| Edge 2 opens second store in Westgate Mall |
The Graphic Edge has opened a second retail outlet for its products in downtown Carroll’s Westgate Mall.
Sales at the apparel and athletic product company’s flagship store, Edge 2, Sportswear Outlet, 510 N. Carroll St., proved to be so strong, and so tied to Carroll High School, Kuemper Catholic High School and Iowa State University and University of Iowa products, that more space was needed to move clearance and bargain items.
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| Headstrong is building east of Carroll Sparky's |
Headstrong Hair Design in Carroll is getting a new location, a new owner, and most likely, a different name.
All in the same year.
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| Wind turbines to boost tax take by $1 million
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Carroll County and local school districts are expected to pull in about $1 million in property taxes by fiscal year 2017 from the two wind-power farms now in the county.
And there could be more turbines added soon, a MidAmerican official said.
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| Students train for wind-energy careers |
The wind turbine maintenance courses at Des Moines Area Community College in Carroll have really taken off, and technology resource director and professor Jack Thompson says that the growth in the industry is not going to be slowing down anytime soon.
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| Computer Concepts doubling in size |
Computer Concepts of Iowa is doubling the size of its downtown Carroll business.
The expansion and remodeling at 503 N. Main St. is nearing completion, said owner and founder Adam Schweers.
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| Carroll County State Bank
opens new building Monday |
Carroll County State Bank on Monday will open its 21,500-square-feet, three-level new building, dramatically reshaping a highly visible tract in the city’s central business district.
The bank opens for business at the new location just to the east of the long-standing spot at 8:30 a.m., Monday. Full banking services will be operational as Carroll County State Bank has been in a transition period for months.
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| CADC celebrates 25 years as engine for area growth |
The Carroll Area Development Corp. this week marked its 25 anniversary as an engine of job and commercial growth in Carroll County and the surrounding areas.
Current members and past leaders met for a luncheon and historical perspectives at the Carrollton Centre.
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| Storm stays, rebounding economy boost hotel tax |
When the final numbers are in Wednesday Carroll City officials will see a 5 percent increase in hotel-motel tax collection this fiscal year, City Finance Director Laura Schaefer said.
In the fiscal year ending June 30, the city will have collected $204,404 compared with $195,105 for the previous fiscal year.
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| Carroll homes selling faster than last year |
Carroll homes are moving off the market and into the hands of buyers more quickly this year than in 2009, according to data from local realtors’ Multiple Listing Service.
In 2009, the average number days on the market for a single-family home was 101 compared with 81 so far for 2010.
That said, the average sales price for a home fell by 2.3 percent from 2009 to 2010 to this point, going from $110,966 to $108,366.
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| Rapid growth prompts expansion at Puck Custom Enterprises |
According to Ben Puck of Manning, if necessity is the mother of invention, then the need for efficiency must be the father.
Puck, who has incorporated an efficiency theory into a lifetime of agricultural pursuits has used it once again to become an industry leader in drag hose manure application. And he, his wife Kathy and their four children, Jeremy Nancy, Mary and Danny recently celebrated another chapter in the family business with the grand opening of a newly constructed facility for Puck Custom Enterprises (PCE).
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| Big day in Sac County with U.S. 20 groundbreaking |
SAC CITY — Northern Iowa economic-development and business leaders will join federal and state officials in celebrating a groundbreaking today for the beginning of the four-laning of U.S. Highway 20 across Sac County.
The official start is today for a five-mile stretch of federal roadway from N28 on the Sac County-Calhoun County line to N14, one mile east of Sac City. It’s the first phase of the full county four-laning that’s part of a broader effort to see that all 305 miles of U.S. 20 is four-laned across Iowa.
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| Swan Lake generates nearly $10m |
Swan Lake State Park pulled 107,500 visitors and generated $9.7 million in economic activity in 2005, according to the Iowa Parks Foundation.
“That is something to the local economy,” said Kent Sovern, executive director of the Iowa Parks Foundation.
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| U.S. Highway 30 to get new look in Carroll |
U.S. Highway 30 in Carroll is expected to have a decidedly different look before the end of the year as the Corridor of Commerce revitalization moves to the federal route in earnest.
Carroll City Council members Monday approved a bid of $907,000 from Badding Construction for Phase 5 of the Corridor project, which will include decorative paving centerpieces in the intersections of U.S. 30 and Main, Adams and Carroll streets. The plan also includes streetscape work and lighting consistent with the previous phases of the ongoing commercial corridor work.
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| Hotel open in Lake View, interest in related land |
LAKE VIEW — More than 700 people turned out Sunday afternoon for the grand opening of a new hotel in Lake View.
The $1.3 million, 32-room Boulders Inn & Suites is part of a 10-acre development in Lake View south of U.S. 71 and east of Blackhawk Marine.
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| Nepple named Bomgaars
Manager of the Year |
Carroll Bomgaars leader Mark Nepple has been named Manager of the Year for the Sioux City-based chain of 59 stores.
Nepple, 30, a Kuemper Catholic High School graduate and resident of Mount Carmel, earned the honor for the store’s continued strong performance and his role as a leader there, company president Roger Bomgaars said in an interview with the Daily Times Herald.
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