine Volunteer Awards
“The 2009 Alice Rodine Volunteer Recognition Awards were announced recently. Each year, neighborhoods are asked ...”
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Downtown Business Opportunities: XY - Urban Male Essentials
“The next business opportunity we will be discussing is a retail establishment to serve the ...”
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Excerpts from City of Des Moines - Raising the Bar
“City of Des Moines residents received the cities annual report this past weekend in the ...”
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Downtown Business Opportunities: Des Moines Metro Design Center
“The next business opportunity we will be discussing is something is more in line with ...”
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Downtown Map Googlized
“I was playing around this weekend and learned out to take an image and make ...”
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Opening Weekend of Farmer's Market 2009
“Yesterday I got to attend the opening weekend of the Farmer's Market. I didn't make ...”
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A Blast from the Past: A Piece of Des Moines Pie
“It started out on Merle Hay Road. One of those rare restaurants that ...”
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Des Moines Has Really Taken to Twitter
“I think that over past year Des Moines, like the rest of the world, has ...”
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A Blast from the Past: Des Moines Riots of 1911
“When mobs and riots involve thousands of people such as have occurred in Paris, ...”
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More Rental Housing Options Coming Downtown for 2009
“Recently Hubbell Realty announced that they will be renovating two former warehouses to bring 149 ...”
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The Amazing Place - Des Moines
“This is a video that was recently published on YouTube. It appears to be shot ...”
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Local Downtown Photographers & Flickr Members Meet Up
“Yesterday morning I was lucky enough to join a group of local downtown photographers from ...”
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“A year to remember!”
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The End of 2008
“Enjoy a collection of pictures that I have taken since moving to downtown in March ...”
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Happy Holidays!
“I hope you enjoy this collection of Holiday inspired photos and music. I also wanted ...”
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Showing Pride in Des Moines
“I recently ran across a YouTube Video that a guy named Adam put together back ...”
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What Would The Holidays Be Without the Internet?
“I thought I would share this cute little holiday video that helps us realize what ...”
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If You Work Downtown, Why Don't You Live Downtown?
“A lot of recent studies show that a short commute is a major key to ...”
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Some Holiday Cheer!
“This video contains some pictures that I have taken of the holiday lights and snow ...”
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Some Monday Morning Humor
“ Nathan Wright of Lava Row from Ignite Des Moines shares 20 Things Des Moines ...”
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Vintage Post Cards
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Buy Into the Circle
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A Collection of both Current & Historical Election Maps
“As we prepare for the big day tomorrow, I've complied a few interactive maps that ...”
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What are Downtown Residents Watching in October?
Possible New Housing Coming to Downtown
“Today I was reading a post on AbsoluteDSM.com about development projects seeking Iowa's Housing Tax ...”
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Just Some Cool Time Lapse Photography in Downtown Des Moines
“ Running No-Where(A Time Lapse/Slow Motion mix) from HedsIc on Vimeo. and another artistic video with over ...”
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A Look Back at Downtown in 1940
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Nighttime Photography Downtown
“Continuing in the theme of this weeklong photography showcase, I'd like to show off some ...”
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Downtown Fall Photos
“As promised, here are some downtown fall photos that I took this past weekend. Enjoy! ”
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Des Moines Photographer shows Des Moines in 360 Degrees
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Three Des Moines Buildings Made Final Endangered Buildings' List
“The list for Des Moines' most endangered buildings is in and three of the seven ...”
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Another White Wall
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Skywalk Tour Video
“This morning I decided to take a 10 minute stroll through the skywalk. I took ...”
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Downtown Housing Market
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New Video - Compete in Des Moines
“Here's a new video from the "Des Moines. Do More." campaign. ”
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What are Downtown Residents Watching?
Downtown Des Moines is Very Walkable
“Since moving downtown in March, I find myself walking 300% more than I ever walked ...”
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Loft, Condo or Flat...
“Having recently just traveled to the New England area of the country, and seeing different ...”
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2008 Iowa State Fair Parade
“Tonight I got to go downstairs, out my front door and around the corner to ...”
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Showing My Des Moines Pride in Provincetown
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Des Moines is the place for Insurance Jobs
“I recently found this article and thought about how great Des Moines was for working ...”
It's become a Saturday Morning Ritual
“Since moving downtown this past spring, it has become a ritual for me every Saturday ...”
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Caught this on YouTube
“I happened to find another cool video on YouTube about some residents of downtown who ...”
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Inside My Place
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Are You Hungry?
“I know I have to eat, sometimes too much, but it's a necessity of life. ...”
Do More in Des Moines
“I happened to be surfing YouTube the other day and to my amazement ran across ...”
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Our Skywalk System
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Grocery Shopping Downtown
“So one of the biggest things that people warned me about when I told them ...”
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My Decision to Move Downtown
“In January, my current relationship at the time ended and I was in the need ...”
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Another Successful Year for the Des Moines Arts Festival
“Another year for the Des Moines Art Festival has come to a close. This year's ...”
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Some Video Tours of Downtown
“Here are few YouTube videos that I found that offer a tour of downtown.   ”
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The Real World...Des Moines
“Just a funny clip I found on YouTube. ”
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