A plan aimed at reviving the Des Moines Botanical Center is in the works. It would change the name to Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and expand the center, which could keep it from folding. The city is in no shape to operate the botanical center, according to city officials, so a new long-term lease is being pursued. A nonprofit group organized by business leaders and philanthropists could take over in early 2013. That's part of a $10 million plan that would close a section of Robert D Ray Drive in front of the center to create an outdoor botanical garden that would enhance the campus that stretches back 14 acres.
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