March 24, 2009
Mark your calendar for this year's Legislative Bus-In day,
scheduled for March 24, 2009. This event brings hundreds
of REALTORS® to Des Moines to meet with legislators and
discuss important real estate issues.
The legislature
needs to hear from REALTORS® regarding
the issues that are important to real estate and important
to keep the real estate industry a vibrant piece of Iowa's
economy.
This event is FREE for REALTORS® and includes bus transportation
from "hubs" around the state, as well as food and drink while
in Des Moines.
This event is critical to our legislative success in the coming
year and has become one of the largest political action events
for the Iowa legislature.
Click here
to RSVP for the event.
| Schedule |
| Lunch |
11:30pm at the Iowa Events Center (501
Grand Ave)Room #204
*Parking available at 5th and Keo Garage, the brown garage
on the corner of 4th & Grand and across the street
on Grand
|
| Hill Visits |
2:00pm-4:30pm
*Meeting space will be designated for the larger cities and towns so these members
can meet with their entire legislative delegation at one time. |
| Reception |
5:00pm at the Iowa Events Center (501 Grand Ave)Room
#204 |
| Tentative Bus Schedule |
| Sioux City bus will leave at 7:15am. First
stop will be at Early (truck stop) on Hwy 20 at 9:00am,
then onto Webster City on Hwy 20 at the Country Kitchen
Truck Stop at 10:15am then onto Des Moines. |
| Council Bluffs bus will leave at 9:00am from
the Mall of Bluffs parking lot and head to Des Moines. |
| Mason City bus will leave at 8:30am from the MLS office
and make a pickup in Clear Lake at 8:45am at the Holiday
Motor Lodge on Hwy 18 and then stop in Ames between 10:00-10:15am at Theisen’s 1315 South Dayton St. and then head
to Des Moines. |
| Cedar Rapids bus will leave from Sam’s
Club Parking lot at 9:00am and head to Des Moines. |
| Davenport bus will leave from Bettendorf
at 8:15am and head to Iowa
City, pickup is at Barnes & Noble,
Coral Ridge Mall, Exit 240 at 9:00am and head to Des Moines. |
| Waterloo bus will load at 8:00am leave at
8:30am and head to Des Moines. |
| Dubuque entourage will meet at Plaza
20 (behind Save-a-Lot) at 6:15 A.M. Hopefully two will
volunteer to drive to Waterloo where you will join Waterloo/Cedar
Falls Board Members at their Board Office, hop on a bus
departing between 8:00 - 8:15 to Des Moines. |
| Burlington bus with stops in Fairfield, Ottumwa,
and
Oskaloosa. Please check this page soon
for more information about departure times from these locations. |
* Buses will drop and pick up members at the corner of
5th and Grand. Meter bags will be placed on the meters where
the buses
will stop. Bus parking will be at Veterans Memorial Auditorium
in the North Lot (North of Crocker St.).
| Directions |
| From the West |
Motorists traveling from the west on I-235
should exit at 7th Street. Turn left at Park Street., and
then right onto 5th Ave. Parking is available in the Ligutti
Garage or at the meters. |
| From the East |
Motorists traveling from the east on I-235 should exit
at 3rd Street. Turn right onto Watson Powell Jr. Way, then
take a left on 5th Ave. Parking is available in the Ligutti
Garage or at the meters. |
| From the Airport |
Turn left onto Fleur Drive going North. Cross the river,
and bear right onto Locust Street into downtown Des Moines.
Turn left onto 4th Street, go two blocks and turn left
onto Watson Powell Jr. Way, then left on 5th Ave. Parking
is available in the Ligutti Garage or at the meters. |
Don't Believe in Political Action?
FINE.
When they . . . . . .
- eliminate the mortgage interest deduction and
- raise property
taxes and
- tax your commission and
- increase your liability . . .
.
You
will ask, “Where was IAR?”
And
we will reply, “Where
were you?”
We need YOU at this
event...
Don't leave it up to somebody else.
Real estate is your livelihood.
Is one day
too much to invest
in the future of your career?
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