Last night 91 people competed in 27 different teams to scavenge downtown in search of 27 clues scattered through out downtown. At 7:45 pm they set off from the Liberty Condos and were told to be back no later than 11:30 pm. The first place team arrived back with all clues found approximately 9:50 pm, second place about 5 minutes afterwards and then third place about 10 minutes after second place. In total of the 27 teams, 16 made it back by 11:30 pm. With most teams finding all 27 clues. 

Everyone that participated said that they had a lot of fun and would love to participate again in the next round. Contestants commented on how they learned about downtown and all the businesses that they found, that they didn’t even know existed. Tina Johnson, one of the main organizers spoke with the returnees as they came in. She received comments such as: “It felt like the Amazing Race!”; “I found out that my boyfriend can’t drive.”; “This was so much fun, you should do it again this summer.”; “This was so well organized.”; “The sponsoring businesses  were so nice when we came in.”; “People were trying to help us all along the way.”; “The clues were so hard, it really made you think. Thank God for the iPhone.”
 
Our first place winning team, the Timmons team, took home almost $1,500 in prizes, second place, the Reinert team, almost $400 in prizes and third place, the Walstrom team almost $200 in prizes. All participants took home one free week at Gym F/X downtown. FI

If you are interested in what clues the teams had to locate, check out the Clue Sheet they were given.

With this being the first time, we had a 127 people sign up, however due to the colder weather not everyone made it out. The contest had so much interest that people were still wanting to register after the deadline, however we were not able for fairness to except additional registrations after the deadline.

Here are some pictures from last night’s event:

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Look for updates on winners and participants on Sunday! If you didn’t get a chance to register for this one, we will hosting another next year.

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With only seven more days to register for the First Annual Downtown Des Moines Scavenger Hunt, I thought I would bring you some updates on the event.

The event is going to be held Saturday night, January 17th, and will start promptly at 7:30 pm in the Liberty Condo Building at the corner of Sixth & Grand Avenue.

You will pick up a list of snapshots of places downtown. For example, you may see part of store front window. You and your partners (you can also do the event solo) will then try to find the shot where the photo was taken and then you will take your photo in front of that item. This will continue until you’ve visited all the places on the list and taken all the photos on your digital camera. If you are participating with others, only one digital camera can be used. As soon as you complete your assignment, you hurry back to Liberty Condos and prizes will be award for first, second and third place.

We have more than $1,000 in downtown prizes and gift cards to places like Splash, The Underground, The Royal Mile and Baby Boomers.

Living Downtown Des Moines.com is one of the proud sponsors of this event. For more information, contact the event host, Tina Johnson at geturban411@gmail.com.

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