Urbanism and community in Des Moines, IA.

The Iowa Renewable Energy Association (I-Renew) is a membership based, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating Iowans about renewable energy.

Abatron sells a variety of epoxy-based products for wood restoration and repair.

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Restoration Supplies for woodworkers, home owners and antique restorers - Van Dyke's Restorer's offers over 25,000 restoration products for antique restorer's woodworkers and period homes.

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Meet other Des Moines Rehabbers Club members online by joining the DSMRC Facebook Group!

From the Iowa Architectural Foundation web site:

"The Iowa Architectural Foundation is dedicated to fostering an appreciation of design excellence while working for the preservation of our cultural heritage. The IAF supports programs, projects and publications that share this vision. It solicits, receives and expends gifts, grants and legacies for education and preservation of architecture and its allied arts and sciences. It also provides guidance to those groups, individuals, and companies who endeavor to improve their communities."

Des Moines Register blogger Jeffrey Bruner writes about the ongoing renovation of a craftsman style bungalow.

The Friends of Historic Preservation in Iowa City runs the "Architectural Salvage Barn," full of affordable salvage items. A partial list of the items in stock includes:

• Doors

• Floors
• Windows
• Plumbing
• Trim, and
• Hardware

They also stock some specialty items like a full wood stairway and a beautiful wood pediment.

The Ingersoll Park neighborhood boundaries are Interstate 235 on the north, Grand Avenue on the south, 42nd Street on the east, and Polk Boulevard on the west.

The Union Park Neighborhood Association exists to preserve and strengthen the quality of the Union Park neighborhood, promote the area as desirable for both individual and family living, foster neighborhood fellowship, and serve as a vehicle by which neighborhood problems are resolved and neighborhood goals are achieved.