Home Sweet (ADU) Homes

Amongst the productive residence builders was Des Moines resident Katie Bolte, winner of the “Most effective Incorporation of an ADU” group. (Her compound is pictured above.) “When my mother retires she wants to get a cabin in the woods,” claims Bolte. “I’ll have a small home up coming to it. We resolved to create a little variation of our aspiration!”

A full of 400 kits were being manufactured and dispersed, resulting in 128 contest entries and nearly 2,500 votes on the contest web site. Many dozen people also participated in a webinar (see box) to find out more about ADUs. One webinar attendee later on achieved out to AARP for help in deciding irrespective of whether Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, could update its codes and ordinances to be far more ADU-pleasant. Efforts in Urbandale are now underway. 

“The action was an best way to elevate the visibility of ADUs in a neighborhood that is on the brink of updating scheduling and zoning rules to make ADUs far more attainable for a great deal of the community,” states Alissa Brammer, AARP Iowa Communications Supervisor.

Elizabeth Hoover de Galvez, who co-led the party with her Des Moines General public Library colleague Lunde, agrees: “This was a desire system for me as a librarian. We were being so enthusiastic to partner with AARP Iowa to make the customized gingerbread kits obtainable to our community and distribute the term about ADUs. We received excellent comments from our patrons.”