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From YouTube: This Week in Ames
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Susan sits down with new Planning & Housing Director Kelly Diekmann.
A
B
A
B
B
I
actually
did
come
to
Iowa
State
for
one
year,
but
not
as
a
planning.
Undergraduate
I
was
actually
a
chemistry
major
for
a
year
before
I
decided
to
take
time
off
from
school
and
reevaluate.
What
what
else
I
could
do?
With
my
other
look
at
what
other
professional
options
we
had
and
then
I
went
back
to
South,
Dakota
State,
so.
A
B
There's
lots
of
needs
in
a
community
development
can
satisfy
some
of
those,
whether
it's
new
housing
opportunities,
whether
it's
new
shopping
opportunities
or
its
reinvesting
in
current
buildings
or
property,
just
to
for
its
upkeep
or
maintenance
and
improvement
to
the
two
of
everybody,
that's
going
to
be
going
buyer
or
wanting
to
experience
at
a
neighborhood
in
the
city.
So
those
are
some
of
the
things.
I
think
that
planning
really
helps
promote
in
a
community.
B
Other
things
that
we
we
can
do
in
planning
is
look
at
just
the
details
of
development
and
architectural
elements,
look
at
preservation
and
natural
resources,
integrating
different
features
of
a
project
for
for
planning,
for
infrastructure
improvements
in
the
city
and
and
how
we
can
do
better
transportation,
planning,
better
bicycle
planning.
Well,
all
aspects
of
what
we
experience
on
a
day-to-day
basis
can
be
integrated
into
the
planning
process
and
aims
looks
at
all
of
those
things
at
different
levels
and
at
different
times
with
their
high
level.
B
A
B
That's
that's.
A
key
part
of
the
planning
is
trying
to
stress
where
your
priorities
are
in
a
community.
It
doesn't
mean
that
everything
changes
you
identify
all
of
your
priorities,
whether
it's
conservation
or
growth,
or
whether
there's
different
areas
that
you
think
would
be
better
to
change
or
to
develop,
and
in
ames
we
have
a
policy
of
trying
to
look
at
where
the
smart
growth
of
the
city
can
be
strategically
to
look
for
whether
it
should
be
future
annexations.
B
Whether
there's
more
reinvestment
in
word
of
the
community,
which
is
called
infill,
development
in
ames,
tries
to
balance
both
of
those
perspectives,
and
we
look
at
where
conservation
is
more
important
than
development
and
where
the
opportunities
are
for
development.
At
the
same
time
to
meet
those
ongoing
community
needs
where
we're
growing
and
thriving
community
I
would.
A
B
Is
one
of
those
challenges
that
when
you
have
another
government
agency
and
entity,
it's
very
similar?
If
you
have
a
lot
of
federal
property
in
your
city
or
a
lot
of
state
property
in
your
city
where
they
run
their
operations,
is
you
gets
to
run
their
operations
and
use
their
land
to
meet
their
needs?
So
it
does
provide
some
challenges.
Now
we
have
a
relationship
of
trying
to
coordinate
the
needs
of
ISU
with
objectives
that
we
have
a
city.
So
that's
that's
helpful.
B
We
have
some
common
goals
of
looking
for
reinvestment
around
campus
town
in
the
campus
to
support
those
interests
there,
but
we
do
have
to
do
a
lot
of
coordination.
Some
things
are
just
not
able
to
be
done,
because
is
you
has
a
long
history
of
using
their
property
for
AG
researcher
for
some
things
that
are
very
beneficial
to
the
college
into
the
community
overall,
and
we
have
to
look
at
other
options
for
doing
things,
other
alternatives
in
different
parts
of
town
or
four
different
ways
of
doing
things
times
and.
A
B
A
B
That
the
city
does
have
a
what's
called
in
the
arms,
the
Ames
urban
fringe
plan
and
that's
a
cooperative
agreement
between
Story,
County
and
Gilbert,
and
aims
to
cooperate
a
look
at
growth
issues
between
the
county
and
Gilbert
and
aims.
And
really
there
is
an
agreement
that
the
city
won't
get
within
a
mile
of
Gilbert
and
Gilbert
when
vice
versa
come
further
south
as
well.
So
there
will
always
be
a
gap.
As
this
cooperative
agreement
exists
between
the
city,
there
would
be
other
potential
build-out
of
some
of
the
areas
that
have
started
to
develop.
A
B
B
Part
of
it
comes
down
to
desire
with,
with
the
growth
of
the
college,
there's
an
interest
in
a
lot
of
single
family
development
to
the
north,
which
is
really
a
strong
market
for
a
lot
of
different
housing
types
for
that
and
then
in
the
South.
You
actually
have
a
good
residential
market
as
well,
which
is
kind
of
looking
a
little
bit
differently
than
then
just
maybe
a
college
employments
in
core,
because
you
have
great
highway
30
access
and
then
you
have
the
business
park
expanding
and
growing.
B
So
there's
really
a
strong
demand
for
housing
down
there
too.
