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i r Hugo City Hall • 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North • Hugo, Minnesota 55038 Developments On The Downtown Redevelopment Redevelopment History that the founda- tions of the new In 1998, the City of Hugo downtown build -- c established a downtown plan upon the rich •� and preliminary guidelines traditions of r to address the redevelop- Hugo." City �- ment of its downtown area Council (from Nadeau's Market to member Mike • the Post Office,primarily Granger 1 along Highway 61). It was remarks, "It's determined that this first plan important to ;� - needed to be updated for two have an actual major reasons—to take into plan in writing . µ� consideration areas that could —so that we be developed along County have the appro- Road 8 and to address the priate infrastruc- impact of a re-aligned County ture in place, and a� Road 8 and Highway 61 inter- so that we have section. some guidelines for things like G ...._. In September 2003, the Hugo zoning, build- City Council hired Landform, ing placement, /. a Minneapolis firm that spe- and architectural Hugo , ets`Uown ' cializes in planning and urban design." To Business design, to assist the City in Page 2 updating and finalizing a mas- While develop- The downtown master plan was prepared in ter plan for downtown Hugo. ing the plan, 2004 after significant public involvement at a Winter Parking The goal of the master plan is Landform has series of workshops. Ordinance. to develop architectural and relied heavily ment of the downtown area Page 4 A site design standards that will on input from the City staff, has been a long-term goal and create a commercial area that the City Council, the Planning has evolved as part of a pub- What's''. respects the local traditions Commission, and current and lic process with a tremendous Developin In and fits in with the character potential business owners. In amount of public input,"notes o0 of the community. Hugo addition, a community-wide Miron. The City Council and e ;. Mayor Fran Miron comments, open house was held in May the Planning Commission "Establishing these design 2004 to encourage public recently held a joint meet- guidelines will help to ensure input. "The redevelop- ing to downtown:See Page 5