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United Power Associ~ is the City's largest lax i~y~ and employs 431 work~. UPA sttppBes electricity 1o 15 distribulion cooperntives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In 1988 they ooa.stroc~ · r~ '"~ing and storage baildlng which hns since becon~- ~ of ~ Anoka County Resonrc~ Reco~-ry 1~,- .-,ry. Mmti¢il~l solid wasle is broughi to the facility from ~w countie~ and n~'ycled or ~ for foci. A $2.2 million expansion of tl~ plant was completed in 1~93. The Sherbumo Connty Comiit0ase also expanded in 1993 and c~'rcotly employs 265, T~ Gmtdim Angels nursing facility employs 230 and has re~mtly completed oomtructim~ of · third wing, N~us mamdacturing companies are locat~ in tl~ City's five indu~hial parks. Etk River lndutrial Park is · fully d~vdoped 80-acr~ padc. A~o~her business p~rk his · 40-ac~ eapacily with tootl ~ of I5,300 squa~ feet. In 1994, infrastmctu~ improvements supporled the developmen~ oi~ · 310,000 squa~ foot retnil omter on s 52-acre site. Tenants includ~ Target, Wendy's lnlematim~, T~co Bell, and First National Bank of Elk River. Recent d~iopna~t~ includ~ l-lillsi~e C~s~ing - · 14-acre commmciaI ~ bo~ing Sax Food a~d Drug. A new 160,000 sqnnre fool M~nards is currently and~ constmc6on on ~ 169. .q .q I~DUCATION/EF..A~TH CARE The City's ~ employer is Independent School Dislrict 728 with 600 employees. TI~ School District setups ~early S,000 st~.,a~ts. The public sobool syst~n inclnd~ · high school, two !~" schools, and sc-yen eletn~tary schools. Fiv~ parochial schools serve students from C...nunity Eduction offers many classes for childnm and ~,,4,,1~ In addition, · teclmical oolle~ and a comnmnlly colle~ are located nearby ~ mtiversities a~ found in Minneapolis ~d St. (~_.OHd. ~gional hospi~ located in Corm R~ds is witl~ · lS ,,~ute d~ive.. M4~liod, den~, ~c, C~ptl~¢, aI~ Ye.~'il~l~'y fa~t'~tie~ ~ ~'oHl~d within t~ comprised of 15 family practic~ physi6nns. 'I'ne Guardian Angels long-term care ~ serve~ the ne~ts of lho elderly and includes · 36-unit apauimmt building fo~ moderat~ incom~ clients.