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Open Space: <br />Save it or Say Goodbye <br />• Every day in Minnesota, an area the <br />size of the Mall of America is paved over. <br />• Minnesota is the fastest growing state in <br />the Upper Midwest. <br />• Its 21-county growth corridor is the fast- <br />est growing metropolitan region east from <br />the northern plains to the eastern seaboard. <br />• This metropolitan area also is one of the <br />most sprawling (land and natural resource <br />consuming) of the top 25 metro regions in <br />the country. <br />• Washington County is one of the fastest <br />growing counties in the state and the coun- <br />try. <br />• By June 1994, Chisago County had al- <br />ready passed its projected population growth <br />for the year 2000 by 41 percent. <br />This explosive growth and development costs us <br />money, creates traffic congestion, threatens our <br />drinking water, and chews up our open land. <br />In spite of this, Minnesota has not yet adopted <br />any programs that would offer permanent pro- <br />tection to its most rapidly urbanizing lands. This <br />is just what the Green Corridor Project will do <br />for Washington and Chisago Counties. <br />Funding for this project approved by the Minnesota Legislature: <br />ML1997, Chapter 216, Section 15. subdivision 9D as recommended <br />by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources, from the <br />Minnesota Future Resources fund. <br />... Keeping <br />Open <br />Spaces <br />for <br />