In the next four years, Waukee Community School District will construct four new facilities in an effort to keep up with the city s growth.
The new developments are part of the district s 10-year facility and financial plan and include a new elementary school, a new athletic facility and two new middle schools all of which are expected to be completed by 2025.
Together, the projects will cost taxpayers more than $100 million and will largely be funded through general obligations bonds voters approved the district borrowing $205 million last year toward its 10-year plan. District officials will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 26, to propose using about $5 million in state Secure an Advanced Vision for Education, or SAVE, funds to finance the remainder of the athletic facility.
Des Moines Register
It s a bird, it s a plane, it s a 535 square-foot steel and concrete modular structure.
On a cloudy Thursday in Waukee, a massive crane gently transferred a fully constructed drive-thru from a semi-truck trailer to its foundation at 1025 S.E. Laurel St.
The pre-fabricated building will be home to the first of what is planned to be a chain of Hyper Energy Bars, a coffee and energy drink retailer. The concept started in the Des Moines metro as a food truck in September 2020.
The company behind the Hyper Energy Bar brand is Heart of America Group. The Quad Cities-based real estate and hospitality firm operates several hotels and restaurants in the Midwest, including Johnny s Italian Steakhouse and Burger Shed.
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