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City of Mounds View Comprehensive Plan <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />93 <br /> <br />• Parcels of land that are suitable for development or redevelopment. <br /> <br />• An active local Chamber of Commerce. <br /> <br />• A coordinated approach to local planning and development issues, as evidenced by the <br />ongoing work of the I-35W Corridor Coalition. <br /> <br />• A plentiful supply of life-cycle housing to accommodate a wide range of incomes. <br /> <br />• Easy access to mass transit for workers who need or prefer to use such methods of <br />transportation. <br /> <br />• The proximity of the Anoka County Airport in Blaine. <br /> <br /> <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES <br /> <br />The effectiveness of local economic development can be enhanced by continuously assessing, and <br />attempting to address, any circumstances that might negatively impact the local business climate. <br />Such circumstances may include those that might: <br /> <br />a. make a developer or business owner less inclined to establish a new business in Mounds <br />View; or <br />b. make a developer or business owner less inclined to relocate an existing business to Mounds <br />View; or <br />c. make an existing Mounds View business less inclined to expand its operation in Mounds <br />View; or <br />d. make an existing Mounds View business consider moving its operation to another <br />community; or <br />e. adversely affect, in some other way, the ability of an existing Mounds View business to <br />achieve economic success. <br /> <br /> <br />The preceding circumstances are, to varying degrees, mitigated by the presence of financial and <br />other incentives that encourage or allow economic development. Successful economic development <br />will continue to require the careful monitoring of these existing and developing challenges so that <br />realistic and timely efforts can be made to emphasize Mounds View’s many positive attributes in <br />order to effectively minimize or counteract negative perceptions or circumstances. Examples of such <br />future efforts may include the following: <br /> <br />• In order to address the relative scarcity of raw land suitable for new construction, and in light <br />of the small size of the few remaining parcels of undeveloped land, <br />