Another New Waukee District

[KidSilverhair]

Most towns in Iowa would be lucky to have a Casey’s.

No room … Dollar General already took up the space.

 

[NWICY]

Anybody heard if Texas will ever bring back their peanuts or if they’re using the pandemic as an excuse to cut the cost?

Smokin Hereford in Storm Lake still has free peanuts if you ever get up that way. They've got good food IMO.

 

[jcisuclones]

All I hear from people is that the only one worth going to is the one on Jordan Creek Pkwy

Urbandale one is usually good too.

 

[cyfan21]

Initially I opened this thinking Waukee was adding a third school district

 

[cyhobby]

The plat has been announced but no stores name. Was able to get an unreleased overview.

Looks like;

Target
Ross
Sierra
Chick Fil A
Wendy's
Old Navy
Chipotle
Texas Roadhouse

Anybody know if it's going to be a super target?

 

[fcclone]

Initially I opened this thinking Waukee was adding a third school district

Same.

 

[Farnsworth]

Waukee population: booming
Waukee residents: WE DON'T WANT AMENITIES

Reminds me of Ames and Smart Grow, no new mall

 

[JP4CY]

Reminds me of Ames and Smart Grow, no new mall

Instead of a privately financed mall we got pasta.

 

[Jer]

Instead of a privately financed mall we got pasta.

Hey, carbs make you grow

 

[CycloneDaddy]

Agree, the Johnston one off 86th has always been great for us. The one in Grimes by Wal-Mart is terrible, though.

The difference is that 86th is staffed with hard working brown folks. Grimes is staffed with trailer park meth heads. I live by the Grimes store, we drive to 86th if we want Ponch.

 

[twojman]

Glad Target is coming, we live fairly close to this area so will be a time saver. Not so sure about some of the other stuff. There is a Wendy's about a half mile away east on Hickman, I assume that will close?

 

[Gunnerclone]

No room … Dollar General already took up the space.

Small town dollar general is the **** though. Same order every time: Flaming hot cool ranch Doritos, a giant warm bottle of Diet Coke, a Big Bopper, Milky Way 100 calorie pack, a 12 ft USB-C car cord, and a pack of Pokémon cards.

 

[CYaeger]

The one in Johnston across from Texas R is great. The one in Waukee is the worst I’ve been to.

The Johnston location is the best location. Grimes panch is beyond awful. Altoona panch is not bad.

 

[CY88CE11]

I don't think it's that bad honestly. The Waukee Pancheros, however, I'm done giving any more chances.

My daughter always wanted a black bean quesadilla from Pancheros. Never had a problem anywhere else, but the owner of the Waukee location refused to do it, because the liquid the beans sit in would make it a soggy mess. Maybe figure out a different way to store our drain them? Nobody else has this problem.

 

[BigTurk]

Altoona and Ames both have one now as well.

I was living in Dubuque when the Texas Roadhouse opened and people were losing their minds. I went once.

 

[JP4CY]

I was living in Dubuque when the Texas Roadhouse opened and people were losing their minds. I went once.

I get why people love/hate TR. It's like Hickory Park's model. Affordable, large quantity (Iowans love that), loud, wide variety.
Honestly, my favorite thing on the menu might be green beans.

 

[Drew0311]

Norwalks 300 million dollar project has started. Can't wait to see what this ends up being in Norwalk. Should be pretty cool.

 

[CoachHines3]

all the waukee suburban moms just wet themselves knowing a target is coming.

 

[Cybone]

Putting a Target into Waukee is only going to increase the cougar sightings. There is already a Starbucks there, add in an Old Navy….they will be hopped up on pumpkin spice lattes and cheap clothing.

 

[khardbored]

I know i'm in the minority on this one but these town-sized districts are eyesores and kill towns.

I'm sure these places print money but did any of you see this and go "oh thank god, Texas roadhouse is coming"

If you need a spot to put the big-box stores in, that's one thing, but keep the restaurants and boutiques in a more compact setting and you'll be using urban land much better. Parking isn't as big of an issue as people make it out to be. Even if you have to park "far away in VJ or uptown Ankeny, it's probably about the same as walking across a huge parking lot, and you still have more walkability between stores.

I know some cities have done this successfully, but have any actual suburbs (as in large suburbs - Ankeny, Waukee, West DSM type suburbs) done this successfully? If so, where? (I'd like to see it)

I love the idea of getting off a train and walking 2 blocks to a local restaurant (I've done this in Galesburg, IL), but seems more like random chance of geography than something you can "plan?"