Des Moines, West Des Moines projects among ‘best development’ winners

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1000 Friends of Iowa will present its annual Best Development awards Jan. 22 at the Capitol Rotunda.
Here are the recipients for 2018:

  • Innovative Leadership: City of Storm Lake for building a sustainable community through food, youth service and education, flood control, and stormwater management.
  • Placemaking/Greenspace: Primary Health Care Wellness Center for its healing garden in Des Moines.
  • Renewable Energy: Stuff Etc for its solar array plus storage technology in Coralville.
  • Renovated Civic – Small Community: The restoration of the Bricker-Price Block in Earlham.
  • Renovated Civic – Large Community: Davenport Community School District for its J.B. Young Opportunity Center in Davenport.
  • Renovated Residential: Professional Property Management for Sun Prairie Apartment rehabilitation in West Des Moines.
  • Stormwater Management: The city of Algona for its downtown green parking lot infrastructure renewal.
  • Transportation/Complete Streets: The city of Manning for its trails network.

Awards will be presented following a light lunch that begins at 11:45 a.m.