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Comprehensive Plan HKGi has a long history of service to the City of Inver Grove Heights. Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota HKGi assisted the City with the 1999 update of its Comprehensive Plan. One of the key land use issues addressed in the plan was the development City of Inver Grove Heights of the 2200-acre northwest quadrant of the community, an area bounded by Interstate 494,TH 52 andTH 55 - all major urban freeways. The plan encouraged the development of this area through the use of techniques "that foster a development pattern that provides housing and employment ` ._, yr ria City of opportunities while preserving unique natural features and open space." a ia.rr Grove Heights . ? Land Use Plan The Northwest Quadrant Master Plan will help bring that recommendation _ to fruition.The City selected HKGi to lead the 2007 Comprehensive Plan -.,> _ :; Update. `' I a i tk Inver Grove Heights is a rapidly growing St. Paul suburb. Like many , ,a "E ta if; _ .. rapidly developing communities, the City is experiencing growing pains Er • and desired a strategy to address the many diverse issues and influences present in the community.At the turn of the century,the City was a small s-= ._si ir- 0-, Mississippi River town surrounded by a beautiful rugged landscape that N s j& 1�� +' nourished horse stables, nurseries and small agriculture endeavors.The .. 1 / community has grown m a conscious manner from the village core and has ..�� j ape 's+:`j'3"iy' t ' 5 ,l further reinforced that its diverse urban and rural character are an integral = ,"i is.� p�� +component of the community's fabric.The influences on the landscape "* ' ' � ``O MI 1- % it,. t Asa today ,.- include the Mississippi River Critical Area corridor,airspace from a `u " l f^ , regional and an International airport, urban/rural development patterns �w e , .I3t: l �. affected by the metropolitan urban service area, major arterial highways . bisecting the community and a significant industrial development on the 4a 1a II City's border. The plan takes an approach to accommodate continued `', ' growth of both urban and rural lifestyles in an environmentally and fiscally . )4 responsible manner. The plan draws on the unique development patterns in the community '! :.,MI to further reinforce the character for future development. The plan \ *� emphasizes connections throughout the community to tie the diverse ,. built and natural environments together. A 2500-acre expansion of the 4'ate,_ a . ., ,� k. urban service area will be phased over the next 20 years. An emphasis ,...� W- �`Aii OM on innovative traditional neighborhood planning and cluster housing ,'design techniques are provided to delicately balance environmental and ■ """'" Y tea- IIII =. development issues. This area will provide another focal point that is III uniquely different than what exists in the community today. The plan - ..- provides job center areas for future office and business parks along I-494 The land Use Plan for the Na thwresfQuadiantindudesasignilcant amount of open space ldepided in green)at the heart of the residential The Land Use Plan for the Northwest Quadrant includes a significant communities amount of open space (depicted in green) at the heart of the residential ©® communities.and Highways 50 and 52 that further reinforce Inver Grove Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. ©B Heights as a special place to live,work and play. page 17