One
of Des Moines oldest neighborhoods,
Capitol Park is centrally located, with easy access to the Capitol
Complex, Iowa Lutheran Hospital & Downtown businesses. The area
is primarily residential with a
variety of housing types and styles. George Washington Carver
Community
School, Holy Family Catholic Parochial School and East High School are
all within the neighborhood. Amos Hiatt Middle School is just east of
East 14th Street & East University Avenue. A variety
of religious denominations are
served by six churches in the area. Recreational opportunities
are provided
by the tennis and volley ball courts and children's play equipment at
Burke Park. The Botanical Center is within the neighborhood boundaries
and a portion of the Saylorville-Des Moines River Bike Trail forms the
western boundary along the Des Moines river. A shopping
center, restaurants and
discount drugstore are all located at the East 14th Street and East
University Avenue
intersection. The Macvilay Plaza shopping
center is located at the 1130 East 9th Street (East 9th Street
& Filmore Street). Commercial offices and businesses can be found
along the
major traffic corridors of East University Avenue and East 14th
Street. There is no industrial zoning within the
neighborhood. Annual neighborhoodwide summer picnic at
Burke Park sponsored by the neighborhood association, and a variety of
business neighbors of Capitol Park. We were selected to
participate in a
city-wide Neighborhood Revitalization Program. The Capitol Park Neighborhood
Association
was created in 1992 with the purpose ... "to shape a positive and
comfortable community." The members prefer a proactive
approach to
neighborhood issues and have fully participated in putting their Action
Plan forward.
The Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association website is posted on the
Internet by David Hunsley a Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association Member Since April 17, 1993.
The Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association website
has been Online for Several Years and almost as long as I have been
a Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association Member
Since April 17, 1993. I am a Former Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association Board
Member and helped create the Original Neighborhood Plan. The Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association
was created in 1992 with the purpose ... "to shape a positive and
comfortable community." That is one of the Reasons that I have
posted the Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association website
online. The Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association website is provided by David
Hunsley a Capitol Park Neighborhood Association Member Since April 17,
1993 as a Public Service to Promote the Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association to
people in Des Moines, IA and on the Internet. If you would like to join
the Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association Please Click on the link: Capitol Park Neighborhood Association
Membership Form. I am working on updating the Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association website
as a Public Service to the Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association.
I hope that You will check Out the Capitol
Park Neighborhood Association
website and sent me a E-mail at: David
Hunsley with any Corrections that you see.
If you would like to go to the Capitol Park Neighborhood Association website that the Capitol Park Neighborhood Association Board has click here: Capitol Park Neighborhood Association or go to http://www.capitolparkdesmoines.com/ . Capitol Park Neighborhood Association has a Facebook page. please Click here to go to it. This website is posted by the current Board Members. I ask the current Capitol Park Neighborhood Association Board Members to keep me posted on any Information to be posted on this website: http://capitolparkna.org/ .
Last revised: May 12, 2017
Webmaster David Hunsley
© 2017 David Hunsley Capitol Park Neighborhood Association Member Since
April 17, 1993.