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Anoka County
<br />MINNESOTA
<br />Respectful, Innovative, Fiscally Responsible
<br />Anoka County 2019
<br />Multi -Jurisdictional
<br />All Hazards Mitigation Plan
<br />OIaine
<br />The City of Blaine has eleven industrial parks, competitive land costs, a strong labor pool, and
<br />excellent freeway and highway access. With the development of Interstate 35-W, State Highway
<br />65, and State Highway 10, Blaine's accessibility to the Twin Cities was greatly improved.
<br />Because of this, Blaine has become a very attractive location for business and residential
<br />development. Blaine has attracted many new corporate residents, such as the Aveda
<br />Corporation, Bermo, Dayton Rogers Manufacturing, Infinite Campus, ParaMetrics, General
<br />Pattern, and Carley Foundry - Blaine is also home to the National Sports Center, an Olympic
<br />class training facility, as well as home to a Tournament Players Club golf course. Transportation
<br />infrastructure includes Blaine Airport, Interstate 35W, State Highway 10, and State Highway 65.
<br />Blaine has a strong and growing industrial and commercial business sector. Blaine is home to
<br />nearly 1800 businesses. The city has a Federal Post Office, a State National Sports Center and
<br />Anoka County Human Service Center, two libraries and a county license bureau. Utilities
<br />include four water towers, one water reservoir, three water treatment plant, two power transfer
<br />stations, seventeen wells, two natural gas odorizing station, natural gas pipelines, bulk fuel
<br />transfer pipelines, city sewer and water, household hazardous waste collection site and five
<br />solid waste transfer stations.
<br />The city has a City Hall/Police Department building, a senior center, four fire stations, five senior
<br />apartment buildings, a public works facility and twelve schools. Three school districts cover the
<br />City of Blaine. They are Independent School District #11, #12 and #16. There are six large
<br />childcare centers and three large medical clinics. The closest hospital is located five miles from
<br />the city border in the City of Fridley.
<br />Recreation includes a private golf course, the TPC of the Twin Cities and over 62 parks and 81
<br />miles of trails. Blaine is host to two large national spectator events. The USA Cup and the 3M
<br />Championships. These events draw several hundred thousand spectators each year.
<br />City of Nowthen
<br />City of Nowthen has 55 miles of roads with 26 miles being gravel and 29 miles of blacktop.
<br />Burns has a heavily traveled county road (Anoka County Road #22) running east and west
<br />through the community and running north and south is Anoka County Road #5. Three different
<br />school districts (Independent School District # 11, # 15 & # 728) cover City of Nowthen. There
<br />are no hospitals, clinics or care facilities within City of Nowthen. Currently City of Nowthen is
<br />contracted with Ramsey Fire Department and Oak Grove Fire Department for fire protection.
<br />City of Nowthen is covered by the Anoka County Sheriffs Office on a 911 emergency basis.
<br />Connexus Energy handles utilities for City of Nowthen for electric power along with a small
<br />portion of the community having natural gas by Center Point Energy. A large portion of the
<br />community uses propane gas. Century Link provides telephone service.
<br />The City of Nowthen is located in the northwest corner of Anoka County. With the cities of Elk
<br />River, Ramsey, Oak Grove and St. Francis surrounding Nowthen we are joining the fast-
<br />growing communities of Northern Anoka County. With County Road 22 (Viking Blvd.) running
<br />completely through our community (east and west), and Highway 47 running north and south
<br />through Nowthen, we are easily accessible from all directions. Major retail shops and stores are
<br />just a few minutes away in Elk River and Ramsey.
<br />According to the 2010 Local Population Counts and Census, Nowthen is estimated to have
<br />4,443 residents and 1,494 households. Household size averaged 3.10 persons per household.
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<br />Commented [RK76]: Reviewed for 2019
<br />Commented [RK77]: Updated —2019
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