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<br /> 'Like the Core cities of Minneapolis and St.Paul,suburban cities such
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<br /> clearing land for a -,.%iii,;,,, -, ' . -,,- ,- - ' ' 74 ,,.'''.s . ' .
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<br /> . Star Tribune Staff Writer :', -, ' ' .-ran 1,800-acre recreational- zens have told them to start
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<br /> r - •' r ' • ', rl• .'r r'.' ' commercial complex, to a ho- treating their riverfronts as wel-
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<br /> townhouses, a , . •-, • ,p. • Along the Minnesota River ' 'tel-retail development where coming civic front porches
<br /> Just west of Interstate F Iwy. „,lfactories once stood in Has- rather than municipal back-
<br /> trail, parks, shops, , , -, 4 .,,i, „
<br /> ,,r;',-••'! - i. -,6' ' 35W in Burnsville,'trucks haul ' tings, to housing, shops and yards where the junk is stashed.
<br /> restaurants and a ••• '--- . , ,,-• ''' -'-'
<br /> • ' ,--' ','y,;'' .'..., „ • crtished limestone,up dusty; al
<br /> ' walking trails on city-cleared ,And with the help of local,state
<br /> transit station. , trails from the bottom of an ur-',..'land in downtown Anoka, and federal agencies, cities are
<br /> ban canyon. Nearby,',bnIldoz-:::,there's a lot going on these days spending millions to give their
<br /> ers shape a massive landfill into":,:down by the suburban riverside, people access to the asset that a
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<br /> a mountain of rotting garbage. ' ' i, While most riverfront proj- riverfront can be.
<br /> "Bilt when city officials iook at',: ects involve converting indus- Inside, we take a look at
<br /> it,they see music lovers enjoying ' trial land to recreational, resi- three projects on three rivers—
<br /> concerts,golfers hitting'em long'. dential and commercial uses, a Burnsville's plans for "reclaim-
<br /> ' "and straight and shoppers din- few communities — such as ing the riverfront" of the Min-
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<br /> mg at a lakeside restaurant. ,' Savage, Burnsville's next-door ne so ta, the redevelopment
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<br /> niany suburban communities'' ways to enhance the big-shout- on the Mississippi and the
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<br /> '; art making plans for renewing ' dered businesses that gave dreams of Anoka for riverfront
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<br /> Plans to convert 1,800 acres of Minnesota . •. W.2nd St. [ '-' ., Has bought and cleared
<br /> ii- ,"' coi, }loll 01' : tiro, ., ,,, ,:.,., ,,,,: land to connect its historic
<br /> River flats —now dominated by a rock - W:3rd St : - ., ' r- i ' .„,....,.,...,
<br /> !----''.-1-- '-:- ' lig --"1 ' '1--•-HaIl ,': !' ,, ,:*ik downtown with the
<br /> , quarry and landfill—to a mixed-use , , ; : " I /1 I ' •A4,1 ::',. Mississippi River through
<br /> • recreational and commercial development, '! • -0 , 'r_, 1 }i i 1 .VAr:4 '''::::-O..•Ice'.''-' a project called Bailly's
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<br /> , including an amphitheater, trails, golf course • ---, '.:c • . •-,,, >, . .i. -, -•,;:,::_•,•:.•;:;•-, •,•,, Landing, featuring a hotel
<br /> and office complex on a 400-acre lake. • , ' ':-.----'-'-••'' --; •,, ' v;'•-•;-:,•:' with an indoor water park
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<br /> Burnsville and Savage want Highway 13 to , •=,• — ,g! gf i ., -, ...-, ' ,--. adjacent to restaurants
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