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Activity Concentration Analysis Results While Saint Paul shows the highest level of activity concentration across the county, other communities have their own local areas of concentrated activity, such as Roseville Mall or employer campus areas. Not every community in Ramsey County has areas of high levels of activity. These locations are places where residents and employees are likely to make frequent short trips, ideal for increased walking and biking. Activity Concentration Analysis Map Summary The activity concentration analysis map displays a street -by -street assessment of surrounding residential and employment density. Color intensity indicates overall activity concentration on a relative scale of "Lower Activity" to "Higher Activity." Absolute values for density factors are displayed and discussed in detail in the State of Walking and Biking Report. Limited access highways are displayed in gray and are excluded from this analysis. Findings and Notable Results The major population center in Ramsey County is the City of Saint Paul. The downtown core is filled with dense employment activity. Other notable population activity areas include the 3M campus in Maplewood and along the Snelling Avenue corridor in Falcon Heights and Roseville. Pockets of activity areas are also concentrated in the historic downtown White Bear Lake, the neighborhood around Berwood Park in Vadnais Heights and areas in St. Paul such as University Avenue, Energy Park Drive and the University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus. Future development areas, such as Rice Creek Commons in Arden Hills, the New Brighton Exchange in New Brighton and the Ford Plant in St. Paul, are identified on the map. While these areas today are not yet developed to their future potential, these sites are planned for new residential and employment development. This will result higher activity levels than the surrounding areas. 2B-6 I SYSTEM ANALYSIS