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<br /> major surgery density residential
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<br /> (continued) endorsed by the City � d. New library , buildings"'I
<br /> forts Council. Plans call for a duo "It has
<br /> unknown sources and coopera- new library in the St. '14cI#h St • © 3 - ' ,t where it's ai
<br /> tion that has been lacking in Joseph Catholic Church "" ,,, is no consi
<br /> years past moving or closing off fl ® c%' said Mike I
<br /> Ipment funding But the alternative is a long some streets and moving g ,1.c.. I�- 145th St" ., the Redevelc
<br /> slide into decay. "We'd end up several businesses. > . n 0 iint tg ati.a i.::,3;, But that
<br /> it ideas aplenty being a bedroom community. ,, ,, "g r, /4,„. --,, accordin to
<br /> We are so close to that now," :� ..w according
<br /> BOB SHAW - said Maureen Geraghty New high density =146th SON, ct .- �. APARTM
<br /> oneer Press Bouchard, a member of the residential
<br /> redevelopment committee. B "�', ::::.6,:::,ra 1'n general,
<br /> tosemount, a graveyard "If the downtown folds up In
<br />=lopment efforts, may and developers come in and do knew apart
<br /> f Existing building W. oa d a draw people
<br /> g it right. anything they dang well please,
<br /> (renovation) lower 147th St I. ,t'6,,, 6 , °, area, suppc
<br /> v has a redevelopment the downtown will look like n is �, 1� 00:061:040: small shop:
<br /> imost breathtaking in garbage," she said. "But for the I New mixed use 0 . m tl ,,a
<br /> ling streets, buying and first time, I am really opti- a ' ,t� a Burma Ave:
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<br /> asses, putting a new mistic." !t
<br /> Id church and changing v r -i allow consi Vizi g This time,businesses,home- r' I w " DAKOTA housing and
<br /> 3-square-block area. owners and officials are ener- ° COUNTY entrance to
<br /> mcil approved the plan gized. This time, Chamber of Source:City of Rosemount " ,S. ', �. Bouchard
<br /> t officials have been Commerce rhetoric aside, real- . t" Rosemount
<br /> and anyone can see life factors are behind the opti- PIONEER PRESS " .,�} x t ,t?`' more two-9t�
<br /> ekes by driving through mism: retail on the
<br /> ments on the
<br /> dying mall, auto parts • Although the downtown daily part of the plan, officials and several unique buildings. what used to
<br /> massage parlors, run- used to be on the fringe of devel- hope to bring the 11-acre Cen- But the worst mistake was Rita Dup
<br /> bordering on blight. opment,it's becoming more cen- tral Park out of hiding. the Rosemount Mall. For that, dent and a in
<br /> lifferent,officials said. tralized because of new growth That park isn't now visible Bouchard blames Southdale in velopment C
<br /> pumped about this," to the east,such as development from Minnesota 3, but planners Edina. the New Uri),
<br />]ember Mark DeBett- of the former Brockway glass envision expanding it to the In 1956, Southdale became try to create
<br /> o embrace change but factory. That will put 624 living highway. It would serve as the the nation's first indoor mall, urban settin
<br /> as well." units within walking distance of trailhead for a new path to the and the idea took the country by facades with
<br /> require years of effort, downtown. Mississippi River. storm. Rosemount developers windows, as
<br /> ns of dollars from • Leadership is united. The To accomplish that, the city built a miniature version in the inside.
<br /> newly elected mayor and City is applying for a Metropolitan 1960s. It was small enough to fit "We'd has
<br /> fT MAKEOVER,3B Council campaigned on the idea Council grant of $925,000 that into a single store at Southdale said Dupre. '
<br /> of fixing downtown, and expec- would pay to move the BP serv- and had almost no out-facing out from subs
<br /> tations are high.Most business- ice station and the Polfus Imple- windows with a dim two-story should be re
<br /> es support the plan. ment store. atrium. artificial,like
<br /> •The city has a rare opportu- The redevelopment plan,say Later, as city officials came Not every
<br /> nity to buy land downtown. officials,'is key to the city's and went, shopping fads did, Mike Herrin;
<br /> For example,Genz-Ryan Plumb- future. too. "Now you go down the downtown 1
<br /> ing&Heating may be willing to "It's just a first step,but it's a' street, and it's like, 'Oh, there's was surprisec
<br /> sell a string of properties big one, said Council Member what we were doing in the f'605 an open hous
<br /> along Minnesota 3, the down- Kevin Strayton. ...oh,that's what we were doing what planner
<br /> town's main street. The sites in the '80s,' " said city business was
<br /> would be perfect, say planners, LITTLE PLANNING spokesman Alan Cox. housing and c
<br /> for a string of office or retail The downtown is a mish- "What arc
<br /> sites. Uistorically, downtown Rose mash of grain elevators, rail- think?"he as]
<br /> s A new branch of the Dako- l]mount grew like a weed road facilities and auto repair Officials s
<br /> to County Library might move patch, "Almost anything that ; joints side by side with restau- only a concep
<br /> into the old St. Joseph Catholic could grow there was allowed to. rants,bars and shop$: "How it all
<br /> Church.The church is a dramat- The city was a thriving rural The mall has damaged plas- you move to
<br /> is historic building on the main town in the early 1900s, but tic signs in front and empty not, those ai
<br /> street. Putting a library there Bouchard cringed as she stores used as janitors' closets. ` said Mayor Bi
<br /> would preserve a landmark and recalled - the urban renewal Occupants -include a massage
<br /> add a high-traffic destination to drive of the 1960s. The thinking parlor and the Rosemount AA. Bob Shaw can
<br /> downtown. was,she said,to tear down any- In one corner, a drinking foun- bshaw @pionei
<br /> And, although it's not offs- thing old including a hotel tarn is filled with dirt. 651=228-5433.
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