p. 259. The 25-story Financial Center was completed in 1973 and the 36-story Ruan Center was completed in 1974. [99], The Greater Des Moines Sister City Commission, with members from the City of Des Moines and the suburbs of Cumming, Norwalk, Windsor Heights, Johnston, Urbandale, and Ankeny, maintains sister city relationships with:[100]. The new Science Center of Iowa and Blank IMAX Dome Theater and the Iowa Events Center opened in 2005. It displaced the three Mississippi River ports: Burlington, Dubuque, and Davenport, that had alternated holding the position since the territorial period. Along with an Imax theater, the center is home to a variety of hands-on exhibits that explore. Salisbury House and Gardens is a 42-room historic house museum on 10 acres (4ha) of woodlands in the South of Grand neighborhood of Des Moines. Also constructed were the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (1979), a large city botanical garden/greenhouse on the east side of the river; the Polk County Convention Complex (1985), and the State of Iowa Historical Museum (1987). Fall brings pleasant temperatures and colorful fall foliage. The Des Moines market, which originally consisted of Polk, Dallas, Story, and Warren counties,[83] was ranked 91st by Arbitron as of the fall of 2007 with a population of 512,000 aged 12 and older. A member of the Republican Party, he has been Iowa State Senator from the 15th district since 2019 and was Iowa State Representative for the 30th district from 2015 to 2019. At the turn of the 20th century, encouraged by the Civic Committee of the Des Moines Women's Club, Des Moines undertook a "City Beautiful" project in which large Beaux Arts public buildings and fountains were constructed along the Des Moines River. The mayor presides over city council meetings and official city ceremonies. Its first mine, north of town on the river's west side, was exhausted by 1873. [52] The population density was 2,621.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,012.1/km2). Gray's Lake, part of the 167 acres (68ha) of Gray's Lake Park, features a boat rental facility, fishing pier, floating boardwalks, and a park resource center. The Water Works Park recreational trails link to downtown Des Moines by travelling past Gray's Lake and back across the Raccoon River via either along the Meredith Trail near Principal Park, or along the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. SILVIS, Ill. (KWQC) - The fallout continues from Tuesday night's vote of no confidence in Silvis Mayor Matt Carter, now a county . [12], One popular interpretation of "Des Moines" ignores Vogel's research, and concludes that it refers to a group of French Trappist monks, who in the 17th century lived in huts built on top of what is now known as the ancient Monks Mound at Cahokia, the major center of Mississippian culture, which developed in what is present-day Illinois, east of the Mississippi River and the city of St. Louis. The station aired programming aimed at the African American community in central Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. City Council Robert Critser Term Ends: 2023 Bill Maupin Term Ends: 2023 Lynda Murray Term Ends: 2025 Matthew Rinker Term Ends: 2025 Danville Two non-commercial stations are also licensed to Des Moines: KDIN channel 11, the local PBS member station and flagship of the Iowa Public Television network, and KDMI channel 19, a TCT affiliate. In 1907, the city adopted a city commission government known as the Des Moines Plan, comprising an elected mayor and four commissioners, all elected at-large, who were responsible for public works, public property, public safety, and finance. Education Liaison. This restored 1883 Italianate Victorian houses exhibits, artifacts, and information covering four generations of Henry Wallaces and other family members. [61], The Chicago Tribune wrote that Iowa's capital city has "walker-friendly downtown streets and enough outdoor sculpture, sleek buildings, storefronts and cafes to delight the most jaded stroller".[62]. The city has 45 miles (72km) of trails. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for List of mayors of Des Moines, Iowa. We are also allocating $3 million a year for sidewalk repairs near schools and priority traffic routes. Official records for Des Moines kept August 1878 to August 1939 at downtown and at Des Moines Int'l since September 1939. Des Moines - Robert D. Ray, Iowa's 38th governor, who never stopped serving the state and its people in recent decades, passed away early this morning in Des Moines. The city's racial make up during the 2010 census was 76.4% White, 10.2% African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.4% Asian (1.2% Vietnamese, 0.9% Laotian, 0.4% Burmese, 0.3% Asian Indian, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Chinese, 0.2% Cambodian, 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Hmong, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Nepalese), 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.0% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. Ankeny Centennial boys basketball spent most of this season flying under the radar. Children two years and under and Blank Park Zoo members are free. 670-676. The racial makeup of the city was 82.3% white, 8.07% Black, 0.35% American Indian, 3.50% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 3.52% from other races, and 2.23% from two or more races. The following is a list of the mayors of Des Moines, Iowa. The ornate interior also features a grand staircase, mural "Westward", five-story law library, scale model of the USS Iowa, and collection of first lady dolls. "City Council. "The Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers rose to an unprecedented height, inundating the entire country east of the Des Moines River. General Email mailbox@iowaleague.org. "We have a 2-year-old daughter and of course, that's a concern," Mayor Gregory T. Bricker said. Additionally, magazine publisher Meredith Corporation was based in Des Moines prior to its acquisition by IAC and merger with Dotdash in 2021. Keep sharing your thoughts. 