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wPDNESDAY. .IANLARY 17 1996,
<br /> SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS
<br /> COVERING THE COMMUNITIES OF: Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Gem take,
<br /> Lauderdale. Little Canada. Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, NORT5.1
<br /> Snore\dew. Vaanais Heights, White Bear Lake, White Bear Township
<br /> DEVELOPMENT ROUNDUP •
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<br /> Science Roseville se s No matter what hotel chain comes �;
<br /> comes forward. the group will
<br /> work with the city's hotel commit- O
<br /> building record Interpretive center
<br /> tee before presenting plans to ther
<br /> Vadnais Heights City Council. is natural place for .
<br /> • For a city
<br /> --1:44hands-on teaching
<br /> without Around North Metro
<br /> much t UNDA OWEN STAFF WRITER ,_ -.
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<br /> • When the Roseville City Coun-
<br /> for growth. sit cii voted late last year to postpone 'j' �` � r
<br /> Roseville ; ■ he wild- 4' "it„
<br /> saw plenty .4;•A selecting a developer for the city's GATEWAY
<br /> ' ' life on es- I TO NATURE
<br /> of action in :�� —"` gateway industrial park project.it
<br /> of a 0 seemed a bit of a victory for one play Tues-
<br /> � local developer. day at The 6-year-old
<br /> 1So much That's because lawyers for the Roseville's Harriet Alexander
<br /> so that it set Harriet Al- interpretive
<br /> a record for BLAKE Everest Group Ltd. went to court exander Na- center is the x� `
<br /> dollars spent MORRISON in December seeking to prevent .e,
<br /> STAFF WRITER • the city — and Council Member ture Center gateway to a
<br /> on con consisted of 52-acre area of "�.:
<br /> on new Patricia Johnson — from voting 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 aIleap --
<br /> had another banner year in terms ged that Johnson should not be I and ordinarythe east end of
<br /> allowed to vote because her hits- .¢,
<br /> of creating new value in the corn- turtles bRoseville's
<br /> band is employed by a construe '
<br /> munity,"said Dennis Welsch, the •. tion company used by a competing the first- Central Park..
<br /> cit '
<br /> ys community development di- developer, Meritex Inc. • graders
<br /> rector. "We saw $62.3 million in Even though a Ramsey County from Central Park Elementary ,_
<br /> new construction last year." District Court judge refused to School could hardly contain their '"" ,
<br /> That tops the previous record of stop either the council or Johnson excitement.a
<br /> 351.9 million in 1993. from voting on the 34-acre devel- Naturalist Shannon Stewart had ,,,, �,.,
<br /> The city is 97 percent devel- to keep reminding the youngsters
<br /> ooment, the-council tabled the is- Y g ��t
<br /> aped, so any time you get this sue and didn't talk about it again to stay in a circle and not crowd �•'
<br /> - much new development interest on against the little creatures in their '" -
<br /> for the rest of the year.
<br /> the part of investors, it's a healthyplastic tank. Several boys
<br /> That meant that Johnson, who �
<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- m she fed bits of worm to a Sala-
<br /> _ tion and college construction, but wander.
<br /> there was also the (Hills of Lake tunny to vote because she is no The children were both repelled longer part of the council. P First-grader Kayla Miller
<br /> Owasso) residential develop- The revamped council is expec- and thrilled by the chance to touch as part of a regular vis
<br /> went." ted to choose a developer some- a painted turtle that Stewart car- Kolias. The shell was re
<br /> All told, 106 new owner-occu- time in the next few weeks. ... Fled around the circle. "The shell
<br /> pied homes were built in the city Mounds View's city newsletter, wasne cr \ied Bradley Dean. the way salamanders' fl
<br /> last year. Welsch said. Mounds View Matters, has won Butt oone of the girls,ackenzie
<br /> hemp them crawl under
<br /> More hotel talk the city an international award. Potts, said the experience was
<br /> cool." painted help themes top and
<br /> Talk in Vadnais Heights is that Economic development coordi- shells hide.
<br /> the city may finally have an offer nator Cathy Bennett says the "We used to go up to our cabin "These salamanders d
<br /> newsletter, which •includes news and look under logs for Saltman- any teeth, so they n
<br /> to entertain for a new hotel. on business, communitydevelop- de=s• she added.
<br /> For months, officials have been For Central Park's primarythings to eat," Stewart
<br /> went andparks, received a merit Stu- as she fed the ong ubi�
<br /> tight-lipped and not particularly t
<br /> optimistic about talks with devel- award in the City Hall Communi- den he nature center just be- have special tongues –
<br /> cations public information award hind the school is a special class- rough, like sandpaper."
<br /> opens to build a hotel on County room where science comes alive.
<br /> Road E next to Ruberto's restau- competition. The contest is open to
<br /> cities in the United States and This is the third year the school The classes suppiem
<br /> rant. has contracted with the center to school's science instructic
<br /> -: But city administrator Gerald-; Urban said Tuesday he expects a Canada. teach regular lessons in environ-
<br /> The newsletter is published ev- the way a science special:.
<br /> ery other month. ... mental science. in most elementary scho
<br /> proposal "any day" from a firmLittle Canada officials are con- Once every two weeks. first-
<br /> advantage
<br /> Park the pure
<br /> - interested in building a 3- to 5-sto- and second-graders make the trek advantage of the �urc
<br /> ry complex with at least 80 rooms Verstng with the county to ensure
<br /> that the reconstruction of Lithe down the newly paved path from back Yard: "Not every Siem
<br /> "We're about to get a proposal." the school to the Harriet Alexan- school has that." princip
<br /> •- - Urban said. But until the level- Canada Road, slated for 1997, I
<br /> will conform with the city's plans der interpretive center on Dale Charest said.
<br /> _ . open makes the application. they Street north of County Road B2.
<br /> want to remain anonymous." for downtown redevelopment. The 6-year-old buildingis theAt the nature center,
<br /> - - Last year. Mayor Mark Haider Rinne :Morrison writes about growth and gateway children "do thannce in
<br /> to a 52-acrethatarea of real setting" a telt:
<br /> had said that Radisson and Com- develoomen:,n northern Ramsey County ' marsh and woods that makes un classroom experiment c:
<br /> fort Inn were front-runners to
<br /> v!' _ =, o. ?o,or?.ge. u;c the r3st end '7f Rose.ville's Cert ... +. - .. --
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