It's
kind
of
a
little
bit
different
niche
of
the
market,
then
maybe
what
Ames
has
even
seen
traditionally,
the
biggest
factor
in
the
south
is
that
Iowa
State,
Research
Park
is
looking
to
expand
and
that's
rapidly
coming
up
to
us,
we're
looking
at
working
with
them
and
the
expansion
to
double
the
size.
To
add
about
two
hundred
acres
of
land
for
new
opportunities
out
there.
The
state
of
Iowa
is
recognized.
B
This
is
a
very
important
project
for
Economic
Development,
to
not
just
ames
in
story
county
but
really
to
the
state.
So
there's
a
lot
of
investment.
That's
going
to
go
on
out
there
and
the
city
wants
to
be
prepared
to
respond
not
just
from
a
job
space,
but
also
look
what
the
housing
needs
are
and
what,
if
we
have
four
opportunities
for
all
types
of
housing,
whether
it's
in
the
south
or
the
north,
there's
a
really
a
need
in
a
lot
of
different
parts
of
the
city
for
different
reasons.
That.
A
B
A
B
It'll
be
very
complimentary
into
the
campus
and
sense
that
you're
going
to
end
up
with
a
much
more
contemporary
building
frontage,
with
with
new
development
occurring
there.
Some
of
these
standalone
parking
lot
based
buildings
will
be
changed
over
into
a
more
more
urban
design,
oriented
multi-use
building,
which
you
may
have
parking
behind
the
building
with
buildings.
Up
at
the
front,
you
have
a
chance
for
some
street
activity
of
sidewalk
activity,
more
pedestrian
friendly
features,
and
that's
really
the
benefit.
B
That's
coming
from
that
kind
of
investment
is
yeah
you're,
getting
a
housing
benefit,
but
you're,
also
making
a
public
space
that
a
lot
of
people
would
like
to
see
improved
and
give
them
some
more
opportunities
to
do
different
things
in
the
city
and
one
of
those
options
is
going
to
be
a
long
lincoln-way
as
these
projects
redevelop.
So.
A
Is
a
campus
town
redevelopment,
considered
sort
of
a
multi-generational
kind
of
project,
and
no
right
now,
campus
town
is
looked
at,
is
more
of
an
asset
for
students
at
25
years
ago,
I
think
there
was
more
of
a
mixed
crowd
using
accessing
those
businesses.
How
do
you
see
that
playing
out
in
the
future
I.
B
Think
it's
there's
a
lot
of
commercial
opportunity
there,
and,
and
really
what
you're
most
likely
to
see
is
the
student
housing
demand
will
drive
the
housing
side
of
it,
especially
in
the
near
term
as
the
enrollment
increases
in.
Is
you
you're
going
to
see
a
strong
need
for
that
I
think
the
commercial
opportunities
is
where
you're
going
to
see
the
ability
to
meet
multiple
needs
throughout
the
community.
When
you
have
these
new
retail
spaces
created
it's
it's
different
than
these.
B
The
smaller
spaces
that
have
been
there
in
the
past,
so
you'll
have
a
mix
of
the
more
local
establishments
and
local
cafes
and
restaurants,
but
she
also
might
start
to
introduce
other
kind
of
more
traditional
retail
elements
back
into
campus
town.
So
you
might
have
more
of
a
need
from
across
town
to
come
there
and
want
to
experience
a
more
of
an
urban
environment.
He'll
still
be
different
than
downtown
it.
B
A
B
B
But
you
know
the
big
resource
of
that
parking
structure
is
to
allow
for
people
to
come
into
campus
town
and
get
out
of
their
car
experience
campustown.
The
way
it's
meant
to
be,
which
is
on
a
pedestrian
scale,
not
just
a
drive-in
kind
of
commercial
shopping
center
experience.
It's
really
what
we're
trying
to
get
is
people
out
of
their
cars
and
to
walk
through
the
area
so.
A
B
So
city
council
is,
for
a
number
of
years
had
a
program
where
they
they
leveraged
just
a
matching
amount
of
money
up
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars
to
to
a
business,
to
do
exterior
facade
improvements,
not
just
maintenance
but
actually
do
facade
improvements
that
bring
character
back
to
a
building.
If
that's
been
removed-
and
you
have
a
couple
of
options,
you
can
do
histórico
ly
consistent
designs
or
you
can
implement
their
more
retailer
commercial
oriented
features
and
it's
been
a
very
successful
program
for
us.
B
We've
been
approving
on
average
anywhere
from
three
or
four
or
five
building
facades
a
year.
We
just
authorized
another
three,
this
pasts,
this
past
fall
so
you'll
start
to
see
some
more
work,
downtown,
I
think
every
year
you
see
a
couple
of
different
buildings,
so
I'm
getting
the
facades,
improved.
Sure.
B
The
side
little
barricades
a
couple
of
months
ago,
some
windows
will
change
and
some
some
materials
might
change
and
that
awnings
might
come
back
into
it.
Depending
on
what
they're
doing
we
think
it's
been
with
a
very
successful
program.
