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~}o ~:.~ fkF" l<~ Ji I~ ~ !i :~; 1;-:' \! r /Jllju~;~ XII. ECO~OMfc DEVELOP~t;itd ,. <:~~ '0, <~. J< ;'.~'~ ~f:~- ~~ A. HisroriJ,,1 Economic Det!efkm'~t in Ptl~ey>, ' In t;pe, sQttlement days of' .' ipal.j~otiP11'l~ wasJtrading. Settlers took advantag~ of major transpo: '(~~Pc:P.$ts wJ1ere goods were traded wi~ me*bers of the Winnl .~aJ(11.~an' tri~es. Some settlers that came to the area took up' .....~:;:'.c9nditions~revented farming from bec,min* a strong part orts'90JSa,nd eJtrly 1900's, the major ecoIlomiQ. growth of the ~'.' '~,City,. ofAnoka, where the Rum Riv!r pr<fided a sourceoflto ....'Ji1ae.Ci~ofAnoka's downtown soot} emtged as a center rq): ~:ntand!~ve'ntually. became the Anol<a C~unty seat. . It w$.s nofuntil the 1950's.. andjndu~ial development.f majqrtr~sportation route, "s ' conriecti~ the Twin Citiestp andindufrial developments" place wHile other sites sitb busU1esse~. - .", , eYI;~g~tos~.eati interest in commercial "', toftfa.t!ing,;posts occurred along a t;i';!figliwar 10 isa major route has's~ena scattering of commercial Somenew;construction has taken FOU$~S and' faim buildings into ~: " ~ ~ H ; , '",' Indu~triall.park developmentf late~O's tnd early 70's Gatt Park dev~loped north of their ofthtl cOrl)munity. This earLy for fUture~industrial develomn the (lomniunity. These par~ concrete ~d masonry plant . remain today and in some ',t uniq1;le de~elopment that OCC~ and~xPaQsion of numerous need;to ptovide industriall. Gateway ~orth Industrial which waS decommissioned in' ie....', fJi~'p.gs~~~~ ell..'.lnen~p~, >;,en~iallyaefi11.ed the general location '~~ch QO'j'.. ~~.upthe. bulk.. ~f economic activity in .;e;relopm~ttof~OlneheaVy inQustrial uses such as a e':~:t~~n~~w.~1~j~i ~T~ i~~e~::,u~n:~;: ~a bus' '. slin~~bat(>r, which~s assisted the growth ~utt~s~ ....{~~~f:::6~:~:~::du~~~~nS:;k~tty~ a.j"prea~; .~Qu~~ redevelopment of the. airport site, ..~.t~ 19~0';S. y .". . - .,~ - ~:-' In 1994 4nd 1995 the Cit~ ~ianft~e d~v~oiql1lfitof~seY;BUSiness Park 95 by acquiring ~oughly 85 acres JoJlitd~ial dey,.et~ '.' ;. t. .^ro~dtijis same time a major utility cOIlpany, The Anoka,E ,,':f i oop~rfi~( IJaJt1l'd Co1jnexus. Energy), began deve\opmftt of the AEC En ..tTh~~~;\E .y/Par~is royghly 135 acres and is home. to ~C' s corporate h,' . . . Bqth~f~ ~aJ'ks liaver~pidly filled up and the few re11laf1ing .lots are undert ratiQnlll:lY~s at 'companies and expected to be developediby the end of 1998. ~ " A strong i~dustrial marketmp the ll'(etrorlolitan area were elf build inew f'acilities rather tIta)t the qntire\ Metropolitan ar~ contributi~g elements to the~s along a tiJajor transportatiop (including (convenient rail. ~c 2001 Ramsey Compre~nsive Plan :: ()f ~iscl~~~el~~llle#~ppssibl~. As vacancy rates in w i~~~~~r~l990~s,manycompanies . looked to eas~Q~en,.ra~.torep.~Wle~.~es. During this time, milar .~~~%!l1~e ....~dustrial. market. Other f R.artiS.... ..........:e. M.....;!s.. .ib.........d.........u.Str1.: ..a..l...g.....rowth....... in. clu. de its location . .... . ..~}",- 'eli'-o:'.' ':":::'-.~.: ': -"" ........ '. .., .' ". '. b,~,e' S~;/C!()lld:.and...Minneapolis/St. Paul availl\bit~ty~~fa;highly trained . labor force, the Page XlI-]