That is, until they seek State and Federal funding to clean up the flood damage for the development that they approve.
Ames considering Menards and dinosaur museum
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That is, until they seek State and Federal funding to clean up the flood damage for the development that they approve.
Ames will not spend a penny on incentives for the project, its a state program that would re-mit $14 mil in state taxes, seems like a descent deal for the state if their numbers hold up as the development is projected to generate $57.5 mil in state tax revenue over the next 20 years. Details on the financials are found in the city document.
I have always been surprised that there is not mini golf/driving range/batting cages in Ames.
Ha.
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The lumberyard is meant to be self-service. They have less than a handful of employees out there.
That's place was old and decaying when I was in college. I was thinking a more modern facility. You would think a place like that would make bank in Ames.
The Cedar Rapids or Des Moines locations? :wideeyed: Not sure they encourage "self service" there.....
How is that "Smart Growth" working?
Ankeny
2012-13: 9,242 students (8th Largest in IA)
2000-01: 5,725 students (10th Largest)
SE Polk
2012-13: 6,505 students (13th Largest in IA)
2000-01: 4,549 students (19th Largest)
Waukee
2012-13 7,577 students (11th Largest in IA)
2000-01: 2,403 students (35th Largest
Ames?
2012-13: 4,332 students (21st Largest in IA)
2000-01: 4,825 students (14th Largest)
Ankeny
2012-13: 9,242 students (8th Largest in IA)
2000-01: 5,725 students (10th Largest)
SE Polk
2012-13: 6,505 students (13th Largest in IA)
2000-01: 4,549 students (19th Largest)
Waukee
2012-13 7,577 students (11th Largest in IA)
2000-01: 2,403 students (35th Largest
Ames?
2012-13: 4,332 students (21st Largest in IA)
2000-01: 4,825 students (14th Largest)
My Ames Plan
-Menards would be good.
-5 Guys burgers
-Whataburger...lol
-They do need to redo campus town. Its pretty bad. And there is going to be like 40K students in the next 10 years. Some nice weather gathering space for local bands. some nice looking buildings. Couple more cool resturants in campustown
-Keep working on the mall area (not sure what can be done)
-Create 2 recreation areas with some sort of water flow system (not even close to how to do this.) north of town to fix the flood issues
-also requesting grand be extended to s 16th and a new road be put in from lincoln to S 16th Thus taking pressure off of Lincoln and Duff. making it way easier to get in and out of places on Duff..
-Finally....Redraw some of the land school district that is going to be built on in the future and give it to Ames. (gilbert can have what is currently theirs)
I think its sad that Gilbert is poaching all the Ames kids like that. I know its Ames fault (as always)
-Menards would be good.
-5 Guys burgers
-Whataburger...lol
-They do need to redo campus town. Its pretty bad. And there is going to be like 40K students in the next 10 years. Some nice weather gathering space for local bands. some nice looking buildings. Couple more cool resturants in campustown
-Keep working on the mall area (not sure what can be done)
-Create 2 recreation areas with some sort of water flow system (not even close to how to do this.) north of town to fix the flood issues
-also requesting grand be extended to s 16th and a new road be put in from lincoln to S 16th Thus taking pressure off of Lincoln and Duff. making it way easier to get in and out of places on Duff..
-Finally....Redraw some of the land school district that is going to be built on in the future and give it to Ames. (gilbert can have what is currently theirs)
I think its sad that Gilbert is poaching all the Ames kids like that. I know its Ames fault (as always)
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Its because Ames is growing like crazy North and Gilbert hijacked a ton of students...
Don't use SE polk as an example. they have about 1000 Sq miles of school district...lol
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Don't get me wrong I wish there was a better place to build this stuff, and it makes me mad because I think all these things could be located out of the flood fringe at the site where the new mall was supposed to be, but the smart-growthers had to cause a ruckus and now this is the result. I'm not necessarily against the smart growth concepts (they're generally good ideas), but they should have realized that Ames was going to grow one way or another and the old mall didn't have the space or visibility for that to happen.
All good points. There are multiple projects about to begin in campustown, and I now the city has planned improvements to roads, utilities, etc. in the 5-years CIP for campustown. Hopefully the projects can really improve it. I think NG Mall can be a descent shopping area, but is limited by space and visibility. The proposed mall could have been a game changer imo, but would have likely killed-off NG and hurt other small shops in Ames. It also may have prevented some of the development in the floodway fringe though. Lot of parts in motion right now in Ames, will be interesting to see how everything plays out.
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