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study. Past efforts have supplied the important and useful information regarding potential land <br /> use, transportation and aesthetic improvements. What was lacking, however, was a <br /> comprehensive, action oriented document that not only addressed these factors but also <br /> emphasized implementation, specially including financial tools. As a result the County Road 3 <br /> Corridor Study was prepared. <br /> THE BENEFITS <br /> T cognized thatthe_Boulevarrl is "very important" to <br /> the "fiscal health,job base, and image" of the City of Hopkins. The Strategic Plan for Economic <br /> Development identified three specific goals including: <br /> • Improve vehicular and pedestrian movement along County Road 3 and enhance the link <br /> between County Road 3 and Mainstreet <br /> • Foster the development/redevelopment of property along County Road 3, including <br /> consideration for a business park and/or other major retail uses. <br /> • Improve/enhance the function and appearance of existing commercial, industrial, and <br /> public/semi public land uses, including visual improvements such as landscaping, <br /> screening, and tree planting. <br /> Ideas and input from the corridor's major stakeholders, the business community and the <br /> residential neighborhoods had an active role in the development of the County road 3 Corridor <br /> Study. <br /> C. NEW BRIGHTON HIGHWAY EIGHT CORRIDOR PLAN (information taken from <br /> New Brighton Highway Eight Corridor Plan) <br /> THE PROJECT <br /> The City prepared the study to assist in publicizing the development attributes and <br /> opportunities in anticipation of new development. The plan was development in an aggressive <br /> effort to gain favorable consideration from prospective development proponents. <br /> The Highway 8 Corridor Plan focuses on existing land uses, transportation components, <br /> undeveloped and under-developed land parcels, prospective future changes, the image and <br /> 11 <br />