Pave the Way to the Future!
Restoration Ingersoll is working to revitalize the sidewalks and landscaping along Ingersoll Avenue and is raising money - brick by brick.
Restoration Ingersoll is conducting a "buy a brick" campaign to raise money for the street revitalization effort. For $100, supporters can have a name or short message engraved on a brick that will be incorporated into the sidewalk plan.
Restoration Ingersoll, a group organized to coordinate streetscape improvements along the Des Moines street, has been raising money for a pilot project for improvements between 28th and 31st streets. The project would serve as an example of what could happen for the rest of the street.
Bricks purchased by supporters will become part of the project. The bricks will be integrated into areas of the design by the landscape architects.
Bricks can be engraved with as much as two lines of text. Additional sponsorships are available for items such as benches, planter urns and bicycle racks.
The construction contract for the street improvements is expected to go out for bid by winter, with construction starting in spring 2007.
Just print the Buy A Brick Form, fill out and mail with payment to the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation at 1915 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309.
Buy A Brick Online.
Restoration Ingersoll is proud to announce the start of construction on the streetscape pilot project phase one! The groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday, July 17, 2007, to celebrate the transformation of Ingersoll Avenue!
For more information:
Contact Restoration Ingersoll Co-Chairs:
Kimberly Hansen 771-4557
or
Soozie McBroom778-3465
Click here to get the press release for this event.
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Show your support for Ingersoll the following donation options:
Help support the purchase of:
Street Lights $4,500
Benches $2,500
Planter Urns $1,500
Street Trees $1,000
May be split into multiple donations (up to 3 years)
Send donations to:
Restoration Ingersoll
Greater DM Community Foundation
1915 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
Click here for donation form.
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Restoration Ingersoll Concept Drawings
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Ingersoll Avenue Looking East |
Ingersoll Avenue Looking West |
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29th and Ingersoll Before and After Restoration
Restoration Ingersoll would like to recognize the Greater Des Moines Foundation (GDMF). The GDMF is the fiscal agent handling all donations for the Restoration Ingersoll project.
Thank you to Pinnacle Corporation for their recent $5,000 contribution to the Restoration Ingersoll pilot project!
Thank you to Ingersoll Square for their $25,000 contribution to the Restoration Ingersoll pilot project!
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The Ingersoll Business Association will:
- Promote the business entities on and around Ingersoll Avenue
- Highlight the diversity of the Ingersoll Avenue area
- Keep the Ingersoll Avenue area vibrant and prosperous
- Provide consistent communication with members
- Bring a unified voice of business concerns to the city
- Showcase the Ingersoll Avenue area to current and potential developers
City Council Approves Contract For Ingersoll Avenue
On Monday October 24th, 2005 the Des Moines City Council approved the contract to hire the professional services of Douglas Hoerr Landscape Architecture, Inc., Dunbar & Jones, and H.R. Green Company. The total contract is for $238,655 for the Phase I pilot project. The conceptual plan that was done by RDG last year was step 1, and this contract is step 2 in the process to revitalize the Ingersoll Avenue commercial corridor. The Phase I pilot project area is from 28th street to 31st street, with anticipated construction to be in 2007. Phases II & III of the project will take the final project from 17th to 42nd street.
Both the City of Des Moines and the State of Iowa Metropolitan Planning Organization has given money to this plan. The break down is as follows. The City Funds are available in the 2005/06 Capital Improvements Program. The Restoration Ingersoll Committee is providing $4,000 to the City at this time to cover 50% of the fee associated with the preparation of graphics that will be vital for the fundraising effort.
The total project cost will not be known until the design and private fundraising effort has been completed. Below is an estimated budget based on donations matching the City and State funding.
Estimated Project Budget Phase I
$500,000 City (FY 2005 & FY 2006 CIP)
$150,000 FFY 2006 STP-TE Grant (DM MPO/ IDOT)
$500,000 Anticipated Private Donations
$1,150,000 Total Budget
($238,655) Consultant Design Contract
($150,000) Estimated Consultant Construction Administration
($70,000) Estimated City Expenses
$675,345 Remaining Budget for Construction
Restoration Ingersoll
Key Proposals:
* Street trees and flowerbeds.
* Design concepts for the redevelopment sites at MLK Jr. Parkway & Ingersoll Avenue.
* Identification of places along Ingersoll where public art could be displayed.
* Expanded on-street angle parking & shared off-street parking lots at key locations.
* Pedestrian actuated mid-block traffic signals at key locations.
* Roadway and pedestrian lights on North side of Ingersoll Avenue.
* Enhancements at major intersections. (28th, 31st, 35th & 42nd Street)
* Develop artistic sign ordinance to allow greater creativity in business signage.
* Revise the Neighborhood Pedestrian Commercial (NPC) zoning ordinance to
allow for a “front yard set back” in areas where the condition already exists.
Pilot Project Area:
Restoration Ingersoll Press Releases
