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Meet the team working to turn around Des Moines' urban neighborhoods

A Des Moines company that rehabs distressed, dilapidated and vacant homes is helping turn around some of the city's urban neighborhoods, according to one development official…

Rally Cap Properties gives new life to homes in Des Moines

Rally Cap Properties is improving neighborhoods in the heart of Des Moines a few houses at a time…

“Blitz on Blight”: Des Moines leaders target nuisance property owners

Officials hope income from the local-option sales tax will give them a boost for their “Blitz on Blight” campaign that will target more than 200 properties — some of which city council members declared public nuisances at least a decade ago — within Des Moines…

Des Moines leads the way in statewide historic preservation projects, Iowa agency says

Restoration of the iconic gold dome of the Iowa State Capitol, a Woodland Heights home built in 1913 and the Younkers Tea Room are among the Des Moines projects that won the state's highest awards for historic preservation…

From dodgy to desirable: How 2 historic Des Moines neighborhoods turned it around

Historically, homes in distressed or transitional neighborhoods are slow to sell. Those homes are moving fast in Des Moines neighborhoods that are becoming more stable, like Woodland Heights...

ISU grads become renowned house flippers with a twist

The rehabilitation of a Victorian home in the Drake neighborhood is going viral thanks to a couple of recent Iowa State University graduates. Michael Donlin and Ryan Francois are the masterminds behind Rally Cap Properties, who have a knack for turning tired Victorian homes into modern masterpieces…