Both will be located in the Colby Woods neighborhood in Urbandale. The Urbandale Health Care Center is yet another example of the quality care and services available for the community's older residents. Additional services for senior citizens and their families are located throughout the metropolitan area and include programs such as a senior day-care and family respite program at Wesley Acres on Grand Avenue in Des Moines. Library The widely-used Urbandale library houses an excellent collection of almost 80,000 books, art prints, and audio and video cassettes. It also rents a good selection of AV equipment for low fees.
Residents can also access a catalog of the library's resources via modem hook ups from their homes.
Children's programs have traditionally been a special strength of the library. They place emphasis on cooperation among librarians and teachers and are flexibly scheduled to accommodate the needs of professional and working parents to spend library time with their youngsters in their free hours. Perhaps nowhere is this sense of community more evident than at Living History Farms. Another major event each year is the Urbandale Is Open weekend when the town throws open its doors and goes on display for its residents and visitors. The directory provides a quick, encompassing view of the community and all its many services, activities, and groups.