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From YouTube: This Week In Ames | Lincoln Way Corridor Plan
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The Lincoln Corridor Plan is here, hear from Planning & Housing Director Kelly Diekman on what that means for the selected areas.
A
A
A
Guess
today
is
Kelly
Diekman
planning
and
housing
director
for
the
city
of
Ames
Kelly.
Welcome
to
the
show,
thank
you.
So
you've
had
a
pretty
busy
year
with
a
lot
of
big
projects,
but
before
before
we
get
into
that.
Tell
me
a
little
bit
about
your
background
and
how
you
became
the
planning
and
housing
director
sure.
B
I've
been
with
the
city
for
about
three
and
a
half
years
now,
I
have
been
working
mostly
on
the
west
coast
in
Oregon
and
California.
Before
that,
I've
worked
a
lot
in
in
urban
planning,
doing
a
lot
of
process
for
environmental
review,
looking
at
infill
development,
and
then
we
migrated
James
for
Chancellor,
a
different
environment
and
a
higher
quality
life
and.
A
B
Considerably
different
you
have
in
the
west
coast,
especially
in
California
origin,
you
have
a
lot
more
top-down
from
the
state
level,
telling
you
what
you
must
comply
with
and
how
to
approach
your
projects.
And
then
you
deal
with
a
lot
of
details
at
the
local
level
in
Iowa.
You
don't
have
top-down
planning,
the
state's
enables
planning,
but
doesn't
really
tell
you
how
you
have
to
go
about
it.
B
A
Recently,
we've
had
a
lot
of
momentum
with
a
big
project.
The
lincoln-way
corridor
plan
moving
forward
moving
ahead,
it's
taken
up
a
lot
of
your
time.
Lincoln-Way,
a
very
exciting
road
goes
all
the
way
through
Ames
6.6
miles
of
it.
A
lot
of
people
drive
it
so
much.
They
don't
think
about
it.
They
walk
it.
They
bike
it,
but
it
really
connects
the
community
right.
B
And
actually
the
corridor
plan
is
trying
to
give
us
a
little
bit
of
everything
recognizing
exactly
like
you
said
it
ties
the
community
together,
but
it
doesn't
feel
like
its
own
place.
Ever.
You
always
feel
like
you're,
just
kind
of
passing
through
places
now
campustown.
You
know
you're
in
you're
in
campustown,
but
really
that's
the
only
place
you
probably
recognize
it
somewhere
in
has
an
identity.
So
the
plan
is
pretty
ambitious.
It
has
an
idea
that
we
should
be
able
to
aesthetically
improve
the
whole
corridor
across
the
city.
B
We
should
be
able
to
improve
chances
for
pedestrians
and
bicyclists.
Although
people
might
use
the
corridor
for
bicycling
and
walking
it's
not
always
conducive
to
that,
it's
definitely
can
eat
improvements.
So
those
kind
of
basics
for
everybody
are
in
the
plan.
Then
we
went
a
little
bit
further
and
said
what
kind
of
land
uses
our
building
types.
B
A
B
B
Essentially,
the
area
around
west
IV,
which
operates
kind
of
that
community
commercial
area
that
serves
west
ames,
very
critical
to
everybody's
life
in
West
aims
for
access
to
two
restaurants
to
groceries
to
just
other
activities
out
there,
and
you
have
campus
town
and
its
kind
of
transition
or
migration
further
west.
How
does
the
city
really
plan
to
see
additional
housing
kind
of
redeveloped
there
to
replace
some
of
the
more
older
structures?
So
that's
a
different
area.
That's
a
lot
different
than
West
ivy
and.
B
The
medians
do
exist
already:
they're,
not
really
landscape.
They're
planted
that's
kind
of
in
a
holding
pattern
for
a
number
of
years.
So
that's
one
of
those
beautification
things
that
kind
of
works
with
traffic
safety,
so
we're
still
working
through
how
traffic
safety
and
pedestrian
safety
work
in
the
campus
town
area,
but
then
how
we
bring
some
beautification
streetscape
into
that
as
well.
So.
B
So
we're
trying
to
do
it
together
in
planning
it's
a
lot
better.
If
we
recognize
the
street
really
contributes
to
the
character,
rather
than
just
think
of
it
as
a
way
for
a
car
to
pass
through
somewhere,
so
usually
in
planning,
and
your
urban
design
gets
a
lot
better
when
you
think
about
how
you
interact
with
the
transportation
areas
as
well
as
the
buildings
for
not
just
design
and
looks,
but
how
they
function
as
well.
Okay,.
B
After
we
leave
campus
time,
we
kind
of
have
kind
of
a
general
area.
Well,
you
know
past
the
Iowa
State
Center
and
getting
to
Creek.
Then
we
get
to
one
of
our
core
neighborhoods
of
called
the
oak
Riverside
neighborhood
and
it's
an
interesting
little
neighbor
had
lots
of
small
family
homes
a
lot
of
history
in
that
neighborhood,
real,
active,
vital
neighborhood.
