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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Pioneer Press 35E growing south - 11/15/1985ST. PAUL PIONEER DISPATCH F FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1985 F NEW INTERSTATE SECTION OPENS Ij W 3w ip t: Y Y � _ " r r y 4 r ow s x 8 fi �k WE 0 m e s re c o e s a e , prove e Dakota ounty residents a in with Paul, will open officially a a.m. a ur ay A newly comp e Ceremon y It's no longer will open i ROSEVILLE o e line Yn fPretra tp MAPLEWOt� end 111 Lvt Lt.� a.v By Thomas B. Koetting Staff Writer After nearly a year of celebrat- ing Eagan's 125th birthday, the city is ready to mark the entry into a new age. Eagan will celebrate the opening of Interstate 35E Saturday, and al- though the freeway link is just one in a series of transportation ad- vances in the southern suburbs, it is the latest — and perhaps boldest — reminder that rural Dakota County is rapidly giving way to the sprawling urban network. "We have a unique geographic location being 10 miles from Min- neapolis and 10 miles from St. Paul," said Eagan Mayor Bea Blomquist. The city has allegiances to both cities ... Highway 77 has opened us up to Minneapolis, and I- 35E will open us up to St. Paul. ", The I -35E celebration begins at 9 a.m., with a private reception for OAKDALE ST. PAIL HIGHLAND PARK WEST 1 ST. PAUL q9a 'hOQDBIIRY sQIITH i ST. PAUL MENDOTA HEIGHTS a,e INVER GROVE HEIGHTS o To be COTTAGE GROVE completed 1987 i s, j EAGAN K P i New segment to 0 open Saturday BURNSVIL.L.E ; HASTINGS 35E ii APPLE VAi_LEY RQSEMOUNT County Rd. 42 LAKEViLLE FARMINGTON _ -- -- Kirk Lyttle /Staff Artist By Thomas B. Koetting Staft Writer By the time it slides past Orvil, Texas, the border town of Laredo is just a memory in the rear -view mirror. Up past the peach - colored capi- tol in Austin, it splits to reach a string of bank towers in Fort Worth and the Coliseum in Dallas, then reunites and heads across a vast stretch of Texas plains until the lights of Oklahoma City glimmer in the distance. A soft right turn sweeps it past the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, and then it heads with a straight shot through Iowa to the Twin Cit- ies, where it veers left on its way to Duluth and right on its way to nowhere. Nowhere. End of the line. Pull over and get a map. After hundreds of miles and more roadside greasy -spoon stops than a rider could count, travelers heading for St. Paul on that sprawling stretch that cuts across the heart of the country run out of road. Interstate 35E, not essential to Interstate 35 but vital to the flow of travel through the Twin Cities southeastern suburbs, humbly turns into a one -lane exit ramp. This week, that changes, at least a little. Despite the new technology, the greatest single motivating force for development and growth still is roads. And the formal opening of Interstate 35E in Dakota County Saturday is concrete acknowledge- ment that the Twin Cities are growing south. There is more work to be done on I -35E, particularly on a contro- versial stretch of land through ur- ban St. Paul. But with Saturday's ceremony, Dakota County will have its link to the capitol city and the invisible wall of the Mississippi Please see Highway /6 Dakota County is mix of old and new Autonomy, identity are long- established By Lucy Dalglish Staff Writer Drive down Interstate 35E in the northwestern part of Dakota County and take a good look at the scenery. Everything — from the concrete on the freeway to the roadside convenience stores — looks brand new. But Dakota County didn't appear over- night with the opening of the interstate belt - line. Long before development took off like wildfire in the northwestern part of the county, Dakota County had established its identity. Perhaps more than any other coun- ty in the metropolitan area, Dakota County has its own political, economic and social identity. Mention the Metropolitan Council's seven - county planning efforts to a local or county politician in Dakota County and you're likely to get a lecture on how those folks up in St. Paul and Minneapolis should stay on their side of the river and mind their own busi- ness. Talk about fiscal disparities legislation used to stimulate business in downtown Min- neapolis and St. Paul and Dakota County pol- iticians and business owners will tell you they're sick of paying the bill for the inner city's redevelopment efforts. However, the most strident criticism in the county is reserved for