Lighthouse Development

Lighthouse Development is owned by Chris A. Dahlberg and Julie L. Kramer/Moore. Together we have built this company on the quote by Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has." Together, we are growing this company and working in conjunction with the Iowa Workforce Development to train, employ, and retain refugees and displaced workers in Central Iowa. Our goal is to help teach these members of our community to “fish” and better the lives of themselves and their families. As we grow this company, we will be working in conjunction with current employees, partners and subcontractors that Chris has. Chris is a general contractor and home builder, originating from Northern California. He has been in the construction industry for 27 years, specializing in commercial and residential new construction, custom home building and remodeling. He has experience in plan design development, building PUDS and senior housing communities. He worked with the California Dept. of Forestry as a superintendent building fire stations. He has built small bridges for Essential Services for the State of California. He is also a licensed insurance adjuster in the State of Iowa and has over 15 years’ experience in insurance rehab. He relocated to Des Moines in 2013 to be closer to family and is now currently building new construction homes and doing additions and remodels. Julie Moore is an accomplished business professional expertise in sales, marketing and business development within the commercial and residential real estate industries. A Drake University graduate, she began her real estate career in 1998 with RE/MAX Real Estate Group, and took a 2-year sabbatical to become the fundraiser and the Director of Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa. Julie has repeatedly been in the top 3% of all Central Iowa agents and has regularly received the Circle of Excellence award.