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HIGHWAY 60 DEVELOPMENT
The community of Sheldon was at a crossroads
when the Iowa Department of Transportation
announced it would bypass the
city to build the new Highway 60 expressway.
The community had to make a decision
— embrace the bypass or fear that it would
lead to the eventual disappearance of
downtown Sheldon.
With vision and foresight, the community
chose to look at the bypass as opportunity.
That attitude allowed an atmosphere of
opportunity to settle in and the city has
grown.
The Runger Addition was started first
north of Highway 18 and west of Highway
60. The development area, consisting of
mostly commercial businesses such as Pizza
Ranch, Neal Chase Lumber and a strip
mall Sheldon Crossroads Court that contains
Los Tulipanes Mexican Restaurant,
North Star Community Credit Union, Sheldon
Nails & Spa, Professional Ag Marketing
and Edward Jones — Dan Drescher’s office.
The city then began developing Sheldon
Crossing, a commercial area located south
of Highway 18 and west of Highway 60.
Sheldon Plaza/McDonald’s, Holiday Inn
Express, Taco John’s and Crossroads Pavilion
Event Center have located there so far.
The east side of the Highway 60 expressway
has blossomed over the years and is
proving to be a wise investment by the
City of Sheldon and Sheldon Chamber
and Development Corporation to acquire
ground around the crossroads of Highway
18 and Highway 60.
Crossroads Industrial Park, a heavy industrial
area opened in 2013 on the east side
of the Highway 60 expressway and south
of Highway 18. The approximately 70-acre
development site welcomed Ziegler Cat,
based in Minneapolis, as the first occupant.
White Wolf Web, an offset commercial
printing plant, rebuilt in its new location
after a fire destroyed the company’s original
structure in June 2013. Additionally, Fred’s
Plumbing & Heating built a location in
Sheldon in 2016.
In 2017, Bomgaars opened a new
32,000-square-foot facility just to the east
of Ziegler Cat. It also marked the opening of
The Crossroads Pavilion Event Center and
North Star Community Credit Union.
2018 saw a number of starts that will
come to fruition in the future. They
announced plans for Coop Gas & Oil to
build a Travel Plaza in Sheldon Crossing.
The Travel Plaza opened in November
2020 and the truck shop also holds a Godfather’s
Pizza Express. In March 2021, a
Jimmy John’s opened in the Travel Plaza.
Infrastructure improvements are underway
in Sheldon Crossroads North Business
Park as the road is being extended
to open up acres of prime commercial
ground located at the intersection of Highway
18 and 60.
Chinese Chef opened its drive-thru near
Sheldon Crossing with more buildings
planned to go around the restaurant.
Impressions Salon also relocated to start
2023 across from Sheldon Crossing.
A 1-mile loop around the pond behind the
Pavilion was completed and accessible to
the community in 2023. It connect with the
current Sheldon Recreational Trail
Near Sheldon Crossing they completed
Cobblestone Inn & Suites Hotel which has
40 rooms. This is next to Crossroads Pavilion
and Holiday Inn Express.
HIGHWAY 60 DEVELOPMENT:
2004 Van Drie Automotive and Rental opens
2005 Neal Chase Lumber opens
2006 S² Computer Solutions opens
2006 Farm Credit Services of America opens
2007 Pizza Ranch opens; Taco Johns opens
2007 Memory Lane Restorations opens
2007 Sheldon Plaza/McDonald’s opens
2008 Holiday Inn Express opens
2009 Van Dyke Construction opens
2010 Los Tulipanes opens in Sheldon Crossroads
Court strip mall
2011 O’Brien County Implement opens
2012 Southwest Wholesale RV & Chinese
Chef relocate
2013 Sheldon Nail & Spa opens
2013 Cellular Only (Verizon)
2013 Ziegler Cat opens
2013 White Wolf Web begins constructions
2014 De Zoete Winkel opens
2014 Sold light industrial lots in the Runger
Development Park
2014 Opened the Sheldon Crossing Residential
Development
2015 Impressions Salon moved to Crossroads
Court
2016 Fred’s Plumbing & Heating opened location
in Sheldon Crossroads Industrial Park
2016 Babcock Meat Company opened
2017 Bomgaars opened their new 32,000
square foot facility
2017 Grand Opening of The Crossroads
Pavilion Event Center
2017 Sold 4.1 acres of ground for a 30-unit
apartment complex and eight townhomes
as part of Phase 1 of a Prairie Trail Village
2017 Sold the last lots in the Runger Light Industrial
Development Park
2017 NorthStar Community Credit Union
opened
2017 Purchased 35 acres for new development
ground on the northeast intersection
of Hwy. 18 and Hwy. 60.
2018 Edward Jones opened
2018 Phase 1 of Prairie Trail Village opened
2019 Professional Ag Marketing opened a
new location
2020 The new Coop Travel Plaza opened
along with Godfathers Express
2021 Jimmy John’s opens in the Travel Plaza
2022 Chinese Chef opens behind Sheldon
Crossing
2023 Impressions Salon opened behind Taco
Johns
2023 Cobblestone Inn & Suites behind Holiday
Inn Express
2023 TMobile opens in Crossroads Court
2023 Phase 2 of Prairie Trail Village starts
2023 Suite-style storage units opened in Sheldon
Crossroads Industrial Park
2023 Traffic lights installed at Highway 18
and 34th Avenue/North Runger Avenue
2024 SHELDON COMMUNITY GUIDE 39