A Good Opportunity to Meet Your Downtown Neighbors
Next Tuesday evening, August 4th at Nollen Plaza, your local Downtown Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Community Alliance are hosting the 26th Annual National Night Out event.
This is an excellent opportunity to get out and meet your neighbors, listen to live music and sample some cuisine and services from downtown businesses. Some of this year’s sponsors include: Sbrocco, Splash Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar, Fong’s Pizza, Atelier Hairspace, Dos Rios Cantina & Tequila Lounge, and sandwiches courtesy of the Pork Producers.
I plan on attending and would love to meet some of my regular readers, so come join us.

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Tags: Community | Downtown Core | Festival | Neighbors



















Holiday Lights Des Moines is a new annual celebration of the holidays in downtown Des Moines on Friday, Nov. 28 from 4 – 7 p.m. with the lighting at 6:28 p.m. Coming together on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving Day are carolers, horse-drawn carriages, specialty food vendors, family crafts, musicians, costumed characters, live performances, and more. Just past dusk businesses, city parks, street décor, city and county buildings will join together to flip the switch on downtown. At the center of it all will be a 52-foot lighted tree! The city tree along with the entire downtown – buildings, skywalks, parks, lamp posts, and decorations will, with a flip of a switch illuminate the night sky.