the University of Minnesota. The university received about 1,300 acres of prime agricultural land in the Rosemount area at the conclusion of World War II, land that had been confiscated by the federal gov- ernment for an arms plant. Local residents never have forgiven the university for accepting the land, for not turning it back to the original owners. Dakota County residents know where the Twin Cities are, and they visit frequently. But they can get along without them. Why shop in downtown St. Paul when there is Burnsville Center, the largest indoor shopping mall in Minnesota? In some respects, there are two Dakota Counties. There is the established, old -line county exemplified by West St. Paul, South St. Paul and Hastings. And there is the new, growing, developing western portion — one of the fastest growing areas in the state — exemplified by Eagan, Apple Valley and Burnsville. Eagan Eagan probably has the dubious honor as the city with the longest twice- monthly city council meetings in the metropolitan area. Because of the volume of planning and zon- ing issues the rapidly developing city must consider, most meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and council members are lucky if they finish by 1 a.m. Because of delays in opening segments of Interstate 35E, Eagan is one of the last cities in the northern part of the county to be de- veloped, despite its proximity to St. Paul and Minneapolis. As a result, city officials say they have been able to learn from the mistakes and successes cities such as Apple Valley and Burnsville had in establishing zoning regula- tions. Only about half of the city has been devel- oped, but already a strain has been placed on District 196, the Rosemount -Apple Valley School district that includes most of Eagan's land area. Eagan is one of the prettiest cities in the county, with rolling hills, hundreds of pictur- esque ponds and lakes and thousands of oak trees. The oak is Eagan's logo, designed to com- memorate one of the county's best -known landmarks — the Lone Oak tree. For dec- ades, the Lone Oak was the city's official bulletin board. Notices were posted on its trunk and it was a sentimental meeting place for sweethearts. But as the city grew, highways encroached on the tree, located at the intersection of Dakota County residents know where the Twin Cities are; and they visit frequently. But they can get along without them. Lone Oak Road and Minnesota 55. By 1980, the tree was dying. After a lengthy battle between the city and state Highway Depart- ment officials, the tree was cut down in April 1984 and a replacement planted near- by at Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church. Apple Valley Apple Valley is known to most Minneso- tans as the home of the Minnesota Zoological Garden. The zoo is a rare example of eager county - state cooperation. Dakota County officials decided they wanted the state zoo that was proposed in the early 1970s. As an incentive, the County Board offered about 500 acres of prime park land. County officials already owned some land in the area as part of Holland- Jensen County Park (now called Lebanon Hills Regional Park), but the county bought several re- maining parcels in the area and turned them over to the state. Dakota County residents have made good use of the zoo, one of the state's major at- tractions. Few residents even remember the days when Eaton's Ranch was Apple Valley's most famous landmark. For more than 50 years, the ranch was the closest many Min- nesotans ever got to the Old West. In 1930, Arthur Eaton Sr. moved to Minne- sota from Iowa and bought 1,000 acres of hilly forested land in Lebanon Township. Cowboys traveling through Minnesota to the South St. Paul stockyards often stopped at Eaton's Ranch and performed in rodeos. Vernon Colon $100 million plans Tom Davis `Time for good planning' Thomas Hedges Sees growth in jobs As the events started attracting specta- tors, Eaton decided to start a dude ranch. World War II stilled the dude ranch business, but the family held on to some of the land over the years and Art Eaton Jr. operated at various times a riding stable, restaurant and western store until the pine and fieldstone structures were torn down in 1982 to make room for on /off ramps where Minnesota 77 intersects Dakota County Highway 38. The rest of the old ranch now is developed with expensive homes in the Palomino Hills and Heritage Hills neighborhoods. Apple Valley also is known as the town that Orrin Thompson