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Ever thought about giving up city life for sustainable country living? Now you can with the development of Middlebrook, the first agrihood in Iowa. Located in Cumming, a small town just 20 minutes south of Des Moines, Middlebrook promises to return its inhabitants to a more natural lifestyle in a community that puts farming, healthy living and a return to nature first. The 2021 Des Moines Show Expo will be held in Middlebrook giving you the perfect opportunity to learn more about agrihood living.

What exactly is an agrihood?

Agrihood – A single-family, multi-family or mixed-use community centered around a working farm.

Agrihoods are growing in popularity across the country as more and more city and suburban residents crave a lifestyle that allows more access to nature, homegrown foods and a tight-knit community. Agrihoods are communities built around a farm with both crops and livestock. Residents and visitors alike can shop for produce grown right in the community and even get down and dirty by feeding animals and learning more about the crops grown in their backyards.

Middlebrook is the project of Diligent Development, an Iowa-based real estate development and investment company. In an interview with the Des Moines Register, Steve Bruere, president of Diligent Development, said, “People want to buy two acres in the country to have some chickens, a dog and horse, and that’s tough to find…. [this project can give families the country feel they want without] chopping up a bunch of farms.”

The 700-home development will offer a wide range of housing options including condos and townhomes, senior living, homes for first-time buyers and high-end options. It also includes retail, gardens, trails, a central farm with a barn and events such as live music, wine tastings and farmers markets. 

This year the Des Moines Home Show Expo will be held at Great Western Crossing, one of the neighborhoods in the Middlebrook development. Visitors can tour six homes from builders who are currently active in the community. This is a fun opportunity for the entire family to get an inside look at these beautiful homes and learn more about the agrihood.  

CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate is giving away tickets to the 2021 Des Moines Home Show Expo. Read on to find out how you can win! 

Win Two Tickets to the 2021 Des Moines Home Show Expo!

2021 Des Moines Home Show Expo

—- GIVEAWAY CLOSED —-

Our giveaway is now closed! Thank you to everyone who entered and our two winners, Grant Seuferer and Kayla Dunsbergen.


We are giving two pairs of two tickets to the 2021 Des Moines Home Show Expo! You and a friend can attend any time and day of the expo that works for you. The Home Show Expo will be held at Great Western Crossing, an agrihood in Cumming, Iowa. Parking is available onsite and you can find directions here.  

Program times are:

Saturday, July 10, 2021, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Sunday, July 11, 2021, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 15, 2021, 3 p.m. – 9 p.m – VIP tours only.

Friday, July 16, 2021, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 17, 2021, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Sunday, July 18, 2021, 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 3 p.m. – 9 p.m.– VIP tours only.

Friday, July 23, 2021, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Sunday, July 25, 2021, 10 p.m. – 6 p.m.

All you have to do to enter is:

The contest will be open until noon on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Two winners will be randomly selected and will be notified via Facebook Messenger.  If the initial winners do not claim their prizes within 24 hours of being notified, their prizes are forfeit and we will select new winners.

How to Enter: Giveaway & Rules

From July 7 to July 8, we’ll be accepting entries via Facebook (one per person). Entrants must like the post announcing the giveaway and must comment on the giveaway post tagging the person they’d take with them.

On July 8, 2021, at noon, the contest will close. We will randomly select two winners from the comments and verify that they have completed all necessary steps. We will contact the winners and announce them on the Century 21 Signature Real Estate Facebook page.

Winners must be at least 21 years of age.

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Official Rules & Fine Print

CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate 2021 Des Moines Home Show Expo Giveaway Rules

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT WITH CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE REAL ESTATE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: This Giveaway is open to those who like and comment on the original Giveaway Facebook post and who are at least 21 years of age. The Giveaway is only open to legal residents and is void where prohibited by law. The Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

2. Agreement to Rules: By participating, the Contestant (“You”) agree to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules and You represent and warrant that You meet the eligibility requirements. In addition, You agree to accept the decisions of CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate as final and binding as it relates to the content of this Giveaway.

