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Forecast: Unless Unchecked, Imbalance will Continue <br /> The bottom line for communities not on the inside of the growth track becomes <br /> very clear: the"bedroom" status of one area is perpetuated just as dramatically as <br /> the"growth" status of another becomes the raison d'etre for new investment. Or <br /> as Mike Munson, Chief Planner for the Metropolitan Council,prosaically put it, <br /> "those things [major developments] like to go next to each other." <br /> All available statistics indicate that this trend will continue indefinitely or possi- <br /> bly accelerate unless something is done to promote a more balanced approach to <br /> future private and public economic development in the Twin Cities Metropolitan <br /> area. <br /> • <br /> 5 Northern Mayors Association <br />