9 Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of: Ames, Iowa

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August/September 2008
By David Wann 
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You don’t have to be super-intelligent to live in Ames, but it may help you keep up: According to Forbes magazine, 7 percent of the Ames population has a Ph.D — one of the highest percentages in the nation. (For comparison, Cambridge. Mass., weighs in at 3.1 percent, and Washington, D.C., at 1.9 percent.) A critical area of research on which this brainpower is focusing is ISU’s work at the Bioeconomy Institute. The Institute’s New Century Farm will be a living laboratory to explore biomass alternatives to fossil fuel.

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Ames, Iowa

Population: 51,500

Median House Price: $236,000

Climate: Typical Midwest temperatures. January average: 19 degrees Fahrenheit; July average: 73 degrees.

Natural Assets: Elevation: 967 feet; woodland parks and 55 miles of bike and pedestrian trails; surrounded by farmland and rural countryside.

Sustainability Initiatives: The City’s EcoSmart program organizes its Smart Water, Smart Energy, Smart Trash and Smart Ride programs to reduce energy consumption and conserve natural resources.

Check out the other towns on our 2009 list of Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of. 

David Wann writes and produces documentaries about sustainable lifestyles. His most recent book, Simple Prosperity, is a sequel to the bestseller Affluenza that he co-authored.
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