Iowa's Quality of Life
Joseph Vesterfelt
Like we talked about at the Iowa Hall of Pride the Carroll community knows about the dilemma of having the young people leave the city. So we have been trying to improve our quality of life for the young people. Thanks to many people in the city we have added a skate park and aquatic center to try to attract the young people of the community to return. Our community is also seeking to add an arts center to the mix because there is a lot of cultural diversity that is starting to grow. The people in the city have recognized that times are changing and are fighting to stay ahead of the game.
I enjoyed talking to Davis Sanders from RDG Planning and Design talking about their efforts in turning new projects green. I thought about my community and how we have added many wind turbines, but have yet to create green buildings. One of the things that think our community can do to improve the quality of life is to add green building to our list. I would like to see us focus on becoming green in our designs. I feel that one area should be our schools. All of the focus of green building has been on industries, but I feel that to encourage our children to be green we need to show them at a young age what we mean. I also feel the need for smart schools to help keep Iowa ahead of the learning curve.
Just like Des Moines, Carroll offers its citizens a quality of life that should be enticing to many people. We take pride in our parks and trails. Carroll may be small but the people are open and friendly. We pride our community for our local business and many people support attracting new ones to make our community grow. We are a small community with a big heart.
Oct 2, 2009 4:20 PM
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