That's
engaged
in
a
lot
of
things
in
the
community,
so
there's
an
example
area
of
trying
to
look
at.
Could
some
of
these
houses
ever
transition
to
something
else?
B
It's
really
compatible
with
the
homes
rather
than
say
we
want
big
redevelopment
to
come
in
with
apartments.
Neighborhood
is
really
clear
that
the
apartments
are
not
a
big
resource
that
they're
looking
for,
and
we
absolutely
acknowledge
that.
That's
not
a
real
compatible
thing
there.
So
we're
trying
to
look
at.
Can
you
do
incremental
change?
B
Add
maybe
some
small
housing
types
that
might
work
for
for
new
people
in
the
neighborhood
as
well
as
be
compatible
for
existing
residents,
and
then
you
get
to
some
of
the
more
interesting
areas
that
are
really
kind
of
open
for
big
redevelopment.
We
had
one
area,
that's
across
from
the
d-o-t:
that's
a
centered
on
Elm
Street
or
do
t
own
some
property
on
the
north
side
of
lincoln
way.
We're
not
saying
vot
ever
goes
away
from
the
city,
but
there's
a
lot
of
kind
of
leftover
properties.
B
There,
a
dota
owns
a
big
piece
and
you
can
envision
long-term
some
real
substantial
changes
there.
It's
not
going
to
happen
today
that
the
plan
did
look
at
well.
What
could
have
unique
uses?
Can
we
put
there
for
live
work
spaces?
Maybe
what
we
would
call
flex
space
or
you
allow
for
more
open
areas
to
either
work
or
live
or
to
have
just
kind
of
any
kind
of
activity
that
really
wants
to
be
there
and.
B
B
I
think
long
term,
we
kind
of
decided
in
the
process
that
the
prospects
long-term
are
really
interesting,
but
not
right.
Now
it's
not
the
one
that
shows
as
being
available
today.
So
then
we
get
to
go
to
what's
probably
the
most
interesting,
or
at
least
the
highest
priority
for
us,
I.
Think
from
a
lot
of
different
factors
which
is
to
get
to
what
we're
calling
the
downtown
gateway
area,
which
is
centered
on
Kellogg
in
Lincoln
Way,
and
really
we're
looking
at
all
the
way
from
Duff
to
Clark.
B
So
it's
it's
a
pretty
substantial
area
and
it's
not
just
a
downtown
gateway
in
a
sense
of
awe.
Let's
put
up
some
wayfinding
signs
that
say
downtown
this
way.
It's
like
how
do
we
add
complementary
uses
things
that
will
actually
actually
add
energy
to
downtown,
add
more
interest
to
the
community
for
things
that
we
want
to
go
at
the
destination
not
just
passed
by,
as
may
be
what
we
call
strip
commercials,
yeah.
B
A
B
So
that
again
we're
trying
to
bring
all
the
layers,
and
so
we
need
to
recognize
that
it's
currently
a
highway.
We
would
like
to
see
that
maybe
transition
to
a
more
moderate
level
traffic
in
the
future
when
we
do
the
grand
avenue
extension,
so
that
frees
up
some
space
to
look
at
wider
sidewalks,
better
bike
facilities.
That's.
B
B
We
do
have
to
be
aware
of
that
as
a
highway,
but
we're
really
looking
for
here
is
not
just
some
streetscape
improvements
with
new
signage
or
lights,
but
really
promote
changing
the
whole
landscape
about
how
the
buildings
look.
What
the
uses
are
there,
so
I
think.
The
key
idea
here
was
that
we
want
to
be
proactive.
B
As
a
city
city
council,
looked
at
this
last
night
and
decided
hey,
we
are
in
for
these
ideas
that
bring
more
use,
maybe
support
this
with
with
public
investment
in
terms
of
street
right
away
or
maybe
parking
that
could
bring
a
unique
use
to
the
area.
So
that's
something
we're
going
to
be
following
up
on
here.
You
probably
hear
a
lot
more
about
in
the
summers
or
to
the
real
the
redevelopment
options
here.
How
can
the
city
partner
with
something
to
get
a
unique
or
creative
use
that
you
wouldn't
normally
get
well.
A
B
I
think
a
lot
of
people
really
focus
on
the
on
the
downtown
gateway.
As
how
do
you
continue
to
do
infill
development,
which
really
fits
our
Smart
Growth
ethic
and
our
sustainability
ethics
as
a
community?
It
also
brings
a
lot
of
economic
development
opportunities
to
city
and
just
continues
to
reinforce
that
we're
a
community,
that's
investing
in
ourselves
and
trying
to
grow
in
a
smart
way.
So.
A
A
If
you
want
more
information
about
the
lincoln-way
quarter,
plan
go
to
our
website
city
of
ames
org,
look
under
planning
and
you'll
find
it
under.
What's
new,
just
one
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until
May.
First,
so
make
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to
get
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discounted
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before
that
date.
Remember,
the
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will
open
on
memorial
day
weekend.
Well,
that's
our
show
for
today,
thanks
for
watching
and
tune
in
next
week
for
this
week
in
Ames.