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Widening Alice’s Road – the Growth of a Major Corridor

Waukee’s project to widen Alice’s Road is now complete. The once two-lane, 1.25-mile stretch of Alice’s Road between SE University Avenue and NE Horizon Drive in Waukee is now a six-lane road.

The first phase of improvements t...

Laborshed Study to Be Conducted in Waukee

The Waukee Community & Economic Development Department is partnering with Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Economic Development Authority to complete a Laborshed employment study for the Waukee area. This study will geographically define which comm...

City of Waukee Finalizes New Comprehensive Plan

Waukee has transformed from a small bedroom community (in 1999, the population was 5,076) to a city with a current estimated population of 22,810 (U.S. Census Bureau), following 10.3 percent growth in 2018. As that upward trend is expected to continue, th...

Fleet Farm to Open New Store in Waukee's Kettlestone Development

Fleet Farm announced plans to open a new store in Waukee as part of the company’s plans to nearly double its store presence by 2023. The new store will be the company’s sixth Iowa store; Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids stores are opening ...

Waukee Development Quarterly Update - July 2017

With population growing by an estimated three people per day, it is no surprise that development was also booming in Waukee in 2016. The City of Waukee’s Development Services Department issued a total of 1,124 building permits in 2016 &ndash...