1880. pp. Street Address 500 SW 7th Street, Suite 101 Des Moines, IA 50309-4506. There were 81,369 households, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.6% were non-families. From 1910 to 1920 Des Moines expanded rapidly as local coal deposits were developed. [31] The growth of the outlying suburbs has continued, and the overall metropolitan-area population is over 700,000 today. ; Mayor Phillips Assumed Reins of Government Yesterday", "Mayor Lane of Des Moines Appoints his Officers", "New Officials at Des Moines remove police; First act of new administration is to discharge Chief of Police, Captain and two Detectives", "John MacVicar The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa", "Mayor Dwight N. Lewis dies; Heart Attack fatal at Home", "Former Des Moines Mayor Thomas Urban dead at age 86", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mayors_of_Des_Moines,_Iowa&oldid=1111582318, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 September 2022, at 19:29. She died two days later, and her ghost is reputed to haunt the house. The Des Moines Menace soccer club, a member of USL League Two, also play at Drake Stadium. In fact, many area homebuyers are between 25 and 34 years old. Mayors of mid-sized cities typically earn much less than their big-city counterparts. in: Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa, Mayors of places in Iowa, Mayors by city in the United States, Mayors of United States state capitals Mayors of Des Moines, Iowa Category page View source This category is for persons who have held the position of mayor in the City of Des Moines in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary was established as a scientific research facility with a 230-acre (93ha) campus housing bonobos and orangutans for the noninvasive interdisciplinary study of their cognitive and communicative capabilities. The population was 198,682 in 2000 and grew slightly to 200,538 in 2009. The skyline of Des Moines changed in the 1970s and the 1980s, when several new skyscrapers were built. Polk County is included in the Des MoinesWest Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. They form the Civic Center Historic District. Other railroads used the East Des Moines Union Station. Council / Intergovernmental Assignments: ISU College of Design, City of Des Moines to host Mayors' Institute on City Design July 27-29. The per capita income for the city was $29,064. The Principal Riverwalk is a riverwalk park district being constructed along the banks of the Des Moines River in the downtown. Several prehistoric occupation areas have been identified by archaeologists in downtown Des Moines. In, Henry Hinds, "The Coal Deposits of Iowa,", Paul C. Nelson, University of Iowa, Annals of Iowa, ca. Before then, the 19-story Equitable Building, from 1924, was the tallest building in the city and the tallest building in Iowa. Des Moines Area Community College is the area's community college with campuses in Ankeny, Des Moines, and West Des Moines. By Hernan Gutierrez. [48] Of the population age 25 and over, 86.7% were high school graduates or higher and 27.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. Simpson College, Upper Iowa University, William Penn University, and Purdue University Global. Des Moines' suburban communities include Altoona, Ankeny, Bondurant, Carlisle, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, Waukee, West Des Moines, and Windsor Heights. Three Iowa mayors are in Washington, D.C., for the 87th annual U.S. Conference of Mayors, reports Radio Iowa. There is a newly developed Africa exhibit with different cultural artifacts as well as giraffes, rhinos, tortoises, etc. Des Moines's public transit system, operated by DART (Des Moines Area Regional Transit), which was the Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority until October 2006, consists entirely of buses, including regular in-city routes and express and commuter buses to outlying suburban areas. [6] The six-county metropolitan area is ranked 83rd in terms of population in the United States with 699,292 residents according to the 2019 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state.