Upcoming Events
September in Beaverdale brings one of the city’s most anticipated neighborhood festivals of the year – The Beaverdale Fall Festival. This year’s event will take place Sept. 22 - 24 throughout the neighborhood. For more information, including a schedule of events, visit www.fallfestival.org.
September 7
BNA Board Meeting, 7p.m. 7:00 p.m. on the Garden Level of Calvin Community Center
September 10
First Federated Church Neighborhood Picnic, Noon to 3 p.m. on the FFC east lawn
September 18
Rice School Site Presentation, 6:30 p.m. in the Hoover High School Auditorium
Three developers will present their ideas on how to develop Rice School site to the recommendation committee and the public (more detail below).
September 21
BNA History Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m. on the Garden Level of Calvin Community Center
Rice School Site Plans
Three development teams have been selected to present plans for the redevelopment of the former Rice Elementary School site on Beaver Avenue. The plans will be presented during a public interview on Monday, Sept.18, in the Hoover High School auditorium from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The three firms were selected by a committee comprised of members from Des Moines Public Schools, City of Des Moines Economic Development Department, Beaverdale Neighborhood Association, Beaverdale Main Street Initiative and the Beaverdale Business Coalition. The firms selected for public interview include:
Nelson Development, West Des Moines
Rice Development Partners, Des Moines
The Regency Companies, West Des Moines.
All three proposals include “mixed use” plans that are a combination of retail space and housing, such as row houses, townhomes, condos or live-work lofts.
The proposals were among six excellent responses to a request for proposals for the sale and disposition of the former Rice School site. The six also included Ewing Land Development & Services, Pella; Wells + Associates, West Des Moines; and Sherman Associates Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
Following the public interviews, the selection committee will forward a recommendation to the Superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools during the week of September 25th with anticipated school board consideration in October.
Abbreviated versions of the three selected proposals are posted on the Beaverdale Neighborhood Association website, www.beaverdale.org. You may view all six proposals in their entirety at the Franklin Library or order copies at the UPS Store in Beaverdale.
For further information contact:
Duane Van Hemert
Executive Director Facility Management
Des Moines Public Schools
duane.vanhemert@dmps.k12.ia.us
515-242-7706, Fax 515-242-7701