built. Old Lebanon Township was the site of several gravel pits, the old dude ranch and numerous farms when Thompson moved in with his plans for moderately priced houses in the early 1960s. It was Thompson who pushed for the name change from Lebanon to Apple Valley, the name of a similar development in Califor- nia. Burnsville Had it not been for strong community cohesiveness in the early 1960s, the northern part of Burnsville township probably would have become South Bloomington. Not that Bloomington really wanted the land area south of the Minnesota River — it wanted the tax base that would follow con- struction of Northern State's Power Co.'s Black Dog power plant. But the struggle to keep the power plant site probably gave Burnsville township the push it needed to incorporate as .a city. A few years later, development exploded with the completion of the I -35E bridge over the river. Now, Burnsville is the retail heart of the county, with hundreds of franchise opera- tions focused around Burnsville Center near the intersection of Interstates 35E and 35W and County Highway 42. Burnsville, with dozens of ponds, rolling hills and picturesque neighborhoods, is con- sidered the most "Minneapolitan" suburb in Dakota County. Most of its residents work on the western end of the metropolitan area. County enjoys boom in housing By Jeann Linsley Staff Writer A robust metropolitan -wide real estate market has added fuel to the already hot housing market in the Dakota County suburbs that flank St. Paul and Minneapolis. The housing boom that began in the mid -1970s in Dakota County has been building con- stantly since about 1982, ac- cording to real estate agents who work the county. Population growth rates in the county for the past five years have been double the av- erage for the seven - county met- ropolitan area. This year, falling interest rates and a healthy economy have meant an even healthier housing market for Dakota County. Real estate agents say sales have zoomed this year, and that new construction is booming in Eagan, Apple Valley, and Burnsville. "What we're seeing is sales running ahead of last year in all areas of the county," said Ron Covert, of the Dakota County Board of Realtors. Housing sales countywide to- taled 657 through August in the Apple Valley, Lakeville, Rosemount area, with the ma- jority of sales in Apple Valley, Covert said. That compares with annual sales of 745 in 1983 and 859 in 1984 in that same Please see Housing /9 Index of Advertisers 1. Apple Valley Commons 7373 W. 147th St., Apple Valley 2. Apple Valley Office Center 7373 W. 147th St., Apple Valley 3. Apple Valley Sewing Center 14869 Granada Dr., Apple Valley 4. Al Bakers Restaurant 4QZ4 W:4ahinatna Dr Fagan 5. Burnside Plaza 14300 Burnhaven Drive, Burnsville 6. Burnsville Volkswagen 12020 Interstate 35, Burnsville 7. Cedarvale Mall Hwy. 13 & Cedar Ave., Eagan 8. Dakota County State Bank 759 S. Plaza Dr., Mendota Heights 2109 Cliff Rd., Eagan 70th & Cahill, Inver Grove Heights A n —L—A— Yw_Taw6 19. Mendakota Country Club 2075 Dodd Rd., Mendota Heights 20. Minnesota Bank 3900 Sibley Memorial Hwy. and Yankee Doodle Rd., Eagan 21. Park Nicollet Medical Center 4555 Erin Drive, Burnsville 22. Brad Ragan Tire 4815 NlCnols KO., tagan 23. Silver Bell Auto 1975 Seneca Rd., Eagan 24. Southfork Center 135 and Hwy. 50, Lakeville 25. Sperry Corporation Pilot Knob Road, Eagan 26. Sunnyside Chrysler 7705 W. 150th St., Apple Valley 27. Town Center Development Highway opening heralds new era for area business By Jim Nagel Staff Writer Business and municipal leaders agree: The opening of Interstate 35E through Dakota County will have more impact on business growth in the county's northern section than any other develop- ment, ever. With quick and convenient ac- cess to the Twin Cities and the Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport via the freeway system, Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville and Mendota Heights will become even more attractive to businesses, local officials be- lieve. Land developers are poised to attract businesses looking for new locations, offering new buildings for everything from small, fledg- ling venture - capital enterprises to large corporations. As the number of businesses in- creases, the number of new resi- dents will increase, too. And with a larger population, even more retail and service businesses will be needed. More businesses ... more people. For the Dakota County business community, it is a happy, pros- perous cycle they expect will con- tinue through the turn of the centu- ry. As one developer put it, Satur- day's ribbon - cutting ceremony will herald a new era for home -grown retailers who will be able to at- tract local residents who used to drive outside the area. Vernon Colon of Federal Land Co. predicted a new "downtown" area will develop around the inter- changes of I -35E with Pilot Knob and Yankee Doodle roads in Eagan. "The road system has opened all this up," said Colon, surveying a A lot of these plans have started moving because of the freeway. 