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Ankeny's first fire department, a volunteer department, was established in 1907 and sparsely outfitted. Four significant fires ravaged the business district (locally known as uptown) between 1932 and 1940, but businesses rebuilt. [7] [11]
Ankeny is planning to transform a section of the High Trestle Trail, in a multi-year project, into an experience park that will attract visitors with public art, interactive elements and new ...
In 1895, the Franklin Park Conservatory opened to the public and was owned and operated by the department until 1989. [5] In 1904, the city formed an 18-member park commission and maintained playgrounds in four city parks. [6] The City Recreation Department was founded on July 15, 1910, and opened up five recreation centers in the following two ...
As with the other refuges within the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, the primary management goal of Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge is to provide high quality wintering habitat for geese, especially the dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis subsp. occidentalis), to ensure healthy, viable goose populations while minimizing goose browse damage to crops on private agricultural ...
Hope Kimberley is seeking rezoning to allow for mixed-use development on another 300 acre parcel annexed last year into Ankeny's city limits between Ankeny Boulevard and Delaware Avenue, south of ...
With the High Trestle Trail, the 26-mile (42 km) Neal Smith Trail, which generally follows the east bank of the Des Moines River and often is called the East River Trail, and the connector between those two trails which is called the Ankeny connector, both Des Moines and Big Creek State Park are accessible along paved trails. [5] [6] [17] [26] [27]
In the wake of AmeriFlora, Franklin Park Conservatory's future lay in question. Ohio Legislature created the Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District for the long-term management of the conservatory. Ownership of the conservatory and surrounding 28 acres was conferred to a new 10-member board of trustees and an executive director.
The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks system was created in 1945 after a study was commissioned by the Columbus and Franklin County planning commissioners. The study endorsed the development of a metro park system with the area's rivers and streams as idea land for the parks modeled after the Cleveland Metroparks. The parks would also ...