Iowa is one step closer to adding a second statewide four-lane, east-west roadway. A 20 mile long stretch of four-lane Highway 20 was opened Wednesday afternoon between Moorland and Rockwell City... READ MORE: Iowa is one step closer to adding a second statewide four-lane, east-west roadway. A 20 mile long stretch of four-lane Highway 20 was opened Wednesday afternoon between Moorland and Rockwell City
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ReplyDeleteHey, wasn't this about the time that monster sonic boom was heard in our area? Allegedly this sonic boom was caused once they cut the ribbon and there was a tremendous vacuum created in Rockwell City as businesses and shoppers were rapidly draining the city.
ReplyDeleteOooh Sac City can't ya wait for our bypass section? Curtis keep us up to date on Rockwell City and all the growth happening in their downtown
Well....
ReplyDeleteI noticed that the taco place inside of the Kum n Go has already hightailed it outta there. *shock*disbelief*
You know, I'd love to keep track of what's going on in downtown Rockwell City except for the fact that there is now zero reason to come within 5 miles of the place.
What that town needs is a big banner over old twenty that says, "Welcome Interstate Travelers".
I miss Taco John's. All Sac has to do is look at Rockwell to see what there future holds. While new 20 will be great for travelers it will be death for the small towns that it bypasses.
ReplyDeleteThe only business I can see in Sac City that will be affected by the bypass is the old Pronto/Sac 66/Whatever it is today Gas station. Casey's won't close mostly due to the fact that Casey's have shown that they can operate just fine in towns that are smaller than Sac City and further away from Main Highways/Interstate/Etc..
ReplyDeleteIf you think the local downtown businesses will take a hit because of the bypass I just can't agree with you. How many people that shop at Duckwalls, Food Pride, Marjos, Details, etc.. are people just passing through. Yes they will see a decrease probably, but not to the point where it is going to make or break a business other than a gas station.
If a business does close, they have the bypass to blame instead of just normally slow business, bad business model, or lack of consumer needs.
People already go to Carroll or Storm Lake to grocery shop instead of Food Pride and I don't think that has much to do with the future bypass.
Just my thoughts...
Anonymous December 16, 2010 11:49 AM,
ReplyDeleteYou and I agree. Some businesses will lose money and some businesses will close. Tell me again why you're in favor of that?
to anonymous Dec.16@11:49......It's funny that you state that downtown businesses won't be hurt much. You are so wrong on this one. I know for a fact that Details has had weddings booked on the other side of the state just by their window displays. Those people have all been "just passing through." Keiths Interiors has sold rugs to people "passing through" because some in the window are eye catching, Our Collectables store has made sales to people "passing through". Mabye go talk to your business owners and find out what's really at stake here. I have. We already have a whole block of downtown Main Street that will sit and rot like the rest of the empty buildings. It is very sad what this town might look like 10 years from now. We don't even have an Antique Store to bring people in off the highway anymore. Oh, and Casey's sure will survive because they will RELOCATE out to the highway. Gotta' love that corporate dollar!!! Keep painting those pretty pics. in your head. You sure will need them when this town starts to look like a rat hole!!! The truck stop in Early ...closed!! Then,if you want we can get into tax monies from these businesses and sales that help in education!! It's a bigger problem than you know. It's about way more than just a 4lane highway...
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, let me see, if I haven't heard right Duckwalls is already closing, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAlso I have heard, not a done deal yet, but Casey's is moving from in Early to out by the new Highway. Casey's has changed in ownership, I think, they bought out 7&11 stores and no longer are obligated to stay in small towns.
These Truck Stops, anymore are like Mini Malls, they carry everything, not just pop, gas & chips. They carry Arby's, Godfather's Pizza, McDonalds, Taco John's, Subway, or any chain that wants to buy a lease. Pretty much one stop shop.
Also you can't tell me that if you buy groceries in Carroll, Storm Lake & Fort Dodge, that the urge of those big shopping stores, like Wallmart, Target & KMart, don't catch your eye and stop there too?
It is not about lack of consumer products in your small towns, I bet if you looked real hard, you could find just about everything you need in Sac City.
Why don't you say what you really mean, it is convenience of shopping at one store, rather than having to walk accross the street or drive from one end of town to the other, to find what you need.
Just wait, when this highway is done, the more people that drive out of town and the less traffic going thru it, the more your tax dollars will go up, the farther your kids will travel to school, the more your house will depreciate.
Also Industry doesn't build in the United States anymore they build in Mexico & over seas.
Also when you buy out of town, you are supporting their school and making their town grow & grow bigger and better. So where is your school & town, gonna make up for this?
yep, am sure the sonic boom came from the vacuum created by the bypass sucking the life out of Rockwell City!
ReplyDeleteThe businesses on old highway 20 get hurt not by a loss of traffic coming through, but by the loss of business as it is so much more convenient for local shoppers to hop on a bypass to get to better shopping opportunities.
And research shows that yes, some communities see growth as new businesses and industry come in adjacent to the bypass. But they come near cities that have great things to offer. Sac has admittedly neglected its infrastructure and has a very high tax rate. Why would a business choose that over a "better" town?
And research also shows that for each community that does benefit from a bypass, about 10 fold get hurt.
As a final side note though, Sac City is so much better than Rockwell City. But Manson will get the monster truck stop, and the development, wanna bet?
Wow! look at that photo, too bad they hadn't opened the road a few minutes earlier, my what a well timed semi could do with that group!
ReplyDeleteThe bypass will be good for NW Iowa, it will NOT be good for Sac City or Sac County. Who pays madam executive secretary's salary? Oh, that's right, the residents of Sac County. We are fools apparently.
Just heard from a pretty reliable source that Casey's in Rockwell City was averaging 179 customers coming in for coffee, doughnuts, etc. for the first 3 hours everyday, now since the new highway has opened they are averaging 13 customers.
ReplyDeleteI'm not buying those statistics.
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