9 � Tom Davis sweeping view from his Yankee Square office window overlooking the freeway interchanges. Colon and his brother, Martin, are partners in Federal Land, which developed the Yankee Square shopping, motel and office area just west of I -35E. The com- pany now is starting development of 170 commercial acres southeast of the freeway and Pilot Knob Road. "It's a unique area, centrally lo- cated between shopping areas in West St. Paul, Burnsville and Ap- ple Valley," he said. Federal Land is planning $100 million in business development in its Town Centre - Eagan, everything from two 10 -story office buildings to 400,000 square feet of retail space in a new shopping center, Colon said. The first high -rise office build - ing, on Yankee Doodle Road east of the freeway, is completed, and work has begun on the first phase of the Town Centee -Eagan Shop- ping Center. Northern Dakota County's growth as a business center began with freeway planning in the 1960s. Although companies such as Coca - Cola, American Fruit and Produce, and Sperry located in the area in anticipation of freeway construc- tion, many developments just had to wait. However, the delay in comple- tion of the interstate system bene- fited the area, one businessman said. "We acquired the property (for Eagandale Center, near I -494 and Pilot Knob Road) in 1968," said Tom Davis of Northwestern Mutu- al Life Insurance Co. of Edina, the landholder working with OPUS Corp., of Edina, the developer. Had the freeway been built when predicted, the area would have de- veloped much earlier, but with more haste and less planning, Dav- is said. "It probably wouldn't have had the quality that we have today be- cause we have had time to do some good planning," Davis said. He praised planners for fore- sight laying out industrial areas, creating transitions between com- mercial and residential areas, and reducing the effect of airplane noise by putting industrial areas under flight patterns. The airport, in fact, is among the prime reasons more businesses are moving to northern Dakota County. "We are as close to the airport as many places on the Bloomington strip," said William Escher, execu- tive director of the Northern Dako- ta County Chamber of Commerce. Businesses that demand good transportation access, including air; proximity to a skilled popula- tion base; well - planned business areas; and amenities for employ- ees and clients as well, are looking to northern Dakota County, Escher said. In fact, an ad for the Eagandale Center office and industrial park touts it as "close to all that mat- ters." OPUS is planning its. 160 -acre researA-h and technology park near Please see Business/ 11 1300 E. 145th, Rosemount 10. Dick Smith Motors 7500 W. 145th St., Apple Valley 11. Dodge of Burnsville 12101 Hwy. 35W, Burnsville 12. Fairview Ridges Hospital 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville 13. First Communications 28. Hong Wong Restaurant 2139 Cliff Rd., Eagan !~ � sz I 1 I �9 ; W @St I it al St. ul ! South 35E GROWING SOUTH St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch Friday, Nov. rhe succumbs to urban encroaohment 0 acres in 3ple Valley to developed lichele Cook e window in one of Mike C, r- classrooms offers a prel ty icture. e high school senior can ; -e `amily's dairy herd lolli ig i the small pasture, nipping at ;rass and sleeping in the si n. an see the farmhouse wh(re randparents lived for nearly gars, and the house next do w, e his family lives today. Ile et his father plowing the fa) n- and, preparing for anott er king. can see the golden arches. e 160 -acre farm once reach ed gravel road now looks out o► i a lane highway lined by fri n- s such as McDonald's. Beyo rd .orn that stretches six f( et joggers from nearby nei€ h- )ods run on a sidewalk set )n arm's fringes and commut(rs at a bus stop parked at a cc ,r- f the farm. longer can the family de ty ncroachment. The farm tb at I the center of Apple Vallf y, lation 27,000, has been sold. here'd be no point bucking i dike's father, Bob Carroll. .hard Winkler, a real est.