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<br />Committee Visioning Responses <br />February 7,2007 <br /> <br />Question 1. What is the current emphasis of economic development activities in the area of Anoka County <br />you represent? <br /> <br />Ham Lake - Job creation. <br /> <br />Columbus - Developing municipal utilities and dealing with wetland issues, since 60% of Columbus is wetland. <br /> <br />East Bethel - Biggest thing is working with the Met Council on building a stand-alone sewer system to service the <br />surrounding area and to enable development along the Hwy. 65 corridor. <br /> <br />Fridley - Redevelopment concentrating on sites that are difficult to develop, City gets involved only if private sector <br />can't do it on its own. . <br /> <br /> <br />Blaine - Re-thinking future plans in the northeast area. <br /> <br />Burns Township - 90% of our community leaves the Town <br />prepare for future and to become less of a bedroom comm . <br /> <br />n a commercial land use plan to <br /> <br />ACHRA - We can only work with citie <br />transportation, the National Sports C <br />available so we can give people 0 <br /> <br />City of Anoka - Transportatl0J3l:lCl <br />the rail station coming to.'cc,oY <br /> <br />list, particularly on Hwy. 10 and 47. We are excited about <br /> <br />Question 2. Let's travel'l~i.me to the.y.ear 2017. What economic development success stories will have <br />made local, state or regionarh~~dlines~yer the last 10 years? <br /> <br />Ham Lake - To have created a positive image for the City. <br /> <br />Burns Township - To have become a sports tourism destination. <br /> <br />Coon Rapids - To have completed redevelopment on Coon Rapid Blvd. and the success of commuter rail at both <br />station sites. <br /> <br />Anoka County - There is an interest in the Vikings stadium deal, it was successful at creating a positive image of <br />what is available here. We have to look at the big picture, and work together. One of the things is to develop a <br />theme, we were looking at a stadium and retail opportunities which could have made Anoka County and Blaine a <br />sports and entertainment center in the upper Midwest. <br /> <br />Columbus - Racetrack will be a cornerstone of our future development, and it will bring in utilities. <br /> <br />ACHRA - Economic development is going to impact transportation needs in Anoka County, and rather than fighting <br />to maintain smaller road systems we need to reinvent Hwy. 65 as a full highway. <br />