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Ames secures property for 13th and Grand intersection expansion
Ames has acquired one of the two properties it needs to expand a busy intersection. To help tame traffic at the Grand Ave. and 13th Street intersection, Ames is planning to construct four left-turn lanes, expanding the streets in all directions to three lanes. The project will also include a new traffic signal and a shared-use path that runs along the west side of Grand Avenue. The plan requires the city to purchase and demolish Ames Seventh Day Adventist Church at 1303 Grand Ave. and a residential duplex property at 1302 Harding Ave . Multiple temporary easements are also needed. On Oct. 29, the Ames City Council approved a purchase agreement for the Harding Ave. property for $233,000. The cost does not include the $21,000 needed to relocate the tenants that live there, Ames Civil Engineer Mark Gansen said. Five temporary easements were also approved for four properties in the 1300 block of Grand Ave. and one in the 700 block of 12th Street, bringing the total purchase amount to $285,722. More: Fate of 85-year-old church in limbo as Ames seeks demo for road work Ames has already spent just over $74,600 on 10 property easements to aid expansion. The
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Ames Warming Place extends shelter season after successful debut
An overnight shelter in Ames is opening its doors for an extra three months after a successful debut. The Warming Place , based at Ames First United Methodist Church at 516 Kellogg Ave., offers warm shelter on select nights when temperatures are 10 degrees or below. The shelter opened for the first time on Jan. 16 for 27 days until mid-March. More: Longtime Story City friends open health and wellness clinic in Iowa The Warming Place will open as early as Nov. 10 when temperatures are forecasted to be 10 degrees or below, with room for 20 individuals, regardless of their housing situation. Doors will open at 8:45 p.m. and guests may stay until 8 a.m. the next day. The Warming Place stay open until March, three months longer than previously. The Warming Place was founded by several local organizations The Warming Place is a collaborative effort between a number of Story County entities, including Ames Romero House , The Bridge Home , Salvation Army, Mary Greeley Medical Center, City of Ames, Story County Emergency Management, and Ames First United Methodist . Linda Murken, Story County Supervisor and Story County Emergency Management Commission member, helped bring the organizations together in