Polk Co. Conservation has plans for the old SCI building
The new Science Center of Iowa just south of downtown Des Moines reached its three-year attendance projection in just two years. There’s no question the new Center has been a huge draw for area and visiting families.
But what’s to happen to the old Science Center building in Greenwood Park? Polk County Conservation Director Pat Boddy [...]
Park Fair motor vehicle services division closes Friday, June 23
The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Division office in Park Fair Mall will close after normal business hours on Friday, June 23, and reopen at its new location, 6310 S.E. Convenience Blvd. in Ankeny, on Monday, June 25. The offices of motor carrier services, driver services, vehicle services and motor vehicle enforcement will open [...]
Urbandale lands independent music store
Wait… what? Repeat that please? “(Des Moines is) a fantastic town with a happening cultural scene” ??? Well no kidding, some of us have been saying that for years! Glad to see Homer’s, an independent music store formerly of Lincoln, NE, relocating to Urbandale.
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Pappajohn to donate HEC building to DMPS
Des Moines businessman and philanthropist John Pappajohn is donating the Pappajohn Higher Education Center at 1200 Grand Ave. to the Des Moines Independent Community School District, the Register reports. The district will move its Central Campus programs to this new location.
As much as I hate to see another building in Des Moines move into the property-tax-exempt [...]
Park Fair will face challenges with renovation
A report that Park Fair Mall on Des Moines’ north side will get a $2.5 million facelift in hopes of attracting a big-box retailer is great news, but frankly seems overly optimistic to me.
Just down the street, at Des Moines’ second-busiest intersection, a Florida developer has been working for more than ten years to get a [...]
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