20 Things Des Moines Needs Right Now

By Andrew Roger • November 14, 2008

This is Nathan Wright of Lava Row from Ignite Des Moines which we told you about before.
From a better airport to graffiti artists to a bike garage, Nathan shares 20 things this city needs right now.

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Tags: 80/35, culture, Des Moines, Features, ignite, lava row, nathan wright

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Andrew Roger

Another Nebraska transplant from Omaha, Andrew grew up only listening to gospel, motown, and oldies. So he listens to KIOA alot. He's still one of the whitest kids you'll ever know. He's a freelance videographer and editor and user of Apple Final Cut Studio 2. He reads alot of CS lewis and just started to rake his leaves. Contact him at andrew@rockiowa.com and tell him how boring he is.

4 Responses to “ 20 Things Des Moines Needs Right Now ”

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Cat Rocketship Nov 14th, 2008 at 9:29 am

Great video, Andrew (also Nathan)! As Scott and I were discussing just the other night, the 21st thing greater Des Moines needs right now is centralized government. All these pseudo-burbs are ridiculous and detrimental to our growth.
Scott Kubie Nov 14th, 2008 at 9:48 am

Metropolitan oriented governance would help a lot. Hearing “Shawn Johnson from West Des Moines, Iowa” all through the Olympics didn’t really foster a community spirit in me. Great, West Des Moines, you can have her. We’ll just take the state capitol…and the zoo…and the botanical center…and the entire East Village…and the Court Avenue District…and the baseball stadium…and Wells Fargo Arena…

Anyhoo, I still think a lot about that speech by Denver’s mayor that the Bravo or whomever put on while trying to get project destiny passed. He had some really great thoughts on the subject.
Scott Kubie Nov 14th, 2008 at 9:55 am

Also, hmmm, collaborative art spaces, what a great idea. Somebody who runs a really cool blog should start one sometime soon in the East Village…