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From YouTube: State of the City 2020 - Noel Anderson Interview
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State of the City 2020 - Noel Anderson Interview
A
B
C
We
had
a
great
year,
of
course,
they
they
kind
of
track
everything
by
new
permit
valuation,
which
is
all
the
new
residential
commercial
industrial
permits
taken
out.
We
had
161
million,
which
is
our
our
rec.
Our
our
goal
was
100
million
for
the
year.
180
million
is
our
highest
of
the
year,
the
casino.
So
it's
been
a
great
year
and
really
since
2016
mayor
hart
had
us
reorganized
economic
development.
We've
averaged
about
128
million
since
that
time,
so
we're
really
seeing
some
some
good
development
out
there.
C
We
have
the,
of
course
the
lost
island
theme
park
is
is
moving
dirt
out
there.
That's
a
100
million
dollar
investment
that'll
really
bring
all
kinds
of
new
attention
to
waterloo,
new
visitors,
new
tourism
and,
hopefully,
more
new
investment.
That
area
we
have
the
lsb
financial
technology
going
in
the
tech
works
facility.
C
That's
really
a
new
age
technology
type
firm
that
we're
seeing
out
there
and,
of
course,
the
convention
center
in
best
western
downtown,
probably
about
20
million
between
the
two
of
them
in
terms
of
new
investment
redevelopment,
we're
working
on
the
exhibit
hall
we're
working
on
the
entrance.
The
lobby
edition
the
convention
center
to
really
try
to
bring
more
people
back
to
waterloo.
B
C
We
really
are
we're
seeing
great
investment
in
all
portions
of
the
city.
We
have
five
industrial
parks
and
we
have
two
retail
centers
that
we've
kind
of
focused
on
with
our
tax
increment
finance
districts.
You
know
in
the
northeast
industrial
park
we
have
the
ability
for
heavy
sewer,
heavy
water
and
rail.
We
have
the
control
building
going
out
there,
the
largest
building
since
2004,
to
be
built
out
there
up
at
the
airport,
we're
extending
water
and
sewer
to
open
up
300
new
acres
along
the
highway
218
lone
tree
road
interchange.
C
So
we're
really
starting
to
see
some
great
investment
in
those
areas.
It's
really
about
bringing
new
jobs
here,
new
tax
base
here
new
opportunities
for
businesses
here
and,
of
course
that
helps
fuel.
You
know
those
larger
projects
out
there
that
are
bringing
more
employees
that
help
help
bring.
The
retail
that'll
help
bring
the
small
business
development
and
restaurants.
You
bring
the
new
new
large
development
to
bring
the
smaller
development
to
bring
the
people.
I'm.
C
Up
at
north
crossing,
formerly
logan,
plaza,
we've
partnered
with
ben
strow,
a
local
developer
and
now
he's
also
turned
his
attention
to
redeveloping
the
former
kmart
plaza
on
san
martin
and
the
former
logan
plaza
logan,
plaza
now
called
north
crossing.
Of
course,
we've
seen
a
new
quick
star
out
there
we're
seeing
a
new
burger
king
under
construction,
he's
partnered
with
unity,
point
hospital
to
really
bring
a
lot
more
medical
options
up
there
as
well,
and,
of
course
all
of
that
is
at
the
north
end
of
the
highway
63
area,
which
we've
seen
new
business
development.
C
B
C
And
you
know
one
of
the
things
the
city
of
waterloo
has
really
worked
on
is
to
gain
more
housing
in
waterloo
and
we're
also
out
there
to
eliminate
blight
in
waterloo
and
we've
acquired
a
lot
of
lots
so
that
led
to
the
partnership
with
hawkeye
to
try
and
fill
some
of
these
infill
lots
and
try
to
also
work
with
hawkeye's
programs
to
keep
students
out
there
again.
Workforce
is
a
primary
thing
to
bring
new
businesses
here
so
really,
with
hawkeye
community
college.
The
waterloo
career
center
they're
doing
that
to
prepare
the
students.
C
Our
particular
partnership
with
hawkeye
is
to
build
new
houses
on
some
of
our
infill
lots.
We
started
up
on
newell.
We've
actually
sold
the
first
house
for
a
profit,
we're
near
close
to
selling
the
second
house
for
a
profit,
but
again
the
benefits
to
all
that
is
you're,
creating
a
new
workforce
for
the
students,
you're,
creating
infill
development
and
new
investment
in
older
neighborhoods
for
the
city.
B
That's
really
exciting.
All
this
development,
we
know
requires
a
lot
of
planning
collaboration
infrastructure.
Usually
we
all
know
that
infrastructure
projects
aren't
the
sexiest
or
high
profile,
but
we've
seen
some
pretty
spectacular
renderings
of
the
university
avenue
reconstruction.
Can
it
maybe
give
us
an
overview
of
that?
You.
C
Know
really,
we've
been,
we've
been
really
improving
a
lot
of
infrastructure
throughout
the
city
and
our
engineering
department
has
been
a
great
part
of
that.
The
university
avenue
corridor
is
obviously
a
major
one
in
that
area
in
terms
of
its
location
between
the
two
metro
areas.
So
it's
highly
visible.
C
We've
seen
some
businesses
that
have
left
the
university
corridor,
so
our
goal
has
been
to
reinvent
that
corridor
with
new
aesthetics,
new
turning
movements,
we've
added
in
lanes
where
they
can
turn
into
from
new
locations
like
south
hackett
drive,
there'll
be
a
roundabout
going
in
at
fletcher.
We've
actually
created
some
more
commercial
and
industrial
lots
along
the
corridor
as
well
to
try
and
bring
new
businesses
back
to
that
entire
corridor.
C
Some
of
the
the
goals
in
our
strategic
plan
for
the
city
of
waterloo
that
was
adopted
a
number
of
years
back
was
to
create
more
shovel,
ready
lots,
and
so
we
have
really
worked
toward
that
to
try
and
make
it
easier
for
businesses
to
locate
here
our
transportation
systems.
As
we
noted
in
university,
we've
tried
to
make
those
more
business
friendly
for
ingress
and
egress
and
and
visibility.
C
We've
actually
changed
a
lot
of
our
zoning
ordinance
over
the
years
to
try
and
makes
it
more
flexible
through
our
plan
district
creation.
So
it
gives
a
little
bit
more
flexibility
and
layout
and
setbacks,
but
there's
still
a
site
plan
approval
process
and
then,
of
course,
our
infrastructure
that
we've
been
extending
again
to
open
up
new
areas
for
development
has
created
more
opportunities
for
business
out
there.
C
Wow
I
mean
this
year,
you
know
at
this
point:
we
just
got
the
the
reports
we're
four
million
dollars
ahead
of
where
we
were
last
year
at
this
time
and
of
course
it
was
our
second
best
year
ever
so
we're
very
excited
about
the
projects
that
are
out
there.
Normally
in
a
given
year,
we'll
have
one
or
two
large
projects
from
the
state
that
are
looking
here.
C
We
have
about
eight
to
ten
right
now,
so
we've
got
a
lot
of
exciting
things
happening
out
there
and,
of
course
again
the
the
excitement
of
the
theme
park,
I
think,
is
drawing
a
lot
of
attention
from
other
parts
of
the
state
for
businesses
to
come
and
look
at
this
area.
So
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
great
things
about
to
happen.