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<br /> 41;A.. • Saturday/February 25/1995/Star Tribune
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<br /> Growth/ Environmentalists,
<br /> businesses give mixed reviews ' = ° -- 3
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<br /> Continued from page IA o w° z R.-o O
<br /> Growing pains
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<br /> Such'commercial expansion,in turn, i c H R. c o 3•�. ^ p 3 -
<br /> .K"t1P,'bring more new residents to Population in the suburban area of the Twin Cities region has continued ; o H z 7 N
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<br /> qtk at those businesses. to zoom upwaiils in recent years,forcing residents of the urban frontier to a < H o o a
<br /> 'a r grapple with how to manage growth.Topics such as preserving open i c'''' ':'--52,
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<br /> Preservation vs.growth space,providing affordable housing and funding needed services _o H Co H
<br /> L,pcal residents give such headlong frequently fuel heated debate in forums such as the meeting scheduled o f c ; oUm
<br /> >x Sion mixed reviews. for Saturday in Chisago County. - re
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<br /> 'll give the developers what they :,4,,,,..1.,, .- .7,•_ 2,
<br /> want"to expand the commercial area ''.,-,-„e:. `MINNES TA'' o o I. • w
<br /> next_to Interstate Hwy. 35, said ( '' i Isanti WISCONSIN 5 3 ° c' R Cl)
<br /> .;Nordlund, who also is chairman of �- w ; w
<br /> ;the North Branch Economic Devel- Shu Sherburne County
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<br /> •'opment Authority. '. ,,..k'1, ��s, .o b I Chisago Colmy I .
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<br /> "This ought to be a developer's para- w s River o w -...:c ,Q o o ■
<br /> dist right now,"said Tom Melea,a L� Anoka St.Croix c 0 0 C a C• `/
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<br /> ,consultant for North Branch. ry Cti 'o <o f ■
<br /> Wright
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<br /> CoBut Sue Leaf of the local Wild River s n -.3 0 0 0
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<br /> chapter of the Audubon Society =o- to
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<br /> wants"our environment to be con- 'X. Hennepin - County I a y n-0 o.3.;;
<br /> sidered in development." "� County r T l I. °o c o •_w,- Ti 0
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<br /> :And Susan Blom of the Isanti County t', fi i CLP �' i o'f F c
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<br /> :Environmental Coalition said, "We -7,,,,--:'"'4''t.;„0,7":" I County • , ' � „ =a aCD ° x
<br /> need to keep the countryside the -4r ,-`I '
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<br /> .;countryside and the city the city." ".•i I es° -o •.>
<br /> 20 miles ` 6 Scott © Dakota 4. County H w
<br /> .;Two townships in Isanti County, ��� County County S - 0 f°O _
<br /> which forms North Branch's western .4"-..'•V4.,...4•11: i Oqr c , -. a
<br /> :border, have rejected the plans of , }:i �►aP o ? '=H''o' N
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<br /> 'divide a 400acre parcel into 80 lots County Estimated population 1994 Percent change from 1990 -45.5. .. * s of of 5 acres each. And two weeks ago, S_ e„ '"F
<br /> two landowners in Isanti County Anoka 270,286 +10.9 "'l o -'° o •= 3•,:n a
<br /> placed 460 acres in trust with the Carver 56,538 +18
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<br /> Minnesota Land Trust, forever pro-
<br /> Chisago 35,421 . +16.1 -•o C7 a on,<'' M
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<br /> •'r hibiting development after being ap Dakota 308,562 +12.1 �, o " o°,
<br /> ,proached by developers, said the a ��
<br /> 'trust's director, Renay Leone. A re- Hennepin 1,050,454 • +1.7 cr. ° r.w o w w
<br /> 4 in Chisagorin County alsogcalled thiP Isanti' 27,844 +7.4 I s O ers,o 3 7 0
<br /> 'week to discuss putting his 130 acres Ramsey 483,399 -.5 , h fL n 3 o f c o' M
<br /> in trust,she said. Scott 67,487 +16.7 °c o° ^3 3 n „7
<br /> Sherburne 50,284 +19.9 a o'CCD �� •
<br /> ;State Sen.Janet Johnson,DFL North Washington 173,542 +19 3 3 n ` 0 ° ° swon
<br /> :Branch,whose district includes Chi- f* f, °; o S-3 „ CD
<br /> 'sago and Isanti Counties, said the Wright 76,433 +11.2 i o ate o' c t„ Mitw
<br /> disparate attitudes about growth in- Pierce(Wis.) 34,161 +4.3. c N 3.a$ o ;
<br /> ;,,spired her to help organize a public Polk(Wis.) 36,667 +5.4 I v'�,o I a -.(-i:
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