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Des Moines' Music scene
- Greater Des Moines Music Coaltion
- 80-35 Music Festival
Green Infrastructure Workshop
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One
of
our
great
assets
in
the
city
of
des
moines
is
the
des
moines
music
coalition
with
me.
Now
is
president
of
the
des
moines
music
coalition,
justin
shane
justin,
welcome
to
city
spotlight.
Great
thanks
for
having
me
on.
You
bet
talk
to
us
a
little
bit.
How
did
the
coalition
get
going?
Let
let
our
viewers
kind
of
get
a
little
background.
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Well,
it
started
in
late
2004,
a
group
of
like-minded
individuals
that
were
interested
in
developing
the
des
moines
music
scene
got
together,
and
originally
it
was
just
kind
of
a
loose
formation
of
individuals
that
wanted
to
start
promoting.
Some
shows
in
des
moines
2005.
We
organized
a
501c3
and
really
embarked
on
a
mission
to
help
grow
des
moines
music
scene
make
it
much
more
vibrant
for
for
all
of
des
moines
and
also
assist
local
musicians
in
in
developing
their
music
abilities
as
an
actual
job.
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Sure
we
receive
funds
from
a
number
of
different
sources:
organizations
like
bravo
and
the
des
moines
community
foundation,
polk
county
and
then
private
contributors
as
well.
Both
individuals
and
corporations
have
supported
our
mission
and
and
supported
our
various
events
that
we
do
throughout
the
year.
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Well,
80
35
is
our
signature
event
that
most
people
know
us
for
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
in
a
bit
here,
but
two
other
smaller
events
we
do
throughout
the
year
are
little
big,
fest
and
gross
domestic
product
in
the
in
the
spring
and
in
the
fall
and
those
are
really
what
we
we
view
as
artist
development
events,
they're
smaller
music
festivals,
geared
towards
getting
local
artists
to
indoor
events
or
outdoor
events,
they've,
actually
kind
of
shifted.
We
originally
did
them
at
the
hotel
fort
des
moines.
They
were
indoor
and.
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They're,
a
lot
of
fun,
great
turnout
and
we've
actually
shifted
those
a
little
bit
so
now,
they're
more
of
kind
of
a
a
venue,
crawl
format
where
we
have
them
on
the
east
village
and
then
also
on
off
of
court
avenue
and
multiple
venues.
So
we're
also
assisting
the
private
businesses
in
the
area
getting
people
into
their
establishments
and
different
bands
in
every
venue.
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We're
partnering
with
the
des
moines
social
club
this
summer
to
have
a
girls
rock
camp
that'll
focus
on
girls
11
to
17
years
old,
and
the
music
coalition
has
has
granted
some
money
that
will
fund
the
both
the
scholarships
for
students
to
attend,
regardless
of
any
of
economic
status
and
also
to
pay
the
the
instructors
which
will
be
working.
Musicians
in
the
community.
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There
are
resources
for
you
on
there,
venues
where
you
can
play
artists
that
you
can
connect
with
promoters,
and
it's
also
just
a
way
that
we
feel
that
we
can
connect
with
the
the
broader
arts
and
culture
community
through
that
website.
So
that's
the
best
way
to
to
get
involved
and
figure
out
ways
that
you
can
donate
and
contribute
your
time.
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Mechanism,
yeah
yeah,
it's
we
really.
The
ticket
is
subsidized
by
the
money,
that's
donated
by
area
companies.
You
know
so
we
keep
the
ticket.
You
know
it's
currently
at
about
25
a
day
in
pre-sale
and
then
it
goes
up
slightly
to
32-32
dollars
a
day.
But
you
know
that's
that's
less
than
what
you
would
pay
just
to
see.
One
of
these
acts.
You
know
one
of
the
primax
so.
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Yeah
you
you're
we're
sitting
on
it,
we're
standing
on
it
right
now,
right
here,
yeah
right
here.
In
the
first
year,
we
used
the
area
that
became
the
sculpture
garden
right
and
we
looked
around
all
the
way
around.
The
city
wanted
to
keep
it
downtown
and
we
kind
of
looked
at
the
park
and
then
piecing
the
two
pieces
of
you
know
the
the
library
side
and
the
papa
john's
side
and
just
figured
out.
We
can
do
it.
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We're
friday
and
saturday,
the
5th
and
6th
of
july,
the
first
day
and
friday
will
start
at
5
p.m,
and
the
next
day
will
start
at
noon
and
we'll
go
till
11
both
days.
You
know
you're
gonna
be
able
to
see
get
a
variety
of
things
here.
You
know
from
mexican
to
asian
to
american
to
all
sorts
of
things.
We've
got
lots
of
vendors,
do
some
shopping,
you
know,
and
you
can
check
out
the
big
concert
or
you
can
just
come
down
and
check
out
one
of
the
free
stages.
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Well,
we
we
book
kind
of
broad
in
the
broad
indie
you
know
rock
genres
and
then
but
also
kind
of
the
jam
genres,
and
this
year
we've
got
david
byrne
from
the
talking
heads
who
collaborated
with
another
indian
artist,
and
we
also
have
wu-tang
clan,
which
is
a
big
hip-hop
art.