- to oper who first asked the C, r- to sell 15 years ago, has pt r- d the land for residential a id nercial development. b and Joyce Carroll, Boi is ier John, and Bob's sister -i a- Kay, will share in the farn 's No one cared to disclose tie price and'a deed has not be m ded, but Winkler said i 's than $2 million and less th m Ilion. mes will be built on 100 acr s, s and offices on 30 acres. T ie plans a park, and possibly a y, on 15 acres. istruction is under way on t to 's north side, with Bob's trz nd earth movers working t to land. By 1988, 340 horn as �d between $80,000 and 000 will leave fields of Corr a Dry. akler has dubbed the growi ig ential area "Carrollton f s- ," Family members chucl le gesture. always associate the word'( s- with 10 or so wooded acre," said, flashing a good -natur !d ,enty years ago, there was to Valley. The Carrolls farm :d ebanon Township, and th( it ng address read Rural Route ►semount. A gravel road r m the front of the house. here was just a gas stati )n e the Burger King is nom ," said. "There was no shoppi ig �r or anything." P township was transform �d �er in 1963 when Orrin Thorr g- uilt the area's first houses i ►r le not associated with farms was kind of a laughi ig Bob recalled. "They had to down a corn field and there no water, no sewer. Each o re )se homes had a septic tank. ' 'arm across the road from t to Vickie Kettlewell /Free -lance photo Bob Carroll walks in one of his oat fields. In the background are town houses, a reminder that city life is just beyond the boundaries of `The Farm.' i You try to get a tractor on a four -lane highway. You sit there a long time unless you're brave enought to front 'em. Kay Carroll Carroll's farm, and several others in the area, fell like dominoes to developers. By 1968, Bob said, the family realized it was about to be in the middle of something big. That year, residents voted to in- corporate the city of Apple Valley. Today, the farm is bounded by an enormous high school, two hous- ing developments and County Road 42, the four -lane highway that used to be the gravel road. In 1987, the road will be widened again. During the 1970s, Apple Valley was among the 10 fastest.- growing' cities in the state. In 1960, 585 peo- ple, mostly farmers, lived in the township. By 1970, 8,502 people called Apple Valley home. By 1980, the official population was nearly 22,000. For the most part, the Carrolls ignored the intrusion. "We've lived on our little square," Bob said. "There is such a difference between our lifestyle and the people across the street." Mildred and William Carroll Sr. moved their young family to the farm in 1941 when the federal gov- ernment built a munitions plant on the family's spread in Rosemount. Their move contributed little to the war effort. "The plant just barely got start- ed and the war was over," Bob said. Mildred and William's sons — Bill, Bob and John — assumed the farm from their father, operating as a corporation until 1975, when John left for his own farm in Dodge City, Minn. Bill and Bob continued growing cash crops and raising dairy cattle. "Bill was more the field man and Bob was more the man to do the cows," said Kay, who was Bill's wife. "I helped Bill, and Bob's fam- ily helped him." Kay and Joyce joined their hus- bands on the farm when they mar- ried. For Joyce, the lifestyle was nothing new — she grew up on a cattle farm in Woodbury. Kay grew up in St. Paul, but said she suffered no trauma adjusting to farm life. Bob and Joyce still live with their three teen -age children on the farm. Bill and Kay moved into a modest home south of the farm 11 years ago. Farming in a suburb has been a challenge for the Carrolls. "You try to get a tractor on a four -lane highway," Kay said. "You sit there a long time unless Please see Farm /5 With the completion of 35 E South... LAY**,,EVMLE AND GEPHARTS HOME CENTER HAVE UST MOVED 10 all I ST. PAUL Before 35 E, you could count on a 45 minute drive from downtown St. Paul to Lakeville. Now, with 35 E open all the way to 135, you can zip over to Gepharts Home Center in Lakeville from downtown St. Paul in about 20 minutes. Come see us soon. We have a handsome Home Center to show you stocked to the brim Hwy 50 JR:0:r kCenter t -35 s.... -w�. 