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i T 1 S IE M to 4W I Osseo has changed significantly over the years • Osseo was settled in 1852 and incorporated in 1875. In those days Osseo was a potato farming community with a railroad running through town. • Most of Osseo's housing stock was built for the GIs after World War 11. Osseo's construction boom lasted from the 1940s to the 1960s. • Osseo has changed a great deal in the last 50 years and today is situated in one of the fastest growing areas of the linin Cities Residents pace in front oJtbe International Hotel built metropolitan retro On. in 1874 and formerly located at 2nd Street and Central mep Avenue. r ,. • The need to continue to provide residents with new housing t options, shops and services is as strong today as it was in the 1950s .,. x or even the 1850s. k< • Maintaining Osseo's signature "small-town" character while continuing to retain and attract new residents to our hometown <= f community is our primary focus. To achieve this goal, Osseo uses redevelopment to remove blighted, substandard and underutilized properties. The City works with developers to replace those properties with modern housing choices, shops and services that The blacksmith shop was a critical business for Osseo meet the needs of today's residents. residents in its early days. Today's seniors want housing choices like those offered at The Bell Tower Office and Commerce Center was completed in 2001 and meets our community's growing need Steeple Pointe,625 Cenlral Avenue,completed in 1998 on for business and office space. This attractive redevelopment project is located at an entrance to our community the site of the old St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. —101 Broadway Street West—and replaced an auto salvage yard.