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I-35 Corridor Study

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Project Summary

Client: I-35W Corridor Coalition (City of Blaine, Minnesota) & Design Center for American Urban Landscape, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Type:Regional Plan
Program:Alternative land-use scenarios for a seven-city region | Implementation strategy for a Metro 2040 Regional Center
Status:2000
Location: 
Twin Cities Region, Minnesota

Increasing development and population pressure led seven suburban communities in the St. Paul-Minneapolis region to form the North Metro I-35W Corridor Coalition. The Coalition aims to address common concerns such as changing demographics, aging housing stock and shifting economic development patterns and plan the sub-region’s future.

Through a series of three workshops, potential nodes were identified and growth scenarios created using existing development prototypes from the Twin Cities. The results were analyzed and developed into three alternative land-use scenarios to accommodate the region’s projected growth to 2020. The ‘livable communities’ scenarios were to be a model for the Coalition’s 2003 joint comprehensive plan.

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