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October 21, 2019
Paddlers can now easily take a four-mile ride down Beaver Creek to Merle Hay Road. The first waterway access point of the Central Iowa Water Trails project opened in Johnston on Tuesday. The inaugural launch was held for a new carry-down access site on Beaver Creek. Entering Beaver Creek before the access point was constructed [...]
September 30, 2019
WATER TRAILS FEATURED IN DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP'S ONEVOICE DSM PODCAST The Central Iowa Water Trails project is the featured topic on the debut of the OneVoice DSM podcast, created by the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The podcast aims at sharing stories surrounding major projects and initiatives happening in Central Iowa as well as highlighting key [...]
August 21, 2019
REGIONAL WATER TRAILS PROJECT CELEBRATES FIRST COMPLETED ACCESS POINT IN JOHNSTON JOHNSTON, Iowa – The City of Johnston and the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator have celebrated the opening of the first access point for the regional project. The new carry-down access point on Beaver Creek, located on NW 70th Street, just east of NW [...]
June 16, 2019
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Improving Des Moines-area waterways could bring in more than $100 million to the regional economy, according to a new study. KCCI reported last summer about plans to transform waterways, and now the numbers show the plans would more than pay for themselves. It was too cold Wednesday to take a [...]
June 16, 2019
Capital Crossroads today announces the creation of the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator, a regional public-private partnership for the purpose of implementing the plan for 150 miles of water trails throughout Central Iowa. The Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator will be led by a board of directors comprised of business, non-profit and government leaders; a [...]