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CITY NEWSLETTER.WWW.CI.RAMSEY.MN.Us.MAY/JUNE2004.VOLUMEI9.No. 4 RAMSEY TOWN CENTER WINS AWARD GUEST SPEAKERS RECOGNIZING THE QUALITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SCHEDULED FOR THE PROJECT SPRING MEETINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TASKFoRCE MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 6, 2004 - Ramsey Town Center received top honors in The Business Journal's Best in Real Estate competition on April 1 , 2004, at a special awards ceremony in Minneapolis attended by more than 500 people. The master-planned community project received a category award for best in "community impact." Each year, The Business Journal's Best in Real Estate project provides a snapshot of the Twin Cities' real estate trends. The publication wrote, "None of these proj ects would ever have broken ground if not for the involvement of the public-another of this year's trends. In Ramsey, citizens and public officials shared their desires for a traditional downtown in their community. The result is the vast Ramsey Town Center-322 acres that will include entertainment, housing and retail." The award winners were selected by a panel of eight real estate experts. The judges reviewed 59 nominations in 10 categories to reach consensus. To be eligible, the projects had to have brol(en ground in 2003. "This recognition is a great complement to everyone's genuine commitment to creating an incredible sense of place and community for Ramsey from the city to the citizens to our team," said John Feges, President of Ramsey Town Center, L.L.C. This is the second significant award the project has won. The first award was received in November 2003 from The Minnesota Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AlA). Created to fulfill the vision of Ramsey residents, the new downtown for Ramsey will include places to live, acres of parks and open spaces, gathering places to join with family and friends, shopping, eating, professional business services, entertainment, the arts, strolling and more. A range of tenants will call the Town Center home, from convenience shopping destinations to retail and grocery stores. The first tenants named at groundbreal(ing last October included Allina medical clinic, Community National Banl(, Crest View Senior Communities and Pact Charter School. D.R. Horton and Norgaard Construction have been named to the Builder's Guild for residential construction. Overall site preparation is underway and construction has begun on the PACT Charter School and more than 900 of the 2,400 homes that will be part of the final project. Ramsey Town Center, L.L.C. is a privately owned development corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. For more information on Ramsey Town Center, visit www.ramsev03.com or send an e-mail to feedbacl(@ramsey03 .com. Ramsey's Environmental Policy Tasl( Force (EPTF) is gearing up to consider the adoption of a wetland buffer ordinance. They are currently taking steps to educate themselves on current regulations and agencies with jurisdiction over wetlands. Over the next 3 months, guest speakers will meet with the EPTF to help them along in this process. The regular EPTF meetings of April 5th, May 3rd, and June 7th will be held at Fire Station No.1 onArmstrong Blvd. at 6:30 p.m. The guest speal(ers on April 5th are Tom Hovey from DNR, and Remi Stone from the Builders Association of the Twin Cities. The guest speakers on May 3rd are Chris Lord of the Anol(a Soil and Water Conservation District, City Engineer Steve Jankowski representing the Lower Rum River Water Management Organization, and Ed Musielewicz from the U.S. Natural Resource Conservation Service. The guests for the June 7th meeting are Sherburne County Forester Tim Edgeton and Jeff Perry, the Natural Resource Specialist with the Anol(a County Parks Department, and Ray and Roger Renner of E.H. Renner Wells. City Council, commissions, boards and public are encouraged to attend these informative meetings. It is anticipated that they will be televised on the local government channel 16, as well.