What's your idea to make Des Moines greater?
As the Business Record prepares to celebrate its 35th year in business, we're not only looking back at the lessons of the past, we're also looking to the future to imagine what could be in the next 35 years.
But we need your help -- and ideas! Help us make Des Moines ... Greater.
Great ideas come from all corners of a community. Some are big. Some are small. But the greatness of the Des Moines we cherish today is a culmination of thousands of initiatives and efforts that all started as simple ideas. Many were responses to needs that had to be filled, perhaps jotted on the back of a napkin, or wondered aloud over a evening drink.
This is your chance to envision an idea for Greater Des Moines' future. We're canvassing the community to generate 35 (or more) ideas that will help position Des Moines for a prosperous future.
We'll be featuring 35 of your ideas in a publication titled "Greater" that will publish in December, as we embark on a mission to continue identifying, lifting up, and discussing ideas from all parts of the community.
So I have three requests for you.
1. Submit your ideas. Respond to the survey below and give your best idea(s).
2. Dream big (and small). This is brainstorming. There are no bad ideas, so don't hold back. The idea could be just that, an idea. It doesn't need to be fully formed or fleshed out. We want to spark creativity, and that means it could be a theoretical idea of what needs to happen here, or it could be something more specific and tangible.
3. Spread the word. We want your help getting this survey not only to other business community leaders, but also into corners of the community that you know need to be heard. If you know somebody with a great idea, make sure they get the survey. We want to hear it.
Responses for the publication were due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 3, in order to be considered to be published in our 35th anniversary publication this December. But, if you missed the deadline, please submit your idea anyway. We'll be continuing the idea of Greater on into 2019, and want to hear your ideas.
Thanks in advance for your participation and for helping the business community imagine the ideas that will allow us all to do business best in the future.
Becoming greater won't be just on the backs of a few. It will come as a result of the inspiration and drive of the many leaders from all areas of our community striving to make this community ... Greater.
-- Chris Conetzkey, publisher of the Business Record