Imagine living in a community that is designed to have a positive impact on your health and wellbeing. Imagine living in a community intentionally developed as a collaboration between residents, businesses, schools and public services. This is the foundation of Prairie Trail in Ankeny, Iowa. Research shows that your environment significantly impacts your overall health […]
Prairie Trail is excited to welcome another exceptional business to the community. Lincoln Savings Bank (LSB) recently celebrated the groundbreaking of their newest Ankeny location at the corner of State Street and Magazine Road near the entrance of The District at Prairie Trail. LSB is slated to open in the Fall of 2014 and adds to a growing number […]
Sustainability. Walkability. Connectivity. These are the new urbanism principals upon which the Prairie Trail development was built and thrives on and what makes living, working and playing at Prairie Trail so appealing. And like Prairie Trail, Hy-Vee believes that healthy lifestyles and a healthy environment go hand-in-hand. That is why Hy-Vee store director, Kevin Hudachek […]
Exceptional education is an important part of the Prairie Trail lifestyle, making the planned urban development in Ankeny a perfect fit for the new Simpson College. Simpson is moving from its current Ankeny location into new facilities in The District at Prairie Trail in time for Fall semester. The new Simpson location will be on the second level of […]
Dr. Kay Hornbrook and I were both in established practices when the idea of building a UnityPoint (then Iowa Health) clinic in the up and coming Prairie Trail development was brought to us. We both had strong ties to Ankeny and were excited to be able to move our practices to this unique area. Dr. […]
Announcing the new Fitness World Prairie Trail, a full-service, state-of-the-art fitness club to be located in a brand new 67,000 sq. ft building currently under construction at Prairie Trail in Ankeny. DRA Properties and Prairie Trail Development broke ground on the new building, called Vintage Main, on September 1, 2013. It is located just north of Jethro’s […]
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra How long does it take to build a growing, thriving, planned community? Summer is a fun-filled time for events and celebrations. So, what better time than mid-July for a look back and forward as we celebrate the excitement of our growing Prairie […]
Green grass, bright blue skies, happy yellow daffodils and tulips in every color, usually these are the visions of May in Iowa. Today, however, the forecast is SNOW! Impossible to believe when the sun is shining brightly on freshly turned dirt of new construction at Prairie Trail. There are more than a dozen new home […]