3. Giveaway Period: Entries will be accepted via qualified Facebook post comments (qualified post requirements outlined in the first rule), starting on July 7, 2021, and ending July 8, 2021, at 12:00pm CST.

4. How to Enter: The Giveaway must be entered by submitting an entry in a comment reply to the original Giveaway Facebook post. The entry must fulfill all Giveaway requirements, as specified, to be eligible to win. Entries that are incomplete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate. One entry per person. You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities, or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. If you use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the rules, your submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate.

5. Prizes: The Winner of the Giveaway (the “Winner”) will receive two regular tickets to the 2021 Des Moines Home Show Expo. No cash or other prize substitution shall be permitted except at CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate’s discretion. The prize is non-transferable. Any and all prize-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of Winner. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by Winner is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes an on-site project all-access waiver for project progression videography production (completed product of which CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate will own and use freely for advertising purposes) and permission for CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate to use Winner’s name, likeness, and Giveaway entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

6. Winner Selection and Notification: Valid Giveaway entries must be submitted to Facebook beginning on July 7, 2021, when the Giveaway post is shared and ending July 8, 2021, at 12pm CST. At close of entry period, two Giveaway entries will be randomly selected as the Winner(s). Winner(s) will be notified by Facebook message and public Facebook post on Thursday, 7/8, following identification of Winner. CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate shall have no liability for Winner’s failure to receive notices due to security settings or for Winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If Winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 24 hours from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration and release as required, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate Winner may be selected. Receipt by Winner of the prize offered in this Giveaway is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY WINNER (AT CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE REAL ESTATE’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY, AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.

7. Rights Granted by You: By entering this Giveaway, you understand and agree that CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate, anyone acting on behalf of CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate, and CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate’s licensees, successors, and assigns, shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity and throughout the World, without limitation, your entry, name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image, statements about the Giveaway, and biographical information for news, publicity, information, trade, advertising, public relations, and promotional purposes, without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent. By entering this content, You represent and warrant that your entry is an original work of authorship, and does not violate any third party’s proprietary or intellectual property rights. If your entry infringes upon the intellectual property right of another, you will be disqualified at the sole discretion of CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate. If the content of your entry is claimed to constitute infringement of any proprietary or intellectual proprietary rights of any third party, You shall, at your sole expense, defend or settle against such claims. You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate from and against any suit, proceeding, claims, liability, loss, damage, costs or expense, which CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate may incur, suffer, or be required to pay arising out of such infringement or suspected infringement of any third party’s right.

8. Terms & Conditions: CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway should virus, bug, non-authorized human intervention, fraud, or other cause beyond CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Giveaway. In such case, CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate may select the Winner from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate. CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Giveaway or violates these Terms & Conditions. CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Giveaway, including, but not limited to: multiple entries from the same user from different IP addresses; multiple entries from the same computer in excess of that allowed by Giveaway rules; or the use of bots, macros, scripts, or other technical means for entering. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Giveaway may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate reserves the right to seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

9. Limitation of Liability: By entering, you agree to release and hold harmless CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from: (i) such entrant’s participation in the Giveaway and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunction of any computer, cable, network, hardware, or software, or other mechanical equipment; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (v) electronic or human error in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries.

10. Disputes: THIS GIVEAWAY IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND STATE OF IOWA, WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Giveaway, participant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in the State of Iowa having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Giveaway). Participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

11. Privacy Policy: Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate website. To read the Privacy Policy, click here.

12. Winners List: To obtain a copy of the Winner’s name or a copy of these Official Rules, mail your request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate, 1620 SW Magazine Road, Ankeny, Iowa 50023, United States. Requests must be received no later than Thursday, July, 8, 2021, 12pm CST.

13. Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Giveaway is CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate, 1620 SW Magazine Road, Ankeny, Iowa 50023, United States.

14. Facebook: The Giveaway hosted by CENTURY 21 Signature Real Estate is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook.