Cytown Update
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Ames residents speaking out against it.
Guest Column: Ames, CYTown and property taxes
Ames resident Stephen Ringlee offers his thoughts on Iowa State University's CYTown development.
www.amestrib.com
As much as I love Ames, their sure are a lot of Karens and Debbie Downers that live there.Ames residents speaking out against it.
Guest Column: Ames, CYTown and property taxes
Ames resident Stephen Ringlee offers his thoughts on Iowa State University's CYTown development.www.amestrib.com
Cant read the article, behind paywall, so I am just going by other similar articles, and the headline.
Ames residents speaking out against it.
Guest Column: Ames, CYTown and property taxes
Ames resident Stephen Ringlee offers his thoughts on Iowa State University's CYTown development.www.amestrib.com
From another Trib letter to the editor: Stephen Ringlee is retired president of the Ames school board under whose supervision the first steps to build the new Ames Middle School were taken.
And then there's this gem:
"Federal officials awarded $112 million to fund new Obamacare health insurance cooperatives in Iowa and Nebraska to a group whose politically connected chief financial officer recorded at least three business flops since 2009.
CoOportunity Health, an Ames, Iowa, group founded by CFO Stephen Ringlee, received the federal funds as a tax-free loan from the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
Failed Iowa entrepreneur awarded $112 million for Obamacare co-ops - Washington Examiner
Federal officials awarded $112 million to fund new Obamacare health insurance cooperatives in Iowa and Nebraska to a group whose politically connected chief financial officer recorded at least three business flops since 2009. CoOportunity Health, an Ames, Iowa, group founded by CFO Stephen...
www.washingtonexaminer.com
Well from a outsider looking in it seems lots of the time the citizens of Ames like the amenities but have not wanted to pay to help upkeep the facilities.
After seeing the 2nd article I'm guessing Ringlee is pissed that he's not getting a cut of it some how.
After seeing the 2nd article I'm guessing Ringlee is pissed that he's not getting a cut of it some how.
This sometimes helps with reading those type of articles
Was this posted in the correct thread?
Actually, was this posted on the correct website?
I googled this guy after reading the article he wrote and found this article about Ringlee and company receiving $112 Million and flopping businesses, and was excited to post it here.....you beat me to it!And then there's this gem:
"Federal officials awarded $112 million to fund new Obamacare health insurance cooperatives in Iowa and Nebraska to a group whose politically connected chief financial officer recorded at least three business flops since 2009.
CoOportunity Health, an Ames, Iowa, group founded by CFO Stephen Ringlee, received the federal funds as a tax-free loan from the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
Failed Iowa entrepreneur awarded $112 million for Obamacare co-ops - Washington Examiner
Federal officials awarded $112 million to fund new Obamacare health insurance cooperatives in Iowa and Nebraska to a group whose politically connected chief financial officer recorded at least three business flops since 2009. CoOportunity Health, an Ames, Iowa, group founded by CFO Stephen...
My dad always says Ames townfolk were like that when he was in school in the 70's. I'm sure his dad said the same thing in the 40's. Some things never change 
I lived and worked in Ames for 5 years after college and this sect of people drove me crazy. They want all of the amenities of being a university town, but they'd rather have all of the students and the university tucked out of sight. They want to have stuff to do, but would rather not expand or have something new at all. Just anti-progress and wanting the town to stay like it was in the 60's.
It's comical how the anti-CyTown crowd is all worked up about the "city's interest" in the ISC, given this line in the city's own staff report:
"It is City staff's belief that the Iowa State Center buildings are an asset to the entire Ames community, towards which no City investment has been previously made."
That's 55 years of the City not giving two *****.
"It is City staff's belief that the Iowa State Center buildings are an asset to the entire Ames community, towards which no City investment has been previously made."
That's 55 years of the City not giving two *****.
There is a very strong NIMBY contingent who, coincidentally, believe that the entire town is their backyard. That said, the current city council has been (for Ames, at least) very pro-growth. I’d be surprised if they let the blue-hairs deter this.My dad always says Ames townfolk were like that when he was in school in the 70's. I'm sure his dad said the same thing in the 40's. Some things never change
I think it is too far along to stop now. I think it is less likely that “blue hairs” are opposed and more likely to be developers and competitors. There are several blocks on the north side of Lincoln Way and south of downtown that have been cleared to develop a hotel, retail complex that has made no progress for years. The first excuse was COVID. The second excuse was input cost and interest rates. I imagine CYtown has killed it.
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Main Street businesses coalesced in opposition to that. A lot of the old money in town was very opposed to a new mall deterring people from the overpriced shops on Main Street. I have nothing against them specifically, but they definitely placed their interests above the interests of the community.
My biggest complaint is that No New Mall crowd made such big promises for the existing mall and it’s basically been a ghost town ever since they got their way…
Even if traditional shopping and malls have died off, that new mall would have helped get people to stop in Ames (even if it was on the edge of town) and even bring some of them into town. Hell, we may even have an Olive Garden out east of 35…
The mall here in Bloomington MN next to the airport has done pretty good. Just sayin.
