Photo: City of Grimes
(Grimes, IA) -- The Grimes City Council has approved the annexation of 706 acres on the city's western and northwestern edge, along NW and SW County Line Road. Grimes Development Services Director Alex Phaltzgraff says it's an area the city has putting in infrastructure projects, preparing for future development. He says pending final approval, it's likely some building could start later this year. He says the land will be used for commercial, housing, and/or parks. New water mains are to be installed this year and next year.
Grimes, like most suburbs near Des Moines has seen it's population explode. The population has nearly doubled in the past 10-years and expected to double again in the next 10 years to near 30-thousand residents.