Starts Right Here
Des Moines, IA / Historic
Services provided:
- Architecture
- Space planning
- Interior design
Project highlights
- Starts Right Here, an alternative school for at-risk youth, is currently expanding its mission through the renovation of a former historic church.
- The education component includes three classrooms for 25 students each, staff offices, a commercial kitchen, and a gathering area within the former sanctuary.
- The project also incorporates 18 affordable studio apartments, providing much-needed housing opportunities targeted toward supporting the broader community, with a particular focus on assisting the school’s students.