Iowa City, Iowa is on the state’s eastern side with the Iowa River flowing through the city. The city was home to Iowa’s first capital at the Old Capitol Building, a National Historic Landmark and museum.
Not far from Iowa City is the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum where the 31st president was born in West Branch.
Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County, while also being the largest city in the county with a population of 74,828 at the 2020 census. At that time, it was the fifth most populous city in Iowa.
Coralville Lake, Coralville Reservoir, Lake MacBride, and Sugar Bottom Recreational Area are popular recreation areas about 12 miles northwest of Iowa City providing countless water activities to area residents.
Interstate 80 runs through Iowa City connecting it with Des Moines to the west about 115 miles. U.S. Route 6, 218, and Iowa Route 1 all connect the city with the surrounding areas.
Cedar Rapids is 27 miles to the northwest from Iowa City with the two cities making up a metropolitan area with over 500,000 people. Iowa City is also home to the University of Iowa.
The city is home to a variety of attractions including the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, City Park, Stanley Museum of Art, Amana Colonies, Pleasant Valley Golf Course, Iowa City Kickers Soccer Park, Johnson County Fairgrounds, Finkbine Golf Course, Ashton Cross-Country Course, Thornberry Dog Park, Terrell Mill Park, Waterworks Prairie Park, Kinnick Stadium, Peninsula Park, and Hickory Hill Park.
Hickory Hill Park is a 185-acre natural area with forest, fields, prairie, wetlands, and parkland on Ralston Creek. The City of Iowa City acquired the park in 1967, which includes trails, picnic shelters, restrooms, benches, a parking lot, grills, natural areas, and a learning shelter.
The City of Iowa City and Snyder and Associates have used Romtec for years and included another Romtec restroom in the Hickory Hill Park project.
The restroom building is new construction at Hickory Hill Park. This is the “Iowa City” design Romtec has completed on 5-6 other parks including Wetherby Park, Willow Creek Park, Creekside Park, and Chadek Green, Whispering Meadows, & Court Hill Parks Improvements. Committing to a consist design gives the parks system a connecting aesthetic and a specific tone that represents the city.
Romtec sales worked early on with Snyder & Associates and then the city included our plans in the bid documents for the project. The building scope/design was based on all past projects we have completed for the City of Iowa City.
The new restroom building features a single user unisex restroom, a storage room, and a mechanical room. The building has a standing seam metal roof, fiber cement lap siding, resawn cedar ridge and eave beams, a breeze way, cedar support beams, timber posts, and drinking fountains that match features on the previous projects.
Rogers Construction Inc. was the installation contractor of the restroom building. They are a general contractor in Iowa City, Iowa.
All in all, the City of Iowa City, Snyder & Associates has been a great fit together over the years setting their park standards for restrooms and pavilions.
Snyder & Associates is a multidisciplinary civil and structural engineering, planning, and design firm serving clients throughout the Midwest based in Ankeny, Iowa.
This new restroom and storage building for Hickory Hill Park, is another added resource to this beautiful park in Iowa City that serves the community. Romtec was pleased to provide the design and supply of this restroom for the City of Iowa City along with the project driver and civil engineer Snyder & Associates.
Romtec has been pleased to partner with the City of Iowa City to provide restroom buildings that all match with similar features throughout their park and recreation system.