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REFLECTDSM PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, CONT.

City of Des Moines Development Services Staff

Jason Van Essen, Planning & Urban Design Administrator
Stacey Hanley, Urban Designer
Anuprit Minhas, Senior Planner
Kyle Larson, Senior Planner
Jacob Couppee, Planner

Consultant Team

Marcia Boyle, AICP, Kendig Keast Collaborative
Susan West Montgomery

Thanks Also To...

Individual residents, property owners, and other community members who contributed their insights
and ideas to this Plan effort.
A special thanks goes to the following:

– Des Moines Public Schools, Hoover High School, and the iJag class for their committment to the
project and participation in the Outreach Coordinator Cohort;
– Elaine Estes for her extensive input and willingness to share about her lived experiences in Des
Moines over the past 90 years;

– Sebastian Braun, Director of American Studies, Director of Graduate Education (Anthropology),
and Associate Professor of Anthropology, at Iowa State University, for his assistance in writing the
Land Acknowledgement Statement;
– DeMarco Lowery and Johnny Alcivar for their assistance in the video narration of the spring online
community survey; and
– State Historical Society of Iowa staff and librarians for their assistance locating resources to inform
the Land Acknowledgement statement.
Finally, a thanks to the State Historical Society of Iowa for supporting this effort through the Certified
Local Government (CLG) Grant program.

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