Hubbell Realty Co. is donating $1 million to an effort to bring recreation to downtown Des Moines' rivers and create a network of 80 water trails across central Iowa.
The donation marks one of the first large investments to the $117 million Greater Des Moines Water Trails and Greenways Plan. The plan's centerpiece is a series of whitewater features that would replace three dangerous low-head dams along the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers and draw kayakers, paddlers and even surfers to the downtown waters.
