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0 LOCAL & REGIONAL CONDITIONS DRAFT COPY <br />Introduction <br />An important component in assessing the potential success of a new Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View is the <br />demographic and socioeconomic profile of the local and regional market. The strength of a market in terms of its ability to <br />support and utilize sports and recreation facilities is measured, to some extent, by the size of the regional market area population, <br />its age, income, and other characteristics. In addition to the demographic profile of the local and regional market area, other local <br />market characteristics have relevance when considering the attractiveness of a particular community as a host for high -quality <br />sports and recreation facilities. These include items such as transportation accessibility, existing inventory of athletic facilities, <br />and visitor amenities (such as hotels, attractions and other such items). <br />Market & Destination Attributes <br />Located in Ramsey County, Mounds View is a small suburb of the <br />Twin Cities located immediately off 35-W. Mounds View is located <br />in close proximity to Blaine Sports Center, downtown Minneapolis <br />and the Mississippi River. <br />With a total area of 4.12 square miles, the 2020 census estimated <br />population of the city of Mounds View is approximately 13,250, <br />while the population of Ramsey County is estimated at 550,200. <br />City government is comprised of a Mayor and four Council <br />Members. The Anoka County -Blaine Airport (James Field) serves <br />the area and sits within a ten minutes drive of Mounds View. <br />Mounds View is in close proximity to the National Sports Center in <br />Blaine, which hosts a calendar of amateur sporting events and <br />tournaments with participants from all over the country. <br />Medtronic, the worldwide medical device company, has its Cardiac <br />Rhythm Management campus, with approximately 3,000 <br />employees, in Mounds View. <br />Mounds View features the Mermaid Entertainment and Event <br />Center and Mounds View Americlnn Hotel and Suite. Offered are <br />two event spaces that include the Coral Bay Ballroom and the <br />Atlantis Ballroom. <br />Mounds View Public Schools includes two high schools, three <br />middle schools and six elementary schools. They include Irondale <br />High School, Mounds View High School, Chippewa Middle School, <br />Edgewood Middle School, Highview Middle, and Bel Air, Island Lake, <br />Pinewood, Sunnyside, Turtle Lake and Valentine Hills Elementary <br />Schools. <br />CSL Feasibility Study of a Potential new Youth and Amateur Sports Complex in Mounds View, Minnesota 9 Page 14 <br />