First Lady Laura Bush Visits Waukee First Lady Laura Bush spoke to about 1,500 Iowa Republicans during a rally at the Waukee Public High School on November 3, 2002. The First Lady was joined on stage by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley and four men at the top of the 2002 Republican ticket – gubernatorial candidate Doug Gross, U.S. Senate candidate Greg Ganske, U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, and U.S. House candidate Stan Thompson. During the First Lady’s visit she put a greater emphasis on women by recognizing each candidate's wife by name. Presidential Candidate George W. Bush paid a visit to Waukee in 2000 during his final stretch on the road to the White House.
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Special Interest Articles: First Lady Visits Waukee
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Waukee Boasts High-tech Digital System
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Waukee Welcomes A Record Number of New Businesses in 2002
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Waukee Assists Funding Of Private School Expansion In West Des Moines 5
Congressman Tom Latham, Congressional Candidate Stan Thompson, First Lady Laura Bush, and Gubernatorial Candidate Doug Gross.
Waukee Has Record Year for Building Permits Residential Development Remains the Driving Force
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Waukee Purchases Parkland
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Airport Leaders Move Forward With Master Plan
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Waukee's Sky Box Completed
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Waukee has the unique distinction of being the fastest growing community
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Waukee Plans Another New School
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Waukee Has Record Year for Building Permits
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in the fastest growing county in the state of Despite a sluggish national economy, the Iowa. “I continue to be encouraged by the City of Waukee issued a record number of steady growth we have experienced”, said building permits in 2002. At the December Mark Arentsen, Waukee’s City 16, 2002 City Council Meeting, Dennis Administrator. In 2002, the City issued Dowell, the Waukee Code Compliance $20.6 million in residential, $6.4 million in Officer, announced to the City Council that townhomes/condo, $5.8 million in Waukee had surpassed all previous years multifamily, and $5.6 million in commercial in building permit valuation. Waukee has permits. continued to experience steady residential Millions and commercial growth despite the $25 tentative national economy. Waukee Building Permits Jody T. Gunderson, $20 1996 to 2002 Waukee Community Development Director, said a couple of factors have $15 contributed to the City’s growth. “A forty year low in residential mortgage rates certainly serves as one factor that would $10 explain much of the growth in that sector,” said Gunderson. However, a community $5 must still be viewed as a desirable place to live; low $0 interest rates do not dictate Resi dent where homes are built. ia T Othe r
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