Oct 14, 2009

Iowa is known for many things, most notably our Agricultural community.  The city of Des Moines is known by most to be a financial services hub, with near 70 financial services companies located in Des Moines. The most well known of the financial services companies are Wells Fargo, Principal, Nationwide/Allied and the list goes on. Those large employers are...

Aug 18, 2009

I know I have spoken about the Des Moines Social Club (DMSC) before in other posts, but I have never dedicated the time needed to truly express how much this group is working to ensure Des Moines is not boring. DMSC was started by Zachary Mannheimer and Matthew McIver, NY City transplants who came to Des Moines to help change the city (No lie).  Mannheimer...

Aug 14, 2009

Please find the Friday Guest Blog below. This was written by Shawn Harrington While on a recent trip to Omaha with co-workers, we were all sure to make one stop before heading back home.  Of course, we could not get back on the highway heading back to Iowa without visiting the Bass Pro Shop that we were passing.  With the recent development in Altoona, it...

Aug 6, 2009

Ok, Des Moines is boring. I give in, all of the nay-sayers are right, there is nothing to do in this city that could be considered fun. Nothing at all. We might as well move to LA, Chicago, or New York cause only fun things happen there. Ha! Got you.  Those statements are so far from the truth they are humorous to me.  I have a blast pointing out, or arguing...

Jul 24, 2009

Please find the Friday Guest Blog below. This was written by Shawn Harrington  In 2007, when I first joined the YPC Impact Downtown Committee, what I found were individuals passionate about making an impact on downtown that could eventually spread across greater Des Moines.  Coming into the close of that year, we began establishing our committee’s future...