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Legislative "Bus-In" Hill Visits

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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