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Bill would come home from work at 10 p.m. — ready to eat dinner — and the neighbors were going to bed." Kay continued to work on the farm until last spring, when she de- cided to devote herself full time to the family. The children have avoided visits to the farm since their father's death. "It's just too many things to re- member," Kay said. "It's just not the same without their dad." Bob and Joyce are so easy -going about their situation, it's disarm- ing. They said their lifestyle has changed little through the years, despite the amazing changes that surround them. In fact, they said, there are real advantages to city farming. "One thing we don't have that other farmers do are farm sales- men," Bob said. "They don't know where to find us." Before Apple Valley's birth, the family allied itself with NEIGHBORHOODS Editor: Steven A. Smith Assistant editor: Marilyn Frey Copy editor: Norm Visner Staff writers: Ann Baker: North Scott Carlson: City Arno Goethel: Sports Sean T. Kelly: City Thomas B. Koetting: South Charles Laszewski: North Jeann Linsley: Northeast Jim Nagel: Southeast Les Suzukamo: Southwest Lydia Vilialva: City News Clerk: Rick Notch Clerk /typists: Carolyn Meyer Robert Gurrola Deadline: Noon Wednesday for publication the following Wednesday. Please send news items to Neighborhoods, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch. 345 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101 Telephone: 228 -5475 Restau rant and, Saloon WE C-,OR DLVIA Y WE1J.()_k1E YOU TO T HE TWIN CITIES NEWEST AND i,'TNEST RESTAURANT! Of all the reasons for you to discover Al Baker's -and there are many of them -none is more important than our reputation for serving superb food at sensible prices for lunch or dinner. Whether you're in the mood for a top sirloin steak, a rack of ribs, a big burrito, broiled halibut or just an appetizer from our Graz- ing Menu, we'll serve it in style. We've also included a junior menu for our young friends. And while it isn't listed on our tantalizing menu, FUN is some- thing to be relished with gusto every time you visit Al Baker's! Major C �'dit Cards Accepted Buses Available to CHOP IER nd VIKING g�_tmes 494 Y Yankee Doodle c 0 P 3434 Washington Drive Eagan, MN 3 a 0 C 0 a (Pilot Knob and Yankee noodle R(.) HOURS: Ate► EASY "TO FIND A�� �rypA� +k Yt � �g ` � One Bloc: 1; - -- .. - - Sri/ E � � `�" a/ UowntowR i Paut.:._ 6 nil, trorR St*epard Sun. Noon -11 pm. `Pw r'd. at 35E. G �nin �rnm kobert St- WE'RE GROWING, RIGHT ALONG WITH THE COUNTY WE SERVE. Dakota County State Bank takes pride in being part of Dakota County. We have three Dakota County locations: Mendota Heights, Inver Grove Heights and Eagan. The funds that you invest in our bank never stop working to make our county a better place to live and do business. Stop by and meet our professional staff at any one of our three locations. Dakota County State Bank Member, FDIC 70th & Cahill 759 South Plaza Drive Inver Grove Hghts. 55075 Mendota Heights 55120 455 - 2900 452 -1320 2109 Cliff Road Eagan, MN 55112 (612) 454 -4840 Highway Continued from Page 1 and Minnesota river i will tumble down. With the freeway's opening, mo- torists will have fi% a new inter- changes and nearly six miles of new road. But the I -35E secti )n is only one aspect of the overa t network of roads being complet( d in northern Dakota County, and t joins Inter- state 494 and Minne, ota 77 — the Cedar Avenue fre !way — in highlighting the grc wing impor- tance of the southen suburbs and their emerging role n the metro- politan community. The stretch of pavement is a long time coming, all the way from the late 1950s, wh an President Dwight Eisenhower f rst instituted the interstate highwa , program. At the time, the »outhern sub- urbs were more pote atial than re- ality. However, Eal an's bounda- ries alone covered nearly two- thirds as much land as either St. Paul or Minneapob >, and those boundaries were righ near the nat- ural route of the proposed Inter- state 35. "It always comes ►ack to trans- portation," said Bill Escher, direc- tor of the Dakota County Chamber of Commerce. "If you're not on that corridor, you're -not nuthin'. People want to be mobile." According to some people active in the development of the inter- state system in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis officials fought harder to have their side of I -35 complet- ed. Minnesota Department of Transportation officials dispute that, saying the timetable for com- pleting the roads was simply a land use question, with road construc- tion occurring wherever it was