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<br /> By Dirk DeYoung for the Metropolitan the Interstate 494 inter-
<br /> Staff reporter Council. That would equal change.The city, in cooper-
<br /> A rare expanse of unde- the number of jobs in the ation with the area's
<br /> veloped land —larger than entire city of Roseville.The landowners and Maple
<br /> downtown Minneapolis and population would equal that Grove residents,have draft-
<br /> within the legal boundaries of Robbinsdale. ed a plan for the area that
<br /> of the metro area — will "It's truly one of the calls for nearly every kind
<br /> start opening up to develop- great development opportu- of land use that most corn-
<br /> ers next year. nities in this region as we munities have, including
<br /> Once fully developed, in move forward in the next housing, offices, industry
<br /> 20 to 25 years, the area is century,"McElveen said. and retail development. It
<br /> expected to employ 35,000 The site is Maple also calls for parks, trails
<br /> people and house 14,000, Grove's gravel mining area, and lakes.
<br /> said Thomas McElveen, which fronts Interstate 694 The real beauty of the
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