[7]. AMES, Iowa The Iowa State University College of Design, in partnership with the City of Des Moines, will host a session of the Mayors' Institute on City Design July 27-29 in Des Moines.. Arising in the east and facing westward toward downtown, the Iowa State Capitol building with its 275-foot (84m), 23-karat gold leafed dome towering above the city is a favorite of sightseers. In 1893 Jordan's daughter Eda was sliding down the banister when she fell off and broke her neck. This was where the earliest known encounters between the Moingona and European explorers took place. The median income for a household in the city was $38,408, and the median income for a family was $46,590. Vic Pennington Councilmember. Frank CownieSince 2004 Des Moines/Mayor. Snowfall averages 36.5 inches (93cm) per season, and annual precipitation averages 36.55 inches (928mm), with a peak in the warmer months. In March 2015, the DMWW board sued three Iowa counties for violating the Clean Water Act with high nitrate discharges, which contribute to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The historian Virgil Vogel claimed that the name was derived from Moingona, an Algonquian clan name, which means "Loon". Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. In the late 1990s, Ray was acting mayor of Des Moines and then president of Drake University. We have a court house of "brick" and one church, a plain, framed building belonging to the Methodists. One newspaper reported: "It is a fact that the location of Fort Des Moines among the Sac and Fox Indians (under its present commander) for the last two years, had corrupted them more and lowered them deeper in the scale of vice and degradation, than all their intercourse with the whites for the ten years previous". The skywalk system is 4 miles (6.4km) long and connects many downtown buildings.[34][35]. U.S. municipal elections, 2021 The city of Des Moines, Iowa, held general elections for city council on November 2, 2021. Gov. Speciality Museums. The Des Moines Water Works was submerged by floodwaters during the early morning hours of July 11, 1993, leaving an estimated 250,000 people without running water for 12 days and without drinking water for 20 days. Iowa's tallest building, Principal Financial Group's 45-story tower at 801 Grand was built in 1991, and the 19-story EMC Insurance Building was erected in 1997. By CandyW356. These lines remain in use but are now operated by Union Pacific and BNSF. The IMT Des Moines Marathon is held throughout the city each October. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The people support two papers and there are several dry goods shops. Benjamin Luce 1853-54 Lampson P. Sherman 1854-55 Barlow Granger 1855-56 William DeFord 1856-57 Charles W. Nash 1857 William H. McHenry 1857-58 H. E. Lemoreaux 1858-59 R. L. Tidrick 1859-60 P. H. W. Latshaw 1860-61 Ira Cook 1861 W. S. Barnes 1861-62 . A 2007 article in The New York Times said, "If you have any desire to witness presidential candidates in the most close-up and intimate of settings, there is arguably no better place to go than Des Moines. Cost of living should also be factored in when balancing location and salary. But that all ended on Monday, when the Jaguars staged a second half comeback and beat Cedar Falls (16-6), 54-47,. Contents. The 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018. The University of Iowa has a satellite facility in the city's Western Gateway Park, while Iowa State University hosts Master of Business Administration classes downtown. Des Moines hosts professional minor league teams in several sports baseball, basketball, hockey, indoor football, and soccer and is home to the sports teams of Drake University which play in NCAA Division I. Angela Connolly, Past Chair . [55][56] The Principal is one of two Fortune 500 companies with headquarters in Iowa (the other being Casey's General Stores), ranking 201st on the magazine's list in 2020.[57]. There are two taverns here, one of which has a most important little bell that rings together some fifty boarders. All have been destroyed during development of the city. A component of CIRALG, the Des Moines Area Transportation Planning Committee, survived and received official designation as the MPO for the Des Moines region, changing its name in 1993 to the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. Winters vary from moderately cold to bitterly cold, with low temperatures venturing below 0F (18C) quite often. With over four miles of enclosed walkway, it is one of the largest of such systems in the United States. At the center of North America and far removed from large bodies of water, the Des Moines area has a hot summer type humid continental climate (Kppen Dfa), with warm to hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters. Living History Farms in suburban Urbandale tells the story of Midwestern agriculture and rural life in a 500-acre (2.0km2) open-air museum with interpreters dressed in period costume who recreate the daily routines of early Iowans. Elections Past Elections. When grouping both Hispanic and non-Hispanic people together by race, the city was 64.5% White, 11.7% Black or African American, 6.8% Asian, 0.7% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 6.6% from other races, and 9.6% from two or more races. Its restored 1,250-seat theater features an intricate rococo plaster ceiling and excellent acoustics and is used for a variety of cultural performances and entertainment. Drake Stadium is home to the famed Drake Relays each April. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) An 18-year-old who police say was involved in an ongoing gang dispute walked into the common area of an alternative education program for at-risk students and fatally shot two teenagers in a premeditated attack -- chasing one of them down and shooting him several more times when he tried to run, according to a charging document released Tuesday. On the northern side of the city of Des Moines and passing through the cities of Altoona, Clive, Johnston, Urbandale and West Des Moines, I-35 and I-80 converge into a long concurrency while I-235 takes a direct route through Des Moines, Windsor Heights, and West Des Moines before meeting up with I-35 and I-80 on the western edge of the metro. The mayor of Lincoln, Neb., has an annual income of just under $83,606. The six-county metropolitan area is ranked 83rd in terms of population in the United States with 699,292 residents according to the 2019 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state. There were 80,504 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. DES MOINES, Iowa [September 19, 2019] - Former State Senator and affordable housing builder Jack Hatch announced today his campaign for Des Moines Mayor for the November 5th general election. The Pappajohn Sculpture Park was established in 2009. The median age in the city was 33.5 years. DES MOINES, Iowa, Two teenage students were killed Monday and a man was seriously injured in what police said was a targeted shooting at an alternative educational program in Des . The economic depression, called the Panic of 1857, had major effects in Iowa, although most of these effects were in 1858. . Guided tours are available. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. The Des Moines Art Center, with a wing designed by architect I. M. Pei, presents art exhibitions and educational programs as well as studio art classes. Wallace House was the home of the first Henry Wallace, a national leader in agriculture and conservation and the first editor of Wallaces' Farmer farm journal. The Des Moines Skywalk System has been criticized for hurting street-level business, though a recent initiative has been made to make street-level Skywalk entrances more visible. [50] Population density was 2,515.6 inhabitants per square mile (971.3/km2). Following the defeat of Abby Finkenauer and the retirement of Dave Loebsack from Congress, Axne became the sole Democrat in Iowa's delegation in 2021. The network also operates classical stations KICG, KICJ, KICL and KICP. Mayor's Annual Ride (MAR) One Line Drive | Des Moines, IA 50309 Presented By: Des Moines Parks & Recreation Dates: April 22, 2023 Location: Starts at Principal Park Phone: (515) 237-1386 Start/End Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Price: Adults/advance: $35 (before 4/30); $50 on-site/day of; Ages 5-18: $5; Ages 4 & Under: Free Visit Website Email Overview The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.11. Mayors of Des Moines, 1853-1960 (may be incomplete!) 65 bypass. The Zoo offers education classes, tours, and rental facilities. "I am truly humbled by the outpouring of support over the past 17 months that made . The bus station is located north of downtown. [25] In 1912, Des Moines still had eight locals of the United Mine Workers union, representing 1,410 miners. Ballotpedia comprehensively covers the 100 largest cities in the United States by population. West Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, Warren, and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. [98] Although outside of Des Moines, Jester Park has 1,834 acres (742ha) of land along the western shore of Saylorville Lake and can be reached from the Neil Smith Trail over the Saylorville Dam. World Food Prize Hall of Laureates. Des Moines Mayor Contact Information. Retrieved 16 June 2020. Mar 4, 2020. The Zoo is located at 7401 SW 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50315. Originally established in 1882, it remains active through its several successors, and since 2017 has been known as BBS Architects | Engineers. By 1893, 23 mines were in the region. Des Moines, IA 50310 MAP (515) 255-7265 We are located just .2 miles from the Inter-Urban Trail that connects Beaverdale to Trestle to Trestle and Neal Smith Trail. It overlooks downtown Des Moines and is situated on 8 acres (3.2ha) with a re-created Victorian formal garden. Albert Baird Cummins was an American lawyer and politician. What are Top 5 Best Paying Related Mayor Jobs in Des Moines. Considered progressive at the time, it diluted the votes of ethnic and national minorities, who generally could not command the majority to elect a candidate of their choice. ; Mayor Phillips Assumed Reins of Government Yesterday", "Mayor Lane of Des Moines Appoints his Officers", "New Officials at Des Moines remove police; First act of new administration is to discharge Chief of Police, Captain and two Detectives", "John MacVicar The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa", "Mayor Dwight N. Lewis dies; Heart Attack fatal at Home", "Former Des Moines Mayor Thomas Urban dead at age 86". Des Moines is also home to the Drake University Bulldogs, an NCAA Division I member of the Missouri Valley Conference, primarily playing northwest of downtown at the on-campus Drake Stadium and Knapp Center. WOI 640am, the networks flagship station, and WOI-FM 90.1, the networks flagship "Studio One" station, are both based out of Ames and serve as the area's National Public Radio outlets. 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