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CITY OF RAMSEY - GENERAL INFORMATION GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHY Location: Area: Population: On the Mississippi and Rum Rivers in Central Minnesota approxi- mately Twenty (20) miles North of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Pa~ul and located in Anoka County, Minnesota's fastest growing county. 18,450 acres 2,546 - 7,000 - 7,620 - 8,570 - 10,000 - 10,000 - 1970 U.S. Census 1974 Incorporated Census 1976 Metropolitan Council Estimate 1978 Metropolitan Council Estimate 1978 City Council Estimate 1979 City Council Estimate ECONOMY Transportation Ramsey is serviced by State Highways #10 and #47, together with Township and County roads in Anoka and surrounding counties. Highway #10 is a four (4) lane major thoroughfare with direct access both North and South to the Interstate highway system. Ramsey is also serviced by'a main track of the Burlington Northern Railroad. Industrial Although the City of Ramsey is primarily residential with many of its resi- dents working in the Twin Cities area, local'industries and business pro- vide 20% of the total assessed value of the City. Some of the major private employers in the City are: Firm .Product/Service Employment .Mate Punch & Die KovarManufacturing Co. Pre-Stressed Concrete Grosslein Beverages, Inc. Mechanical component parts 168 Farm Equipment 47 Concrete construction products 70 Beer Distributor 38 Mate Punch & Die .Company completed in 1978 a $335,000.00 addition, which addition enlarged the company's production facility from 24,640 square feet to 41,640 square feet. Other recent construction includes an office building for Carson Homes valued at $190,000. Also completed in the spring of 1980 was a 33,500 square foot addition to Grossle~n Beverages, Inc. warehouse at a cost of $555,000. An 11,000 square foot addition