From the Ames Tribune….

“It will take a year or more to determine what needs to be done to improve the building, and Matthews said he is working with local architects to get ideas. He envisions maintaining retail space on the first-floor with improved, brighter storefronts and restoring the basement, where a speakeasy once was housed….

The four-story hotel opened in 1916 at a cost of $150,000. The building, which had 72 rooms with rates as low as $2.50 a night, a ballroom, a banquet hall and a private dining room, represented “the final word known to modern hotel building and equipping,” the Ames Evening Times reported at the time.”

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The Ames Community School District Bond Referendum vote is today. The polls are open at:

Ames Public Library, Auditorium, 515 Douglas Avenue – Ames Ward 1

Bethesda Lutheran Church, 1517 Northwestern Avenue – Ames Ward 2

Collegiate United Methodist Church, 2622 Lincoln Way – Ames Ward 3

Memorial Lutheran Church, 2228 Lincoln Way – Ames Ward 4

For more information, visit Story County’s website or contact the Auditor & Elections department at (515) 382-7210.

Ames will soon have a wider range of shopping options. A Kohl’s & T.J. Maxx are going to be added to the south end of the North Grand Mall!

 http://www.kohls.com/