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Des Moines
Comprehensive
Parks and
Recreation
Plan

Client
City of Des Moines
Location
Des Moines, IA
Size
4,000 acres
Completion date
February 2019

This Des Moines Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan, completed in 2019, provides the City with its first long-range plan in over twenty years. The plan's goal is to inspire the next transformative elements of the city's parks and open space system.

This Des Moines Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan, LIVE DSM, completed in 2019, provides the City with its first long-range plan in over twenty years. The plan's goal is to inspire the next transformative elements of the city's parks and open space system. The Strategic Implementation Plan guides city leaders in the first 2 to 5 years following adoption, with recommendations to inform capital investments, updated level-of-service standards, the evolution of recreation services, funding and partnership opportunities, and ultimately the next generation of game-changing elements for the City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation.

Illustration of children looking at flowers
Illustration of children playing in water
Documentation of regional context, city and neighborhood diagrams
Awards
Merit Award in Planning & Analysis
ASLA Central States
2021
Advancing Diversity & Social Change Award
APA Iowa Chapter
2020
Honor Award in Planning & Analysis
ASLA Iowa Chapter
2020
Award of Distinction — Collateral
Communicator Awards
2019