Last night, Amanda, Owen and I attended a celebration party at Colby Park* in Windsor Heights to celebrate the City of Windsor Heights’ new Zip Code: 50324. This is the result of many years work by city officials to make life a little easier for the folks here in town. The event in the park was very well attended, and had a good amount of media coverage. Thanks to everyone who has made the event a success. Beverages were provided by the Windsor Heights Chamber of Commerce, and food was available from the Windsor Heights Hy-Vee.
Before today, the city of Windsor Heights was covered by three different Zip Codes, which was the source of frequent confusion. For example, my old zip code, 50322, was the same number used for Urbandale. It was awkward to tell someone that their store computer was wrong and that I did in fact know the correct name of my city.
(*Colby Park is in the final stages of a complete redesign, which has dramatically changed the city’s primary community gathering space. The final phase, which is the new Community Center, should be complete in June of 2010.)
