Quarterly Meeting Speaker: Marcia Leaper

Smart Tips for Fabulous Containers

Thursday, May 8, 2008, 7 pm, First Christian Church, 25th & University

Join Marcia Leaper from Garden Gate magazine as she gives great tips on how to create your own fabulous containers at the Drake Neighborhood Associations quarterly meeting.

See the meeting flyer for additional information.

Neighborhood Salvage of Drake Houses

Free Architectural Salvage

Thursday May 22, 2008, 10:00 am - 7:30 pm

Drake University would like to invite our neighbors to come into several Drake owned homes and to salvage woodwork, trim, flooring etc. in these properties free of charge. In order for you to participate in this free salvage program you must first complete and sign the a waiver form and then bring it to our Drake Real Estate office located at 26th and Forest. If you do not have the signed form when you come to the Real Estate office then you will not be allowed to enter any of the properties.

If you have any questions please contact Dolph Pulliam by calling 271-3084. Thank you very much and we hope you will benefit from the items taken from these homes.

22nd Annual Historic Home Tour

Roosevelt Cultural District

Saturday, Jun 7 - Sunday, Jun 8, 2008

This year the Drake Neighborhood sponsors its 22nd annual Historic Home Tour. Several neighbors have agreed to open their homes for the tour. A special thanks to those folks hosting for the first time!

This year you will be touring the section of the neighborhood that lies just east and north of the Roosevelt Cultural District. To date, the tour includes homes on 35th street, 39th and 40th Street and on Kingman Blvd. Most of the homes on tour were built very early in the 20th century: 1912-1919, with a couple others constructed in the '20s and '30s.

It has been 10 years since the Des Moines Community Playhouse has been included as a tour stop. This year you can wander backstage and see the costume room, the green room and dressing rooms. Historic photos from the Playhouse archives will be on display. Please note, however, this tour is available Saturday only, as a matinee is scheduled Sunday afternoon.

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