June 25, 2020
JOHNSTON, Iowa – The City of Johnston and the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator are pleased to announce a new partnership with an outfitter, Quarry Springs Outfitters, to offer kayak rentals at the recently opened NW 70th Avenue access point along Beaver Creek. “This is another important…
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June 11, 2020
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — West Des Moines residents soon won’t have to travel far to go kayaking, canoeing, or paddleboarding. The Raccoon River Park boathouse is now less than two weeks away from being complete. “People are still going to be surprised when they pull into Raccoon River Park…
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June 11, 2020
Polk County and Bravo Greater Des Moines have received a $125,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to incorporate public art with the Central Iowa Water Trails access points. The “Our Town” grant is awarded to help integrate arts, culture and design activities to strengthen communities by advancing…
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November 13, 2019
This is really saying something. After all the projects over the decades — Wells Fargo Arena, the sculpture park, Western Gateway, Principal Riverwalk — the four co-chairs of the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator’s Campaign Advisory Council say the regional effort to line 155 miles of waterways with 86 well-planned…
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November 7, 2019
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), together with its partners working to implement Central Iowa Water Trails, today announces its receipt of a $25 million grant from the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or BUILD, grant program of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant will significantly…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.
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