Campustown Redevelopment

[ISUCY23]

Ames has always been a house party place rather than a bar place. I agree that campustown is actually pretty crap.

Go to Purdue or Illinois or Wisconsin and see the vast difference

I’ve been to Illinois. It was okay. Nothing special.

But agree on your overall point.

 

[qwerty]

Not in Campustown, but west of there (block west of baseball field)

Low-income housing units coming soon to Ames, near the Iowa State University campus

The city of Ames is partnering with a real estate development group to bring 38 units of affordable multi-family housing to the city in the next year.

www.amestrib.com

and now they have to modify the plans

Ames abandons geothermal energy for low-income housing after project exceeds budget by $1.4M

Ames will no longer pursue a pilot program installing geothermal wells at 3216 Tripp Street.

www.amestrib.com

 

[CloneFanInKC]

I guess I’m in the minority but as a 30 year old, that now lives in Arizona, that goes back to Ames once a year for a football game, I still love campus town. It’s fun to go back to all the gross college bars, even if I am 7-8 years older than everyone else there.

To the people saying there needs to be an “alumni friendly” option in campus town, that’s a bit nicer than fast food or a bar, I don’t necessarily disagree. I just think about how hard it is for any business, retail or food/drink, to survive in campustown and I don’t see how a place like that would last more than a couple of years.

For me, the profile of the alumni friendly establishment is Whiskey River on Main Street. I’ve also been gone from ISU for quite a bit longer; so maybe it doesn’t fit what you are looking for.