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<br /> spending while taking moderate positions
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<br /> r '4 .t The movement has affiliates in some 20 states.Another major source of muscle suburban life to man The fastest-growing suburb in the OAKDALE s �} .. r ,
<br /> givenv metro olitan area last LANDFALLfrAi„ , comes from United We Stand America,the J Woodbury,facesyear, ,. .,:-,r„ ` � W '1 M3 .
<br /> organization created by Ross Perot in the ry, the possibility of �, fi ,.. 9a ? -,
<br /> Continued from page lB completion in 1996 less than 2 miles even more rapid development in ,� ,r
<br /> A wake of his strong showing in the 1992 from a similar shopping mall that the future.Nearly half of its 36- �`; 4 3
<br /> presidential campaign. And why not? After all, Woodbu gj<, - F .
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<br /> Tim Penny:The former ry's opened in 1992;at the 1,300-employ- square-mile area is still , C� •
<br /> explosive growth already has brought ee State Farm Insurance Co. regional undeveloped,and recent efforts to 5 0 ai i •
<br /> congressman will be About 125 delegates are expected at the the sweet suburban life to thousands headquarters under construction; at lure retail and office projects have j 16 Valley eek Rd. :'
<br /> doing some keynote convention.Minnesota was picked as the of families. It has put the east metro two large fitness centers being built the community poised for furthertEp
<br /> speaking. convention site because the Independence area on the map in the rich move-up this year, and at 56 subdivisions in increases in population. WOODBURY 0 ”` ' '
<br /> Party officially achieved major party status housing market for affluent mid-lif- development. t
<br /> when its U.S.Senate candidate,Dean Barkley,received 5 percent of the ers. And after languishing long in the `
<br /> vote last year.Since losing that election, Barkley has been active in the shadow of the booming western sub- And the ball keeps rolling. State Population } o ' o
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<br /> national movement,and earlier this month the Plymouth attorney was urbs, the city has attained a critical Farm is relocating from Roseville 1980: 10,297 ►–'`., ©
<br /> elected state chairman of the Independence Party.Another unsuccessful mass of commercial and office devel- and "quite of few of their people 1990: 20,075 in' ¢ o r
<br /> candidate, Deb Skogen from Coon Rapids,was elected vice chair.She opment that promises to fuel even have already moved out here,” said INGTO
<br /> had previously run for the Legislature as an Independent-Republican �more expansion. Dwight Picha, Woodbury's1995: 30,706' 1 mile 3. INGTON
<br /> before becoming the Independence Party's standard bearer in a recent g commu- AlG�
<br /> special election for the state House. nity development director. "Estimate z COUNTY
<br /> To be sure, its success has come with ; _;GOTTAG } RQ�ig"t*j4 4 , ,
<br /> There will be seating for spectators at the conventiqn,which is a downside. Some critics say that, "It's a big change, but I could see it Racial breakdown(1990)
<br /> despite recent signs of change,Wood- coming all the time," said Orville1.Proposed new school
<br /> scheduled to convene at 2 p.m. Friday. bury purposely has excluded people Bielenberg, Woodbury'sWhite: 19,076 Woodbury
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<br /> `Up north' taxes may head south of modest means. Others decry the after it incorporated in 1967. "When Black: 329 3.State Farm Insurance office
<br /> environmental woes that can come you're that close to the Cities, you American Indian: 15 building(under construction)
<br /> Cabin owners have done a good job of getting a toehold in both the when so much of the natural land- can't fight it."
<br /> House and the Senate omnibus tax bills.Theyare demandingrelief Asian::' 610 4.Tamarack Village Center
<br /> scope is transformed so fast. (planned)
<br /> from their property tax rates,which are at least twice as high as what
<br /> people pay on year-round homes.In a normal gettingsome So Bielenberg, 77, the grandson of a Other: 45 1 5.Valley Creek and Woodbury
<br /> year, Still others mourn the loss of the old German farmer who settled next >.F•
<br /> provision for cabin tax relief in both the House and Senate tax bills Village Shopping centers t�-' i
<br /> would almost certainlytaresult in ry for the cabin owners. Not this barn-raising community spirit tog a door to the Schillings in 1876,joined tit•.,
<br /> cul-de-sac culture so short of neigh- it. He drafted a comprehensive plan, Time in Woodbury(1993) 6.Evergreen housing development
<br /> year.Senate Tax Chair Doug Johnson, DFL-Cook,has shown little borliness that a citywide block party started a police department and tried Less than 1 year: 3.. "-,
<br /> interest in passing a tax bill. It's not needed this year,because the was held last summer just to help to entice developers to the metro Medianm (1993 est.)
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<br /> Legislature's no-tax pledge means there is no need to raise tax rates to1 2 years: 15% income(1993 est.) Median age(1990•)"
<br /> collect more revenue. While there are dozens of provisions in the people get to know one another. It's area's eastern frontier. .r
<br /> little wonder: Fully 98 percent of 3-5 years: 22% I Woodbury: $62,500 ( Over 65: 971 "'
<br /> omnibus tax bills,none is essential.And if there's no tax bill,there's no Woodbury's adults have moved in At first, it was a hard sell. With two- 27% •
<br /> cabin tax relief, unless it can be grafted onto another bill. 6 10 years: �`
<br /> from someplace else. thirds of the region's jobs concentrat- Metropolitan area 45-64: 3,575-i�
<br /> They said it ed in its western half, developers 11-20 years: 20% Suburbs: $42,750 18-44: 9,338 I:r
<br /> From Maple Grove to Cottage
<br /> III"If only took a weekend to turn a good Idea into a bad one."— flocked to the Minneapolis suburbs. More than 20 years: 15% Under 18: 6,191
<br /> Grove, developing Twin Cities sub- Plus, Picha said, the Metropolitan
<br /> Gov.Arne Carlson,referring to House Speaker Iry Anderson's urbs are struggling with similar is- Council was slow togrant sewer-
<br /> proposal to finance the purchase of an NHL franchise byallowingSource:U.S.Census,Decision Resources Inc.,City of Woodbury. .
<br /> bars to install video slot machines. sues. But perhaps nowhere else are building authority to Woodbury.
<br /> they written as large as in Woodbury, ,
<br /> "Inconsistencyls what makes this place go around."—Rep.Jeff which over the past three years has But a breakthrough came
<br /> in 1977 Many were settling in Edina and oth- pieces. He learned the land was for
<br /> added 2,930 housing t un ire, co more withsthe platting of Evergreen, the er upscale western suburbs. sale and in line for sewer service.
<br /> Bertram,DFL-Paynesville,extolling his House colleagues to vote than its nearest metro area comped- eastern suburbs' first executive-
<br /> • against sending a bill to a House-Senate conference committee, tor,Eagan. homes subdivision. Realtor Dan Do- Then Dolan discovered an unusual Armed with $1.4 million in limited ;
<br /> despite the wishes of the chief sponsor. Ian had been trying without much 275-acre Christmas tree farm in partnership guarantees from 3M ofli-•
<br /> In Woodbury,the signs of growth are success to find homes in the St. Paul Woodbury, where customers climbed cers, Dolan gave the St. Paul City.:
<br /> all around — at the Tamarack Vil- area for 3M executives transferred to ladders to harvest just the tops of :..,
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