But
we've
got
you
know
just
a
variety
of
stuff
and
everything's
online
at
80-35.com.
You
can
check
out
videos,
you
can
read
about
the
bands
and
you
can
also
get
a
free
download.
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Well,
the
name
is
yeah.
We
we
actually
wanted
to.
We
want
to
put
des
moines
on
the
map,
so
we
thought
of
different.
We
thought
of
confluence
that
we
now
have
a
new
brewery
by
that
name.
Yeah.
We
thought
of
a
different
few
different
things,
but
then
we
just
said:
let's
just
call
it
80
35
and
people
go.
What
does
that
mean
and
then
they'll
go
80
35.
we're
you
know
we're
at
the
bisect
of
you
know,
new
york
to
california,
from
canada
to
the
gulf
of
mexico
and
80
35
is
stuck.
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So
we've
been
talking
about
this
a
long
time
about
green
infrastructure
in
and
around
des
moines.
I
know
that
a
number
of
our
city
employees
have
gone
to
a
workshop
out
in
west
virginia
and
the
whole
idea
here
was
to
bring
it
here
and
how
did
how
did
the
people
in
staff
on
staff
receive
the
workshop
that
they
attended?
I
mean
how
did
you
get
so
excited
about
it?
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Staff
has
had
a
really
great
time,
learning
about
these
principles
and
and
their
goal
has
always
been
to
bring
what
they
have
learned
through
those
workshops
back
to
the
city,
so
that
we
can
start
to
look
at
green
infrastructure
projects
across
across
des
moines.
So
I
think
that
the
excitement
has
always
been
there,
but
the
thought
was.
We
need
more
people
who
are
aware
of
what
green
infrastructure
is
and
how
we
can
integrate
it
into
our
grey
infrastructure
network.
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Right
so
so
we're
really
excited.
We
are
definitely
going
to
have
as
many
city
staff
attend
as
possible
right
now,
I
think
we
have
about
25
city
staff
signed
up
to
attend,
which
is
a
great
turnout,
a
lot
of
excitement
from
our
departments
there,
but
we
also
hope
to
be
able
to
utilize
the
knowledge
that
has
been
brought
forth
through
the
tomorrow
plan,
understanding
that
we
need
to
figure
out
how
to
connect
with
our
regional
cities
on
issues
like
green
infrastructure,
because
waterways,
don't
just
exist
within
a
city
boundary.
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So
we
want
to
reach
out
to
other
cities.
We
want
to
reach
out
to
neighborhood
leaders
who
are
interested
in
green
infrastructure,
maybe
those
who
aren't
but
want
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
it
and
then
also
engineering
professionals,
landscape,
architects,
so
trying
to
balance
city
professionals,
business
professionals
in
that
area,
along
with
folks
from
our
neighborhoods
that
might
not
have
as
much
knowledge
but
are
definitely
interested
in
learning.
More
so.
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Do
they
get
the
information
so,
first
and
foremost,
all
of
our
information,
including
the
agenda
for
the
four
and
a
half
day
workshop,
is
online.
You
can
find
us
on
the
home
page
of
the
city
of
des
moines,
which
is
www.dmgov.org,
and
if
you
have
additional
questions,
you
can
give
me
a
call
or
send
me
an
email.
My
contact
information
is
on
the
website.
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All
right
talk
to
us
quickly
outside
of
this
workshop.
What
are
some
of
the
things
that
you're
working
on?
Is
your
cap
as
sort
of
a
green
guru
of
the
city
of
des
moines?
What
are
the
other
things?
I
know
that
we've
talked
about
star
communities,
we've
talked
about
other
green
kind
of
things,
including
planting
trees,
and
how
we
integrate
all
that
together.
F
The
city
of
des
moines
has
a
lot
of
really
great
sustainability
projects
moving
forward
in
2013.,
one
of
the
big
ones
we've
talked
a
little
bit
about
is
star
communities
index
and
that's
really
a
rating
system.
The
city
of
des
moines
is
utilizing
the
tool
to
identify
what
we're
doing
well,
where
we're
lacking
and
kind
of
as
a
road
map
of
where
to
go,
to
become
one
of
the
top
sustainable
communities
in
the
united
states.
So.
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F
We've
been
with
star
for
a
little
over
two
years
now
we
started
as
a
as
a
beta
community
with
one
of
ten
communities,
and
we
are
now
a
a
pilot
community,
which
is
one
of
30
communities,
testing
the
tool.
Finally,
and
our
goal
is
to
have
all
of
our
information
uploaded
into
their
database
by
november,
so
that
we
can
have
our
rating
system
checked
and
we'll
get
a
full
score
back,
which
will
help
us
kind
of
benchmark
and
plan
for
future
use.
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F
Are
data
driven
and
some
of
them
are
more
qualitative
responses.
It
just
varies
whether
you're
talking
about
the
built
environment
or
if
you're
talking
about
health
and
safety
or
if
you're,
talking
about
cultural
amenities
and
education
really
star
community's
focus
is
on
those
three
pillars
of
sustainability,
so
you're
touching
you're
touching
the
environment,
you're
touching
the
economy
and
you're
also
talking
about
the
social
impacts
of
our
our
world.
As
we
see
it
today,.