most needed and most acceptable. Longtime freeway activist John Klein said St. Paul also was hurt because "35E was not essential to the integrity of the 35 system, be- cause you still had 35W." Klein, a member of the Eagan Town Board from 1963 to 1972, is one of the most interesting players in the I -35 story. He dropped out of politics after serving his last six years as Town Board chairman, but continued to work for the free- way system's completion with an almost religious fervor. Please see Highway/ 10 1 Minnesota Stat a Capitol 7 Civic Center 13 Galtier Plaza 2 Minnesota Hist, xical Society 8 Landmark Center 14 Ordway Theater 3 Science Museu'n of Minnesota 9 Public Library 15 Farmers Market 4 Omnitheater 10 Actor's Theater 16 Town Square 5 Chimera Theati or 11 Minnesota Museum of Art 17 Skyway System — 6 Assumption Ch trch 12 City Hall and Court House 18 Alexander Ramsey House l9 St. Paw' Ca- ithedfal Chuck Logan /Staff Artist Major attractions in St. Paul are made more accessible with the opening of 1 -35E. New road may k Y m a e St. P§1111 attractions more attractive active By Sean Kelly Staff Writer With the opening (f the new sec- tion of Interstate 35 cultural at- tractions in downtown St. Paul will become far more accessible to res- idents of Dakota Cou nty, said John Geisler, executive d rector of the St. Paul Conventio i, Exhibition and Tourism Commit., sion. Here are a few c f those down- town St. Paul attract ions: TOPS ON THE MENU is the Minnesota State Capitol Building, at Cedar and Auror t streets. You can't miss it. It wa ; designed by Cass Gilbert and is the largest un- supported marble dome in the world. Guided tours are available seven days at no Charge. Large groups should call 29 i -2881. NOSTALGIA BU" i FS will love the Minnesota Histc rical Society, 690 Cedar St., by the Capitol. The museum, open seve t days at no charge, depicts the ; tate's histori- cal development ant contains ex- tensive collections and genealogi- cal information. Cal 298 -2881 for information. EXHIBITS all but come alive at the Science Museum of Minnesota, 10th and Wabasha s Teets. It cur- rently features the Plains Indians Exhibition, "After the Buffalo Were Gone." Open ,even days at admission charge. 'all 221 -9488 for information. BIGGEST FIELD IRIP attrac- tion is the William dcKnight -3M Omnitheater in the S cience Muse- um of Minnesota. C pen Tuesday through Sunday with an admission fee. Call 221 -9400 for nformation. ONE OF MANY I ME St. Paul stages is the Chimera Theater, 30 E. 10th St. Call 292 -4311 for cur- rent play information or back- stage tours. COMPLETED IN 1873, the twin - spired Assumption Church at 51 W. Ninth St. is modeled af- ter the Ludwigskirche in Munich, Bavaria. FAMOUS ENTERTAINERS from Elvis Presley to Tina Turner have played the huge drum - shaped St. Paul Civic Cen- ter, which also hosts major sports events. WALT DISNEY has been accused of designing the fanciful- ly spired Landmark Center, 75 W. Fifth St. The former federal building, now the home of artistic endeavors and arts groups, is available for tours by calling 292 -3225. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE style is reflected in the St. Paul Public Library, 90 W. Fourth St., which is open Monday through Friday. A NEW FEATURE downtown is Actors Theater of St. Paul, now in the former Norstar Theater at 28 W. Seventh Place. Call 227- 0050 for performance informa- tion. ART -DECO STYLE provides a fitting home for art works at the Minnesota Museum of Art, 305 St. Peter St. Open Tuesdays through Fridays and Sunday af- ternoons at no charge. THE INDIAN GOD OF PEACE statue, also known as "Onyx John," graces the main floor lobby of the City Hall and Courthouse, Fourth and Wabasha streets, LOWERTOWN is host to the brand new Galtier Plaza com- plex, which includes residences, shops, movie theaters, offices and a YMCA. CROWN JEWEL of Rice Park is the new Ordway Music The- ater, host to an international ar- ray of arts groups and perform- ers. Call 224 -4222 for performance information. AT HARVEST TIME the Farmers Market at 290 E. Fifth St. is the most popular place in town. Many vendors also operate in the off - season. Call 227 -8101 for information. THE FOCAL POINT for down- town St. Paul is Town Square with its shops, restaurants, offic- es and public park covering a two -block area of the central loop. It's an experience. THE SKYWAY SYSTEM is an attraction by itself, linking 26 contiguous blocks in the center of the city. For downtown residents, every