The city hosted architects, property owners, community members, and other design professionals for a three-day meeting to talk about possible plans for redeveloping the struggling retail core of Northtown Mall and its surrounding area.
Continue reading...ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOOD PANTRY RECOGNIZED ON STATE LEVEL AS GROWTH CONTINUES
Organizers credit word of mouth–and the rising awareness about the need of struggling college students–with its success and now statewide acclaim for its efforts.
Continue reading...SWIM TEAMS MEET CHALLENGE TO HELP HUNGRY
Two rival swim teams haven’t met in face-to-face competition in the pool this year. But Centennial and Blaine High School swimmers met a different sort of challenge at Feed My Starving Children in Coon Rapids.
Continue reading...CENTERVILLE EXTENDS FREEWAY SIGN ASSISTANCE
Centerville is extending a program to help local merchants pay for freeway signs to bring business into town. Merchants and city officials see traffic on nearby Interstate 35E as an untapped market. They would like to bring more motorists off the freeway and into town to buy gas and eat.
Continue reading...ANOKA COUNTY BEGINS WORK ON NEW OFF-ROAD BICYCLE PATHS IN RICE CREEK CHAIN OF LAKES PARK
Anoka County Parks Department contractors recently began construction of approximately 3.5 miles of off-road bicycle paths in two different parts of Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park near Lino Lakes and Centerville. The single track trails are formalizations of user-created and maintained trails that are offshoots of the extensive paved trails in the area.
Continue reading...SPRING LAKE PARK LEADERS FED UP WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING AT CITY HALL RECYCLING CENTER
Spring Lake Park officials are beefing up security in response to illegal dumping that was going on in their own back yard. Just steps from the front door of city hall, people were leaving all kinds of trash in an area meant for cardboard recycling by residents.
Continue reading...BUS COMPANIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH ONGOING DRIVER SHORTAGES
More than six weeks into the school year, local school bus companies say they are still in need of drivers. The shortage persists even with large sign on bonuses.
Continue reading...ANOKA-HENNEPIN SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSES REFERENDUM QUESTIONS BEFORE VOTERS THIS FALL
Voters in the Anoka-Hennepin school district are deciding three questions that will impact school budgets over the next ten years. At a series of public meetings, in mailings to tax payers, and in on-line videos, the district is working hard to get information about levy questions into the hands of voters.
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