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<br /> EDITOR'S NOTE:We asked John Rempe,
<br /> a with Smith,Wright
<br /> and Kem pe P.A.and new chair ofthe Unprecedented $19.4 Million
<br /> Phalen Corridor Initiative Steering Com-
<br /> mittee, lace asbedultofthePhranges Approved for Minn. Brownfields
<br /> raking plate as a result ojthe Phalen
<br /> Corridor Initiative.Focusing on the future
<br /> and callingJor community support ojthe
<br /> proposed new roadway,he said:
<br /> -The Phalen Corridor Initiative,a project Phalen Corridor Industrial Sites Eligible for Funds
<br /> to redevelop 100 acres of polluted land along
<br /> a rail corridor between 1-35E and Prosperity This year following
<br /> Avenue,continues to gain ground.We plan to efforts spearheaded by
<br /> attract companies to cleaned sites who will _ .� h - _ I a the Saint Paul delegation,
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<br /> the Minnesota State create good paying jobs for Eastsiders.Our i S
<br /> p riorities are industrial development,
<br /> Legislature approved
<br /> workforce development•and green space _ _ �. f1 _ o $I9A million to clean up
<br /> reclamation. _ _ a+, 0 -'R "�- contaminated industrial
<br /> The face of the East Side is changing! - land.Cities from all over
<br /> Williams Hill,formerly a six-story heap of �_ 'f° the state will be applying
<br /> rubble,will soon be leveled to make way for a �,.. - - i — however.
<br /> _ - l .�,�\� _ for these(ands-however,
<br /> new industrial park.Up In five companies will _ -'-� -p� '3 '7�.• the Phalen Corridor
<br /> locate there.Phalen Shopping Center,except
<br /> for Jerry's grocery store,will soon be tom s ~•�_ _ `e`^�•t"�_ '
<br /> Y e • Initiative has an excellent
<br /> down to make way or a wetland. ry, .�-, 1 chance of receiving a
<br /> Y ���1� '�•� �substantial grant.
<br /> In addition to these current developments. ,r"•�,r- - - Previous work done
<br /> other property within the Phalen Corridor is - °
<br /> by the Phalen Corridor
<br /> targeted for industrial development.Recently
<br /> Initiative gives the East
<br /> representatives from the City of Saint Pau! 3
<br /> Side a distinct edge.This
<br /> and our former chair.Craig Johnson•went to
<br /> is a case where long term
<br /> Washington.DC and met with elected "' -
<br /> officials to identify various funding sources WilliamsHill,a25-arre parcel of polluted industrial land northeast of downtown,Is the first brownfield reclamation project
<br /> strategy has really paid of
<br /> for Phalen Boulevard,the proposed new in the Phalen Corridor.It will be cleared of debris,cleaned of pollutants and developed into o new industrial park employing off.Over
<br />led acres lying
<br /> roadway hat will provide access to over 300 people.Thiscom computer-enhanced image ro'ed'sboundariesanddevelo development potential. between Y P
<br /> Y P P P A p ! P P between 1-J5E and the
<br /> current and new East Side businesses and
<br /> industries. intersection of Maryland
<br /> I urge Phalen Corridor Initiative boosters Corridor's East End Corridor's West End Avenue and Prosperity
<br /> to contact their elected officials and seek Avenue have already
<br /> aggressive support of funding for the con- spruces Up gets Industrial Park been identified and are
<br /> con-
<br /> struction of Phalen Boulevard.The more we eligible for stale financ-
<br /> are heard,the more we will see visible signs Besides the Phalen Shopping Center purchase, Finally.Williams Hill's unsightly rubble heap is ing.This foresight helps
<br /> of progress in our community!" actions pushing the Phalen Corridor Initiative disappearing. An industrial park.rich in new immeasurably with the
<br /> Y• P g Pfe g' � next step,applying for the
<br /> east end projects forward are: ' jobs,new investment,and new opportunities for P• PP Y to 8
<br /> A REAL BLOCK BUSTER Eastsiders,will soon replace it. competitive grant funds.
<br /> •The exploration of of earth from she Although this is not
<br /> _ Don't miss the new Phalen Corridor Video! railroad berm near Prosperity Avenue as This new industrial park,tentatively named
<br /> Pe Y the stal'e's first allocation
<br /> It resents projects and progress to date.The fill for the avenue's realignment.This westerns Hill Business Center,is the corridor's
<br /> p 8 to help Minnesota cities
<br /> video is available to individuals and groups would speed completion of the realignment western anchor and a springboard for she Phalen
<br /> Bro P P g Corridor Initiative One of she Saint Paul Pon clean up contaminated
<br /> interested in teaming about the Phalen Corridor AND reduce .the height of the berth. land and put valuable
<br /> Authority's latest projects,it is a$10 million
<br /> Initiative.For a copy,call 772-6220. •The State Legislature's support of projects property back into
<br /> 8 PPo P 1 public investment(57.7 million by the City of
<br /> endorsed by the Saint Paul delegation. Saint Pau!and$2.3 million by the Minnesota productive use,it is the
<br /> East Slde Job Bank Placements This year,the Legislative Commission on Department of Economic Security.the Metro- largest and its impact
<br /> September 1996-November 1997 Minnesota Resources secured a$600.000 politan Council,and the Port Authority)that across Minnesota and in
<br /> 187 people got jobs that paid an grant for Ames Lake Wetland construction. promises to leverage an equal amount of private Saint Paul will be highly
<br /> The also awarded funds for the Phalen investment in new construction and hundreds of significant.
<br /> average starting wage of$7.87 per hour. Y
<br /> Wetland restoration.This four-acre livable-wage jobs. Thanks to the commit-
<br /> wetland was groomed in June and planted Williams Hill Business Center will: ment and patient work of
<br /> •-• with 24,000 native prrideflower and grass all the Phalen Corridor
<br /> seedlings in September. • accommodate up to five new businesses Initiative partners,
<br /> ✓OBS •The Public Works Department's coordina- • become Saint Paul's 16th industrial park desirable industrial sites
<br /> P will be available for
<br /> lion of detailed engineering plans for the • host about 325 jobs and spur creation of manufacturers to locate
<br /> Ames Lake Wetland restoration and another 450 in the immediate area
<br /> on the Fist Side.This,of
<br /> Prosperity Avenue realignment to enable • encourage industrial development at nine course,means good jobs,
<br /> construction to be completed in 1998. other potential sites in the corridor new investment,more
<br /> The Pholen Corridor Initiative is changing Almost 2,000 new jobs could be created in businesses,and a promis-
<br /> the face of the corridor's east end,a major step the Phalen Corridor if all identified sites are ing future for Fastsiders.
<br /> Sep Fwa M: p�nom in revitalizing the entire area fully developed.
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