“There are great people that have the willingness to help and support you. ”
Max
“I love how people of Des Moines lift one another up. Share resources. Ride for each other and pass along information. Build and recommend.”
Richie Daggers
“It’s my pride, a piece of this city is who I belong. I am a cell in its giant body doing my best to build the structure of its greatness.
The people here who run the small business’ are my alter of which I give praise.”
Amy
amy brooks murphy
GREATER
A CELEBRATION OF OUR COMMUNITY
What makes you proud to call Greater Des Moines home?
For me – it’s the people.
Greater is a celebration of the people who live, work and dream in Des Moines. Who make their families, neighborhoods and communities a better place. People finding ways to help others and lift each other up.
This collection of portraits serves as a starting point –an introduction to telling beautiful stories of all the different threads creating the mosaic fabric of our community.
Each person photographed was nominated by someone else who recognized them as contributing to making our little slice of the world better.
I invite you to follow along in the journey. This is an ongoing project that will be constantly evolving and growing. I welcome you to share your ideas of who makes your world a better place. Des Moines is only as great as our stories and our people.
B.WELL
“I did not mean to stay in DSM most of my life but realized many years ago that I love it here!
We are stretching & growing & evolving in community & caring together & that’s great to be a part of. ”
“des moines is a bubble of passionate, powerful, badass people who work really hard and stand up for what they believe in. i personally have the pleasure of supporting and empowering many of those people as they evolve into parents. they’re doing all the good things to raise empathetic, strong, tiny humans who someday will make a significant difference in this community and the world. there’s so much potential here to do what you love and to know that you’re not alone. ”
“I feel the local artists in this town support each other. I feel it’s a tight community with its own ecosystem. If you’re a real one and support others will come to support you.”
Anousith
“Des Moines is Greater because it doesn’t even know it. There’s a lot of hustle and bustle and movement in this city. People trying to do really big things through really intentional acts. We feed off each other’s energy and elevate those around us. It’s not always in your face. You may have to dig a little deeper and look a little harder to find the sparks but when you do - watch out for the flame.”
“I appreciate the diversity that I wasn’t exposed to in a smaller community, as well as the venues/events/services that Des Moines offers. My neighbors know me and I know them. We watch out for each other. ”
Kourtney Perry
Torry
Coral Thede