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Information and Accessibility: Potential Planning Approaches

– Create a designated landing page for all historic preservation information - a one-stop-shop.
This should include information about the HPC, funding, technical assistance, etc.
– Review the City website and determine pages that can be linked back to a historic
preservation landing page. Keep in mind that repetition and multiple ways to access
information on the website is a good thing as different people may choose different routes to
find information.
– Update the Show Me My House webpage to more easily identify that the property is within a
designated local historic district. This information could be moved up to the Zoning category,
which is earlier and has much less detail to sort through. A link could also be provided to
direct someone to the historic preservation landing page and emphasize the Certificate of
Appropriateness requirements.
– Update the Find Neighborhoods search tool to more quickly and easily alert a property owner
to their location in a historic district.
– Information about historic preservation should be accessible in multiple languages on the
City’s webpage.

– The existing Map Center webpage does not include historic preservation maps. These should
be included and easy to find.

46 DES MOINES Citywide Historic Preservation Plan