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D <br />• <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Py <br />This study assesses the revenues and costs connected <br />with growth at different densities in various sections of <br />Wright County, Minnesota. In particular, the cost /revenue <br />relationship of growth near existing infrastructure such as <br />water, sewers, storm sewers and paved roads is compared with <br />growth in rural areas that lack established infrastructure. <br />Three residential development scenarios were chosen for the <br />study : <br />1) a relatively high- density* development of 50 units <br />of rental apartments, condominiums and single fam- <br />ily homes in the City of Buffalo. The units oc- <br />cupy a little over five acres. <br />• 2) a subdivision of 50 units of single family wo <br />three and four bedroom homes, each on one acre, in <br />the Township of Otsego. The units occupy 50 acres. <br />3) 50 units of two, three and four bedroom homes, each <br />on seven and one -half acres, in -the Township of <br />Silver Creek. The units occupy 375 acres. <br />The units for the Buffalo City scenario are connected to <br />city water and sewers. The Townships of Otsego and Silver <br />Creek contain no established infrastructure; therefore, the <br />units use wells and septic systems. <br />* "relatively high density" in this case does not approach <br />the density of highrise development found in major metro- <br />politan areas. Rather it includes a mixture of detached <br />houses on 1/4 acre lots, semi- detached townhouses and <br />small apartment buildings. These densities are compatible <br />with the character of many small cities and towns in Min - <br />nesota. <br />i <br />