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15 <br />Two areas of commercial development exist in this district.Along the west side of I-35E and Country Drive is a <br />small concentration of office and office-warehouse buildings.The development in this area was originally <br />facilitated by City assistance.There are a few residential parcels still in place along Country Drive which are <br />both guided and zoned for eventual redevelopment matching the newer office buildings.No changes are <br />proposed to this plan. <br />The second area of commercial development stretches along Little Canada Road from the interchange with 35E <br />to the west,just beyond its intersection with County Road C.This area has been in transition for some time, <br />from a scattered district of single-family homes and a few small commercial buildings,to a more concentrated <br />commercial center.The land use plan continues to call for commercial development in this area,with an <br />expectation that local services and office uses are most likely.A part of the expectation for this area is its role <br />as a connection between the primary commercial district along Rice Street to I-35E,and across the freeway to <br />the original village area of Little Canada.The City has invested in streetscape improvements here and will <br />continue to monitor redevelopment toward these goals. <br />District 6 <br />This small district lies south of Trunk Highway 36 and west of I-35E.The area is virtually fully developed with <br />commercial uses,including a larger Abbott office,research,and manufacturing facility,a large self-storage <br />development,and some smaller office uses along County Road B.To the south of that road lies a large retail <br />facility in Maplewood.Development of additional office and office-warehouse uses on the small amount of <br />remaining land in this district would be appropriate. <br />District 7 <br />To the east of I-35E in the northeast quadrant of the interstate and TH 36 is a large area of existing single- <br />family residential land.This area is fully developed,and except for the possibility that a few of the larger <br />acreage parcels may be split into an additional lot or two, no change is expected to this area. <br />District 8 <br />Just east of I-35E along Edgerton Street is the older village area of Little Canada,with a mix of institutional <br />uses (school,fire hall,parks,church,and city center),single-family homes,and small commercial buildings.As <br />with the rest of the City,this area is fully developed.Over time,it is expected that some of the single-family <br />homes along Little Canada Road may seek some redevelopment due to traffic impacts in the area.The City <br />will consider these requests with attention to architecture and site planning reflecting a more traditional <br />village development pattern, along with case-by-case environmental improvements. <br />This area includes a large complex of wetlands and drains toward Gervais Lake,one of the community’s major <br />recreational resources,and maintaining water quality will continue to be an importation consideration in <br />protecting this resource.