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Through an innovative partnership between the City of West Des Moines and Microsoft, Phenix School is playing a new role helping the Valley Junction neighborhood in West Des Moines access free broadband internet service. On Wednesday, the city and project partners held a press conference at Phenix School to deliver updates about the effort, which…
Tag Archives: West Des Moines
May
26
2017
Event offers opportunity to learn about plans for artist apartments, share memories of historic school Community Housing Initiatives, the nonprofit responsible for converting West Des Moines historic Phenix Elementary to mixed-income artist apartments, has announced an open house at the property Monday, June 12, from 4 to 7 pm. “With this event, we are also…
Jan
12
2017
Picture it: Community leaders and neighbors gather at Phenix Elementary in West Des Moines to hail the public-private partnership that saved a historic school. A community takes pride in the fact that one of its landmark buildings is protected for another generation, and hundreds of area residents pack the building for a first look inside.…
Jan
09
2017
At its regularly scheduled meeting January 6, the Polk County Housing Trust Fund's board of directors unanimously expressed its support for the conversion of the former Phenix Elementary School in West Des Moines into 17 high quality apartments for artists. In its letter, the board wrote, in part: "Overall, we firmly believe that CHI’s proposal…