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<br />However, if large amol.lnts of development ol,;cl.lrred Ql.ltsi!:le the 1,SOO-meter <br />riildll, or If food retailers were conc::entriiltll!d in one area, the goal may not be <br />reached. For exampllll, large scale food retailers (lIke Cub Qr Rainbow) will <br />sometimes choose locations directly adjacent to one another within one <br />subt.lrban-styleshopplng center. While the market may support this style of <br />development (In the Town Center for example). this configuration would do <br />little to help the city meet its goal because both stores would be serving largely <br />similar 1,600 meter areas. <br /> <br />Another policy alternative to reach the goal would be to encourage the <br />development of a weekly farmer's market. By partnering with existing Ramsey <br />farmers and other neighboring farms. Ramsey could build a farmer's market. <br />Ideally, the, farmer's market could be hosted at various sites within the <br />community, <br /> <br />It Is unlikely that the City of Ramsey will choose to operate a municipal <br />supermarket; therefore the private sector will, be the source of any new food <br />retilllln the city. ~and \,ISe controls and locl.ltlon availability will be the primary <br />areas In which to fOCUll policy directives tQ encourage additional food retail in <br />Ramsey, <br /> <br />Land yse controls, The city may be able to reach its goal more quickly by <br />encouraging a number of neighborhood-serving retail developments that <br />Included fresh fruit and vegetables. However, this type of store would probably <br />require neighborhood development with a different design and an increased <br />density compared to what is traditionally seen in Ramsey outside of the Town <br />Center area. <br /> <br />Both the City's Comprehensive Plan as well as the zoning controls used to <br />Implement the plan will be Important for encouraging additional food retai.\. <br />. The Comprehensive Plan can encourage the development of neighborhoods <br />'with both residential, and small retail uses within. walking distance and <br />connected by sidewalks, This would serve as an alternative to more typical <br />$uburb\1ln rlltllll developmlilntj that includes larglil concentrations of retail In one <br />area, seiresated from residential uses. Zoning controls must follow a change in <br />the Comprehensive plan, both to allow commercial uses in areas of change, and <br />also to provide $ome standards for the form of commercial uses In close <br />proximity to resldli.ntial area$, <br /> <br />In addition to neighborhood-serving retail that could be located within or near <br />. residential neighborhoods/ appropriate locations should be identified for larger <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />-116- <br />