The
amount
of
investment
we've
seen
in
downtown
far
outpaces.
What
we
give
has
the
matching
grant
to
two
people
to
do
that.
It's
just
enough
to
kick
off
interest
and
I.
B
Think
when
people
start
to
see
that
there's
a
program
in
an
interest
by
the
city,
they
start
to
look
into
it
and
they
start
to
see
what
the
benefits
are
to
them.
And
it's
not
so
much
about
the
city
subsidy.
It's
about
the
support
and
the
policy
of
the
city
to
support
that,
and
people
want
to
see
that
investment
downtown's
doing
very
well.
It's
it's
full.
A
B
A
Part
of
your
department
is
the
neighborhood
liaison
position
again.
Did
that
outreach
to
a
neighborhood
associations,
keeping
the
lines
of
communication
open?
That's
been
a
really
a
popular
position.
In
the
past
years,
we've
seen
growth
in
the
neighborhood
newsletter,
the
quarterly
publication
that
goes
out
to
active
neighborhood
associations
and
we've
seen
growth
in
the
number
of
neighborhood
associations.
So
how
do
you
feel
about
this?
The
involvement
of
the
residents
in
those
right.
B
So
kind
of
just
outside
of
just
planning
for
projects,
we
do
have
an
interest
in
neighborhood
planning
councils
very
into
supporting
existing
neighborhoods.
So
so
council
has
supported
the
planning
department
through
staffing,
a
position
to
work
with
neighbor.
It's
just
on
neighborhood
issues
it
doesn't
have
to
be
about
a
development
project
could
just
be
about
issues
in
a
neighborhood.
What
can
what
can
we
do
to
even
build
continuity
with
our
neighbors?
It
doesn't
have
to
even
be
physical
improvements,
but
we
have
a
staff
available
to
help
with
neighborhood
meetings.
B
There's
a
block
party
trailer
that
we
have
in
the
summer
months,
they'll.
Let
people
try
and
organize
a
little
social
gathering
to
try
and
get
people
to
come
together
and
we're
also
there
if,
if
neighborhood
does
have
a
meeting-
and
they
want
to
have
questions
about-
maybe
something
that's
changing
in
their
neighborhood,
whether
it's
a
city
project
or
whether
it's
a
development
project
where
we're
able
to
come
to
your
meaning
and
talk
to
you
with
about
that.
What
are
the
implications?
How
can
things
work
for
you
and
other
times?
B
We've
also
done
plans
for
an
area.
If
there's
a
strong
interest
in
certain
parts
of
the
neighborhood,
we
we
have
done
neighborhood
plans
before
to
try
and
look
at
whether
public
infrastructure
could
she
be
changed
or
improved.
Whether
there's
different
ways
of
integrating
development,
as
things
have
may
be,
redeveloped
or
and
filled
over
time.
So
there's
a
lot,
there's
a
broad
aspect
to
the
neighborhood
planning
from
just
working
on
social
interaction,
to
also
working
on
physical
layout
of
neighborhoods.
Well,.
A
B
So
Ames
has
a
Housing
division.
Most
of
our
funding
at
this
point
in
time
comes
from
federal
grants
through,
what's
called
the
community
block
between
you,
Development
Block
Grant,
find
provided
by
by
HUD
from
the
federal
government,
and
those
funds
are
really
used
to
provide
for
infrastructure
improvements
to
support
housing
needs
of
neighborhoods.
We
spend
time
doing.
B
And
utility
improvements
to
support
existing
neighborhoods,
it
does
have
a
requirement
to
work
into
low-income
areas.
So
there
are,
there
are
restrictions
on
where
we
spend
the
money
does
have
to
have
benefit
to
to
low-income
areas,
and
it
can
subsidize
certain
elements
of
housing
projects.
It
mostly
works
on
on.
How
do
you
provide
for
safe
and
affordable
housing
in
your
community,
and
you
have
a
lot
of
choices
on
that?
We
do
a
five-year
plan.
B
We're
just
going
to
be
starting
an
update
to
that
consolidated
plan
here
later
this
year,
which
will
be
setting
out
what
the
policy
is
for
the
city
for
another
five
years
on
different
programs,
and
we
use
that
for
neighborhood
reinvestment.
We
can
do
cleanup
and
maintenance
of
buildings.
We
can
do
acquisition
of
foreclosures.
We
can
help
with
individual
property
owners
that
may
need
assistance
with
them
rehabilitation
of
their
house
if
their
qualifying.
B
B
B
A
As
we
get
into
the
month
of
October,
remember
yard,
waste
free
days
is
coming
up.
The
first
yard
waste
free
day
will
be
held
from
eight
a.m.
to
four
p.m.
on
saturday
october.
19Th,
there's
several
more
dates
that
are
happening
in
November,
so
be
sure
to
check
the
website
for
more
information.
Also,
if
you
have
young
trick-or-treaters
in
your
house
and
want
to
know
when
trick-or-treating
day
is
in
Ames,
it
is
from
5
30
to
7
30
on
Thursday
October
thirty-first.