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Greenways <br /> <br />f;ccd;m tin-ce discusses some of the different corridors xvithin Ramsey that are proposed for the development of new <br />trail, s. Sonw (~f these corridors are not along roads, but are "Greenxvay" corridors that cut cross country. Since Ramsey <br />and su&'r(mnding communities have experienced a fair amount of development, some of the biggest contiguous tracts <br />,)1' land I',appcn to be floodplains and large xvefland complexes. The term Greenways refers to a mode of planning <br />x:;Ine~ in thc inlent is to maintain natural resource connectivity. Some of the factors affecting corridor suitability are land <br />c~ ~vcr (¥cgcradon, developments, roads, open water etc.) land oxvnership, destinations, quality of existing natural landscapes <br />ami p~[eul.ial interior habitat for wildlife. <br /> <br />lu thisI emerging plan, the City has <br />al,',.'.ady identified the Trott Brook <br />~ ~,rrid6r for fi~mre ~ail development. <br /> } ' <br />lot t ~e rcas~ms noted herein. In fact, <br />rh ~ ~' ' , <br /> ,,tare ],cgislamre recognized th.e <br />,hq) n'~am-c of Greenways xvith a <br />S5 ~), )~}()app :op~tfion (2003-2004) for <br />p~t'cha~c (~ conservation and trail <br />ca,.;ements within the Trott Brook <br />(Mrrid0r. This serves the interests <br />of Ramses residents as well as <br />pr(~xidi~g a wtluable east to west <br />c,,~mcdti,m across Ramsey that has <br />r%~iom~l significance. In addition, a <br />(;t'ecllw;t? along Trott Brook ~vould <br />c~mnedt i~mn River Cen~al Park to <br />/-'.]k RSk~t't: and points south to ~he <br />Miss is sip pi. <br /> <br />% hile i~ re:tv seem that rivers provide <br />au v×cellenl conduit for Greenways, <br />th,.' rcM. it:y i.s that if this land is <br />},,~iltl:tl)lc. it has already been <br />dcv~cl(,ped. Thc result is that <br />atrcmptn~ m route trail directly <br />adjacent to the banks of the rivers <br />across high value real estate is a <br />ch~dlcnge, am.l seldom feasible. <br /> <br />i5,:~,m'e ~.1 is a summary of some <br />10r~>p,~scd (;rccnxvay Corridors <br />iclc~n ilic~ l widnn Ramscy. <br /> <br />~7 <br /> <br />Figure 4. l- SummaO, of Anoka Coun~ ~reen~ays Prqect- Proposed Greemv~ ~utes <br />within ~ms~. <br /> <br />~SEY TO~ CENTER <br />The concept plan for ~e ~msey Tow~ Center ~s complete with a large amount <br />o~pub~c, open space ~co~orated ~t~ ~e plan. ~e there are no Greenway <br />Corridors identified that would allow ~ ~ect connection to the Town Center, <br />a more namrahzed urban route fro~ Lake Itasca should be estab~shed en <br />route to the Nfississsippi ~ver ~roug~ the Town Center. <br /> <br /> <br />