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Labor Force Data
<br />May 2006 May 2005
<br />Civilian Unemployment Civilian Unemployment
<br />Labor Force Rate Labor Force Rate
<br />Anoka County 192,981 3.2% 192,991 3.5%
<br />Mpls. /St. Paul MSA 1,849,954 3.1 1,849,512 3.5
<br />State of Minnesota 2,933,728 3.3 2,953,057 3.7
<br />Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. 2006 data are preliminary.
<br />Summary of Building Permits
<br />Total Permits New Single Family Homes
<br />Number Value Number Value
<br />2006 (to 5 -31) 262 $15,931,557 52 $ 9,682,094
<br />2005 837 53,656,592 196 37,604,938
<br />2004 835 61,579,910 190 39,006,745
<br />2003 826 55,864,076 112 25,687,000
<br />2002 860 53,977,610 218 39,425,255
<br />2001 1,042 74,974,042 210 39,695,169
<br />2000 1,186 57,080,794 240 42,117,164
<br />1999 893 54,522,159 243 34,337,713
<br />1998 947 49,033,711 229 31,635,569
<br />1997 597 32,666,843 197 24,232,078
<br />The economic development effort established in 1993 by the City Council has begun to have an
<br />impact in the diversity of the City's tax base. Since 1993, the City has added more than
<br />$90 million in additional commercial /industrial market value. The Apollo Business Park on
<br />I -35W and the Clearwater Creek Development Center on I -35E continue to attract industrial
<br />development. The 265,000- square -foot Panattoni distribution center, in the southwest quadrant
<br />of the Town Center area, was completed in spring 2004.
<br />Commercial development in the City has been the focus of a City- initiated development called
<br />the Town Center in the I -35W interchange area. This project incorporates mixed -use
<br />development that includes professional buildings, civic facilities, commercial development, and
<br />a mix of housing types. The City received a $220,000 Livable Communities grant in 1998 from
<br />the Metropolitan Council to hire Peter Calthrope Associates, a planner on urban and suburban
<br />neighborhood development, to refine the City's plan for the Town Center. Additional grants
<br />totaling $1,200,000 were awarded in the years 2000 through 2005 to begin implementation of
<br />the housing initiatives outlined in the Calthrope plan.
<br />The part of the Town Center area located on the northeast quadrant of I -35W and Lake Drive
<br />began developing as a commercial retail center known as the Lino Lakes Marketplace in late
<br />2001. This development includes a SuperTarget and a Kohl's Department Store, both
<br />completed and opened in 2002, and several other retail stores expected to be completed later
<br />this year. The development has spurred the need to upgrade Lake Drive from I -35W to 77th
<br />Street and to complete Apollo Drive east of Lake Drive, along with the installation of
<br />underground utilities and traffic control systems. The cost of the project was assessed against
<br />the new development.
<br />The Village, located in the southeast quadrant of the Town Center, is the site of the recently
<br />completed Lino Lakes Civic Complex. This $6 million facility, which houses City Hall, police,
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