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DOT commission pulls funding for Highway 75 widening project
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE DID IT! From KTIV: A highway widening project in Sioux Center, Iowa is officially off the table. The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission met Tuesday, and pulled the $3.4 million dollars set aside in fiscal year 2015 to widen Highway 75 through Sioux Center. That money will be put into another […]
Sioux City Journal article: “Contentious Highway 75 plan raises Sioux Center concerns again” January 21, 2014
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/contentious-highway-plan-raises-sioux-center-concerns-again/article_06420c6e-c453-55b2-9106-90373b595a6a.html
KTIV article: Sioux Center looking again at Highway 75 expansion options Posted: Jan 07, 2014
http://www.ktiv.com/story/24389340/2014/01/07/sioux-center-looking-again-at-highway-75-expansion-options
What if we measured the return on investment of local tax dollars in development projects?
Strong Towns has a great set of presentation videos about a very relevant subject for Sioux Center: It has been suggested here by a local government official that cities need to spend money to make money. Will it work? “Don’t know” was the answer, which is true. Public officials at the local level rarely, if ever, […]
Small town saves itself by NOT widening its Main Street
Hamburg, New York has US 62 for its Main Street. The State DOT was going to add a lane to it, remove parking and narrow sidewalks — but town residents had other ideas. Eventually they had the road “rebuilt to slow traffic and aid pedestrians. The changes have inspired business investment and civic activity.” Read […]
