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Bids for the Fitch Family Indoor Aquatic Center came in under budget. The contracts will be awarded next month.

Iowa State landscape architecture students have collaborated with the City of Ames Parks and Recreation Director Keith Abraham to provide the city with plans for a newly acquired piece of land that is poised to become the city’s largest park. Hans V Klein-Hewett, a professor in landscape architecture, said this is a great example of...

The grant adds to the almost $32.1 million the city has secured to build the new aquatic center — which also is the estimated cost of the project.

The Ames City Council unanimously moved to add three additions to the Fitch Family Indoor Aquatic Center. The council moved to: Add multi-purpose rooms and a walking area, which would add roughly $1.5 million to the cost of the project. Add heating to the main entry concrete, which would add $50,000 to the project’s cost....

The Ames City Council received a report which discussed a referral request regarding tax abatement incentives from the Ames Economic Development for downtown Ames in November 2022, to which the council directed staff to seek public input on the matter. The council moved to direct staff to return to them with language that expands the...