Building Reports Show Great Forward Momentum in Waukee

Good news came in the form of building permits for city officials in Waukee last week.

Brad Deets, interim city administrator, reported that the city had its best overall fiscal year in new valuations to the tune of $82 million, the highest since 2006.

The city also had its best June since 2006 with 29 building permits filed for new, single family homes. In 2011, that number was only 22.

In terms of commercial development, the 2011-12 fiscal year was one of the city's best ever raking in almost $12.8 million in new business development. The number almost doubles that of 2011.

Waukee residents should begin seeing more tangible evidence of development as a much anticipated store opens next spring, 2013.

Residential development won't be hard to gauge either in 2013. With the opening of the Waukee schools' seventh elementary - in West Des Moines - there's evidence of a city that's outgrowing its own borders.