A petition to bring a Buc-ee’s travel center to Norwalk has attracted more than 3,500 signatures and will soon be sent to the Texas-based company in what Norwalk Mayor Tom Phillips said is an example of the city dreaming big.
Bringing Buc-ee’s to Norwalk is part of the longer-term vision that is included in the city’s annexation of 2,900 acres from Iowa Highway 28 west to Interstate 35. The annexation was approved by the state’s City Development Board in March, but has been appealed by a single landowner and is now awaiting a judge’s ruling in district court.
The annexation will also open the door to development of a data center on about 300 acres of land immediately southwest of the city. The data center developer’s purchase of the land for that project is on hold until the annexation appeal is resolved…