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<br />Project <br />Profile <br /> <br />Project Type <br />Master Plan <br />Albert Lea, Minn. <br /> <br />Client <br />City of Albert Lea <br /> <br /> <br />www.LHBcorp.C0111 <br /> <br />Blazing Star Landing <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />\Vhen the Farrnland Industries burned <br />to the ground, it not only left the <br />Albert Lea community stunned from <br />d1e loss of jobs, it left them without <br />clear direction about what might <br />replace it. The citizens of Albert Lea <br />detennined that this site, located just <br />east of downtown and along a waterway <br />between two prominent lakes, might be <br />one of the most irnportant community <br />development decisions they would face. <br /> <br />After initial ideas were forged during a <br />Minnesota Design Team visit (co-lead by <br />Michael Fischer and Michael Schroeder), <br />LHB was asked to prepare development <br />concepts that would include a mix of <br />commercial uses, a resort hotel, a marina, <br />and new residential opportunities. But <br />it was the public space that became <br />important-how the community <br />might access the lakes from Blazing <br />Star Landing, wid1 a Canal Walk, new <br />parks, expanded boating opportunities, <br />and a unique lock and dam (invented <br />by an Albert Lea resident) d1at would <br />physically link Albert Lea Lake with <br />Fountain Lake. <br />