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Iowa State’s CyTown nears groundbreaking in September with McFarland Clinic already rising

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    AMES, Iowa (KCCI) — Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard announced Monday morning that a groundbreaking for CyTown is planned for September, marking a major step forward for the long-anticipated development near Jack Trice Stadium.

The project is designed to bring together retail, commercial, food and beverage, and residential space in what university leaders say will help complete the area surrounding Iowa State’s athletics district.

Chris Jorgensen, Iowa State’s senior associate athletic director, said the project has been years in the making since plans were first unveiled in 2022.

“It has taken a long time because it’s a complicated project that has taken a lot of steps along the way,” Jorgensen said.

Now, with a groundbreaking date set, Jorgensen said the momentum is energizing those who have worked to move the project forward.

“It’s very exciting for everybody that’s been working on the project,” he said. “I think it will be very exciting for all of our fans, students, alums and faculty that will get to enjoy CyTown.”

One major piece of the development is already taking shape. Construction is underway on a three-story, 78,000-square-foot McFarland Clinic building, which will serve as one of the anchor components of the broader CyTown project.

Jenni Talbott, chief operating officer for McFarland Clinic, said seeing the clinic rise after years of planning has been rewarding.

“We’d seen this on paper for many years,” Talbott said. “Now, to see it up and coming, we’re really excited.”

Talbott said the clinic remains on schedule to open in 2027, and she is looking ahead to the rest of CyTown opening the following year.

“We’re really excited and interested to see what other tenants are coming into town, who our neighbors will be,” she said.

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Democrats look to states with Black, Latino voters to build momentum in 2028

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AUSTIN (CNN) — Democrats on Saturday adopted a 2028 presidential primary schedule that moves states with sought-after diverse populations to the front of a calendar that will shape their party’s fight to win the White House.Democratic National Committee members gave final approval to six early voting states, with South Carolina, which has a substantial Black population, continuing to kick off the party’s nominating contests on January 22, 2028.Nevada, a western presidential battleground, will follow on February 1. The four other early voting states are New Hampshire on February 8, New Mexico on February 15, Michigan on February 22 and Virginia on February 29. The calendar removes Iowa from the early lineup.In choosing to include Nevada and New Mexico in the early contests, the party has frontloaded the calendar with states that have large contingents of Latino voters, a group that President Donald Trump made inroads with during the 2024 presidential election.In an interview with CNN, DNC chairman Ken Martin hailed the calendar as “the most diverse” in the party’s history.“It’s going to battle-test our nominee with key parts of our coalition and key parts of the country in a way that we’ve never seen before,” he said.The vote, on the final day of the DNC’s summer meeting, comes amid a midterm primary election season that has seen Democratic voters swing between progressive insurgents and moderate candidates — an internal struggle over the party’s direction that likely will loom over the crowded race for the White House.Martin, who has faced criticism of his leadership of the DNC and stewardship of its finances, insisted that those ideological differences should not divide Democrats as they barrel toward this November’s high-stakes midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.“We are a big tent party,” the party chief told a gathering of the DNC women’s caucus on the opening day of the meeting Thursday. “And as long as I’m the chair, we’re going to continue to be.”“Everybody Is welcomed in this party,” Martin said to strong applause and hoots of approval from those assembled in a ballroom at a Hilton hotel in downtown Austin.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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