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Leadership Ames: harnessing the potential of local difference-makers

September 28, 2016

As one of the Ames Chamber of Commerce’s longest-standing programs, I truly believe Leadership Ames is among the most valuable things we do as Ames’ business organization. With this fall marking the beginning of its 30th year, I wanted to take the opportunity to showcase the leadership program which has...

Annexation: Preparing Ames for Economic Opportunity

August 31, 2016

The lack of fully-served industrial sites has been an Achilles heel for the market as far back as I can remember. Ensuring that land is available for industrial purposes has been a priority of the Ames City Council for many years and is currently the first bullet point under the...

Cranes over Ames – Signs of Economic Progress

July 27, 2016

I once heard a long-time economic developer from another part of the U.S. say that you could tell a lot about how a community was doing economically by the number of cranes in the sky. A quick survey this week would find at least four construction cranes above the Ames...

Workforce Solutions – Talent Critical to Economic Development Success

June 29, 2016

A highly skilled workforce is paramount to the work that we do here at the Ames Economic Development Commission. New and rapidly growing companies in Ames and Story County are constantly looking to pull from a pool of talent to meet their increasing workforce demands. Having lots of job openings...

The Importance of Economic Development – Catalyst for Community Betterment

May 25, 2016

Earlier this month the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) proclaimed the first week of May Economic Development Week to highlight the importance of a coordinated economic development effort in communities. When groups work in unison in the pursuit of economic development, new jobs are created and businesses are successful which...

Airport Modernization Project – A Key Economic Development Asset for Ames

April 27, 2016

The first ever national Economic Development week will be celebrated May 8- 14, 2016. With that in mind, I wanted to highlight one of the most important economic development projects currently going on in the Ames/Story County community. The Ames Municipal Airport is undergoing a considerable make-over thanks to a...

Start of Ames Farmers' Market season just around the corner

March 30, 2016

The Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market (AMSFM) will kick off its sixth season on Saturday May 7th on the 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street. If you haven’t experienced a Saturday at the Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market in the past five years, you’ve been missing out – it...

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