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Cottage Grove GROWTH PARTNERS ScattP,re 1S' .PiC ciaV Praj'ectk:.. The Pine Grove Market place, located at 8800 East Pant Douglas Road was developed in 2005. During 2006 we welcomed the Pizza Man take out restaurant(1140 SF), Davita Clinic, (5,030 SF),Alpha Omega Construction (1,413 SF),Worldwide Communications(1,486 SF), and Mr. Goodcents -- Pizza and Pasta(1,844 SF)which fill out this new center next to Menards. Ha` The Point West Business Center, also a 2005 project, located at 8617 West - Point Douglas Road, also is dose to being fully built out after the neve additions for J&S Siding(3,780 SF), Electric Sun(1,792 iVl�rketplace SF), First Financial - Lending(961 SF), Bieter Eye Clinic j (2,825 SF), and 5 Star Mortgage(3,800 SF). In 2006 Washington County began construction of their 40,345 square "-IT foot South Service Center on the first leg of the eventual 6.1 mile Ravine Parkway. Adjacent to the Ravine Regional Park,this state of the art facility will house a WIC Clinic and other public health services, commu- nity corrections offices and a service desk for other county functions and programs. Occupancy took place in April, 2007. South • •n County Service Center The pace of new housing construction dropped to 1997 to 2001 levels at 185 new homes reflecting both a national and Twin Cities decline in construction activity. However,the per unit value of new housing stock increased 32%over the prior year. It is estimated that the sales value of new single family detached housing stock for the year hit an average of$400,000 while attached housing construction likely averaged$250,000 in per unit sales price. In 2006 the City approved two rural residential (Quittem and Lehigh Acres)and two urban plats •..a.. ,�d, �,_,,,,�,,_„ (Pine Acres 3`', Silverwood, both within the ��••^^�° NAeNwAlrw northeastern portion of the West Draw). Prelimi- nary Plats were approved for the Oak Cove and Everwood Subdivisions. These subdivisions are -: in the southern most portion of the West Draw at #'! 4 the entrance to the Gateway Commercial District. In 2006 the City also completed the three-year b 44. V v-rC'"` n East Ravine Planning study. Completion of this �. study,the corresponding Alternative Urban Are- ` awide Review, and Comprehensive Plan amend- ment prepares the City to open the exciting 4000 acre East Ravine Neighborhood. The first 800 acres of this new upscale community will see in- ..M�. frastructure construction in 2007 with housing construdaon slated to begin late 2007 and 2008. i'7•�Ra•vx rar►•.ay Concept Plan For • • on development opportunities in C • • Grove call Howard Blin at • 458-2824 or • 1 • 458-2822 www.cottage-9rove.org econdev@cottage-grove.org i