Des Moines Transload Facility receives $11.2 million BUILD grant The U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday announced an $11.2 million BUILD Transportation Grant for the Des Moines Transload Facility. A transload […]
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Associate Planner/Senior Planner Posted: November 27, 2018 Closes: Open until filled Starting Salary: Associate $40-50,000/Senior $50-60,000 Hours: Full Time Area of Focus: Active Transportation The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning […]
Speaker Rue Mapp: “Where Black People and Nature Meet” Rue Mapp recalls hearing police helicopters outside her office in downtown Oakland, Calif., when racial tensions broke out in the streets […]
James Chung: “Next Frontiers for a Standout City” James Chung didn’t find Greater Des Moines – Greater Des Moines found him. Chung is the president of Reach Advisors, a strategy, […]
Investigative journalist and Rolling Stone contributor Jeff Goodell, author of “The Waters Will Rise: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Reshaping of the Civilized World,” spoke in Des Moines July […]
The findings of the Water Trails Engineering Study are in, and not only is it technically feasible to develop a regional network of water trails for Greater Des Moines — […]
The public is invited to provide comment May 25 to July 11, 2018, on the DRAFT Transportation Improvement Program for Federal Fiscal Years 2019-2022. The Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP, lists surface […]
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has awarded more than $15 million to 16 transportation projects improving Greater Des Moines. The projects receiving funding range from widening streets […]
Des Moines Real Estate Developer Rick Tollakson Receives Prestigious National Planning Award Tollakson honored for advancing the Greater Des Moines Water Trails and Greenways Master Plan CHICAGO –Real estate developer […]
Partners bring internationally renowned resiliency trainer to Greater Des Moines In an era of constant disruptions, what gives communities the ability to bounce back in the face of new challenges? […]