Summer 2013: Premium Pet Health opens their facility in Orange City creating in excess of 200 jobs.

October 2013: Prairie Ridge Care Center opens which is an 83 bed skilled nursing facility with 11 memory care beds.

August 2014: Quatro Composites celebrated the completion of their 11.8 million dollar expansion creating an additional 100 jobs.

August 2014: Groundbreaking took place at Prairie Heights Development which will create 14 new housing units with 3-5 bedrooms ranging from 1355 sq. ft. to 1601 sq. ft.

September of 2014: Orange City was named a 2014 All-Star Community by the Iowa League of Cities in recognition of the completion of the 13.8 million dollar Phoenix Project. The Phoenix Project included the new Prairie Winds Events Center, the Knights Performing Arts Center (750 seat performing arts center), and the Hawkeye Center. The Hawkeye Center is a downtown retail center which includes five second story condominiums.

September 2014: 6.2 million dollar 60 room Hampton Inn opened for business.

December 2015: Orange City Area Daycare completed a 10,400 sq. ft. expansion doubling the size of the facility and capacity to serve an additional 100 children.

June 2016: Groundbreaking took place at Vogel Paint Inc.’s 29.9 million dollar expansion to the powder coatings facility of 66,800 square feet and will create an additional 49 jobs.