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I <br /> I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Recreational <br /> <br />The City maintains twenty park areas totalling 165 acres, the City <br />code provides for the establishment of a park fund to be financed by <br />new construction in the City and used for park land acquisition and <br />development. <br /> <br />Municipal Center <br /> <br />In 1976, the City applied for and was awarded an Economic Development <br />Administration (EDA) grant of approximately $595,000 for construction <br />of a municipal center and fire hall. The 15,000 square foot building <br />was ready for occupancy in December 1977. The City also owns a one <br />acre parcel of land at a different location on which is located two <br />large garages which house the street maintenance equipment. <br /> <br />PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> <br />Electricity: <br />Cooperative. <br /> <br />City of Anoka Public Utilities and Anoka Electric <br /> <br />Gas: North Central Public Service <br /> <br />Telephone: <br />West. <br /> <br />Northwestern Bell Telephone-Company, a subsidiary of U.S. <br /> ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION <br /> <br />POPULATION <br /> <br />Table 12 shows the population of the City as estimated in 1983 and <br />recorded in the past two censuses. <br /> <br /> TABLE 12 <br />Populatio~ Statistics <br /> <br /> City of <br />City of Ramse~ <br /> <br />1983 Estimate 10,593 <br />1980 10,091 <br />1970 2,546 <br /> <br />BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY <br /> <br />Although the City of Ramsey is primarily residential with many of its <br />residents working in the Twin Cities area, local industries and <br />businesses provide 20% of the total assessed value of the City. Some <br />of the major private employers in the City are listed in Table 13 <br />below: <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br /> <br />