[CPEO-MEF] Twin Cities (MN) ammo plant redevelopment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ammo plant development moves ahead
Council vote is first of many steps

BY JASON HOPPIN
Pioneer Press (MN)
March 29, 2005

The city of Arden Hills committed itself to a metamorphosis Monday night.

Though reservations about the project remain, the City Council voted
unanimously to approve the skeleton of a plan to develop a former Army
ammunition plant that will double the tax base of the city and could
increase its population by as much as 50 percent.

The 4-0 vote ? Council Member Lois Rem was absent ? is the first
significant step in a series that will take the project from concept to
construction. With a rough sketch in place, city leaders will now set
about the task of filling in the details.

"I used to say ? that this would never happen in my lifetime," Mayor
Beverly Aplikowski said. "But it's happening, so I'm going to walk
carefully across the streets at this time."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/states/minnesota/counties/ramsey_county/north_metro/11253577.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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