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<br /> DEVELOPMENT ROUNDUP
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<br /> j Science RQSeV1lIe setsli
<br /> No matter what hotel chain comes a
<br /> comes forward. the group will
<br /> building record work with the city's hotel commit- E Interpretive center
<br /> tee before presenting plans to the
<br /> Vadnais Heights City Council. its natural place for ;
<br /> or a city hands-on teaching
<br /> without Around North Metro
<br /> mach r00m LINDA OWEN STAFF WRITER
<br /> f for growth, p When the Roseville City Coun-
<br /> �:' r cii voted late last year to postpone
<br /> Roseville
<br /> ' saw plenty ` selecting a developer for the city's life hon dis-e wild- GATEWAY ;:
<br /> of action in � £ gateway industrial park project,it play Tues-
<br /> 4-,-TO NATURE
<br /> of ac .. seemed a bit of a victoryfor ones,
<br /> _ , local developer. day at The 6-year-old
<br /> So much That's because lawyers for the Roseville's Harriet Alexander
<br /> so that it set wy Harriet Al- interpretive RMS
<br /> a recordafor BLAKE Everest Group Ltd. went to court
<br /> MORRtSON in December seekingto prevent exander CenterNa- center is the
<br /> dollars spent ture gateway
<br /> STAFF WRITER the city — and Council Member to a
<br /> on new con- Patricia Johnson — from voting consisted of ma 52-acre area of
<br /> struction. common sal- marsh and woods -
<br /> .� on the business park issue. They a m a n d e r s that makes up -,,
<br /> Roseville 3
<br /> had another banner year in terms alleged that Johnson should not be
<br /> allowed to vote because her hus- and ordinary the east end of f
<br /> • of creating new value in the coin- band is employed by a construe- turtles, but CentraltPa `,
<br /> munity,"said Dennis Welsch, the • tion company used by a competing graders first- Central Park.
<br /> city's community development di- developer, Meritex Inc. graders
<br /> rector. "We saw$62.3 million in Even though a Ramsey County from Central Park Elementary - ay e
<br /> _ new construction last year." excite could hardlycontain their �::
<br /> . District Court judge refused to
<br /> That tops the previous record of stop either the council or Johnson excitement. `
<br /> $51.9 million in 1993. from voting on the 34-acre devel- Naturalist Shannon Stewart had s '>
<br /> ` "The city is 97 percent Bevel to keep reminding the youngsters
<br /> oprrent the council tabled the is-
<br /> oped,so any time you get this to stay in a circle and not crowd
<br /> • sue and didnt talk about it again n N, ��:
<br /> much new development interest on against the little creatures in their
<br /> the part of investors,it's a healthyfor the rest of the year. plastic tank. Several
<br /> That meant that Johnson,who boys ; 3
<br /> • sign,"Welsch said. "This year, lost a bid for mayor in last year's sprawled at her feet, enraptured,
<br /> -, there was some school construe- elections,wouldn't have an_oppor- she fed bits.of worm to a sola-
<br /> _ tion and college construction, but tunny to ote :.� „. mander.
<br /> ---there was also the (Hills of Lake longer par • •- .. The children were both repelled First-grader Kayla Miller
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<br /> Owasso) residential develop- The -- -roped council is expec-
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<br /> d thrilled by the chance to touch as part of a
<br /> ment." P p a p-inted turtle that Stewart car- Kolias. The shell wasular vrei
<br /> t• ho..- . .evelo er so"-_, led around the circle. "The shell
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<br /> All told, 106 new owner-occu- ime - e next few weeks. ... ��
<br /> pied homes were built in the city ounds View's city newsletter, slimy?'cried Bradley Dean. the way salamanders' fla
<br /> - t year, were built ounds View Matters, has won Bu me of the girls,,.Mackenziehelp
<br /> Potts, id the ex erience was them crawl undan
<br /> More hotel talk / /the city an international award. P
<br /> / painted turtles top and
<br /> Talk in Vadnais Heights is that Economic development coordi- cool.
<br /> rotor CathyBennett says the "We us to go up to our cabin shells help them hide.
<br /> the city may finally have an�oer : Y "These salamanders do
<br /> -=- to entertain for a new hotel./ newsletter,which includes news and look •er logs for salaman- any teeth, so theynee
<br /> on business,communitydevelop-
<br /> For dors she aided.
<br /> :�-For months, hay-. ren' p- things to eat," Stewart e:
<br /> ment andparks,received a merit For Ce t :1 Park's primary be-Y tight-lipped and not officials hcu = lyas she fed the amphibian:
<br /> award in the CityHall Communi- dents, the ature center just t -?optimistic about talks with � • el- have special tongues —
<br /> opers to build a hotel on C ' n cations public information award s, ool is a special class- rough, like sandpaper."
<br /> Road E next to Ruberto's to - -
<br /> competition. The contest is open to roomhind/let re science comes alive.
<br /> -: rant. cities in the United States and Tom" re third year the school The classes suppleme
<br /> Canada. s c. tracted with the•center to school's science instruction
<br /> _ But city administrator Ge The newsletter is published_e tea. regular lessons in environ- the way a science specialis
<br /> Urban said Tuesday he expect p .-ental science. in most elementary schoc
<br /> er • r month. ...
<br /> proposal "any day"from a firm ittle Canada:officials are con- Once every two weeks, first- Central Park School chose
<br /> - interested in building a 3-to 5-sto- ye •.. . ith the coup . o ensure . and second-graders make the trek advantage of the resource
<br /> ry complex with at least 80 rooms down the newly paved path from back yard "Not every elen
<br /> "We're about to get a proposal," that the recons ruc 'on of Little the school to the Harriet Alexan-•
<br /> Canada Road,slated for 1997, school has that," ri
<br /> Urban said. "But until the Bevel- p 'ncipa
<br />:•:. aper makes the application,they will conform with the city's plans der interpretive center on Dale Charest said.
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<br />-.-want to remain anonymous." for downtown redevelopment. Street north of County Road the At the nature center, h
<br /> The 6-year-old building is the children. "do •science in
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<br /> Last year,Mayor Mark Haider Blake Morrison writes about growth and gateway to a 52-acre area of
<br /> had said that Radisson and Corn- development in northern y County marsh and woods that makes .0 classroomreal setting" than a texta
<br /> fort Inn were front-runners to for the St.Paul Pioneer Press. His round- the east end of Roseville's Central eexperiment cc
<br /> build there, but given how quickly up appears Wednesdays in the North ;, Park. vide. "It's a part of their e
<br /> interested developers come and Metro edition.You can can Blake at the> Third-graders come every three nity," he added. "For the
<br /> •- .go, there's no telling which hotel Pioneer Press'Shoreview bureau office. weeks, and older children ,come part, our students live aro
<br /> chain may make this pitch. His number is 481-0287.7. for special lessons such as birdingnatureSf center,, Cent within a is t:
<br /> and orienteering, So far, Central Park t:
<br /> On T„acAao +1r:. school that contracts fnr t,
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