UPDATE: Artemis Hotel Project Making Progress Again

The City of Des Moines announced this week that permit applications have been received from the Yareton Investment Fund for the luxury Artemis Hotel project, to be built on Pacific Highway South. The development is the result of a trip by former Mayor Bob Sheckler, who met investor contacts while on an outreach trip to China (read

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Letter to the Editor – Feel Cape Cod, then say something nice about our Council

Dear Editor, For many years now Des Moines has been “My Cape Cod” and every day it seemed farther away until just recently. Our city council has finally seen the resemblance and need for something to ignite a tourist attraction in the form of a “Cape Cod on the Sound” theme. I am all for

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Des Moines City Manager Says City is Open for Business

by Jack Mayne Des Moines has long been considered unfriendly to developers and to those just wanting to remodel and redevelop their own properties. People seeking city permits were often confronted with a set of difficult to understand regulations and with little help negotiating them. Not any more. A shrinking tax base and some new members of

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Highline Times: Des Moines council hires temporary economic development director

Des Moines council hires temporary economic development director Mon, 08/02/2010 After an impassioned discussion about Des Moines’ future and how best to utilize what little extra money the city has, a split City Council voted 4-2 to create a temporary full-time economic development manager position. Marion Yoshino, who has been volunteering on a downtown business

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CITIZENS FOR DES MOINES INC v. PETERSEN (2005)

CITIZENS FOR DES MOINES INC v. PETERSEN (2005) Court of Appeals of Washington,Division 1. CITIZENS FOR DES MOINES, INC., and Allan Furney, Respondents, v. Gary W. PETERSEN, individually and as City of Des Moines Councilmember, Petitioner. No. 52344-9-I. Decided: February 14, 2005  Scott M. Missall, Short Cressman & Burgess, PLLC, Thane Sommerville, Attorney At Law, Seattle,

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Competitive City Council Races (Part II)

Last Updated:December 28th, 2023 @ 02:20PM
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As I wrote in Part I, we’ve had forty two City Council races or vacancies in the past twenty years, only seventeen competitive races and only thirty eight (38) candidates that may be called ‘competive’. And since many of them obtained office running unopposed or via appointment, the number of candidates who have been tested

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