service is at the doorstep without need to venture outdoors. IRVINE PARK is St. Paul's oldest neighborhood and claims one of the oldest mansions in the Alexander Ramsey House, 265 S. Exchange St. Tours may be ar- ranged by calling 296 -0100. There is an admission fee. CITY'S SECOND GREAT DOME belongs to the St. Paul Cathedral, 239 Selby Ave. Tours may be arranged by calling 225- 6563. Or just go in and look around — reverently, of course. The James J. Hill House, featur- ing an art gallery, is nearby at 240 Summit Ave. and may be en- tered for a small fee. r ill P7 �i� Ceremony/ Interstate now open Continued from Page 1 officials and digr itaries involved in the project. At 10 a.m., a public ribbon- cutting c4 ,remony is sched- uled for the intersection of the freeway and Yankee Doodle Road. An intersection %gas chosen so that, in case of rain, tl to ceremony could be moved under 1 he bridge. Gov. Rudy Pe rpich will not at- tend the cerem( ny, but a host of other officials ate scheduled to ap- pear, said Bob V )ckrodt, public af- fairs director foi the state Depart- ment of Transp"rtation's Oakdale office. U.S. Sens. Ru,.y Boschwitz and David Durenber; er and U.S. Rep. Bill Frenzel wi '.1 lead the con- tingent, with federal Highway Ad- . . iol►. W 4siou Administra- 6 6 Highway 77 has opened us up to Minneapolis, and 1-35E will open us up to St. Paul. 9 9 Bea Blomquist Eagan mayor for Roger Borg, state Sen. Howard Knutson, state Rep. Art Seaberg, state Department of Transporta- tion Commissioner Richard Braun and district engineer Kermit McRae, also included. Dakota County Commissioner John Voss, Blomquist, Eagan Eco- nomic Development Commissioner Larry Wenzel, Eagan Chamber of Commerce President Paul Hauge, Urban Council on Mobility repre- sentative Tom Heiberg, the Rev. Loren Nelson and Rosemount High School senior Bert Meier — who designed the city's 125th birthday logo — will be the local represent- atives. Following the ribbon - cutting ceremony and speeches, a parade featuring vintage cars will head down the new road to Minnesota 77 — the Cedar Avenue freeway — and back to Yankee Doodle Road. The Minnesota Street Rod Associa- tion is supplying the cars. A reception for the public will be held at Yankee Square Inn, on Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road, following the parade, with music provided by the Rosemount and Simley high schools marching bands. Noticeably absent from the cele- bration will be John Klein, a for- mer Eagan Town Board chairman who headed the Urban Council on Mobility for many years. Klein, who has fought for the freeway system's completion since its in- ception, has alienated Eagan and transportation department offi- cials in recent years, and initially was to be excluded from the cele- bration. He was invited later to help plan the celebration, Blomquist said. However, Vockrodt said Klein had refused to become involved. 8F 35EJ GROWING SOUTH St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch Friday, Nov. 15, 1985 There's something 41% i or most everyone n Dakota Countv By Les Suzukamo Staff Writer Interstate 35E is going to make it easier for St. Paul residents to get to more in Dakota County than just the Minnesota Zoological Gar- den, the best known of the county's attraction. Here's a list of what's what in Dakota County: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH ... The tough — and the not -so -tough — go shopping at Burnsville Center, an 8- year -old shopping center near the junction of 1 -35E and I -35W and County Road 42. With about 155 stores, the mall has become a major county retailing outlet. SHOOSH ... For downhill ski enthusiasts who do not want to jet off to the Swiss Alps or risk a Rocky Mountain high, Buck Hill Ski Resort at 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville, is the county's ski resort. MAIN STREET ... Downtown Hastings recently has renovated its historic riverfront downtown area, pouring a fresh concrete main street, installing imitation brick sidewalks and Victorian- looking double -globe street lamps and sprucing up some of the older buildings. The city has 63 buildings on the National Register of Histor- ic Places in Washington, said Alan Vanderhaar, executive vice presi- dent of the Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce. IT'S THE WATER ... Just south of Hastings, near the inter- section of Highway 61 and County Rnn+i A7 in V—h;"d {ho I°nn. Aura towers, is the Vermillion Falls. Lo- cals have long touted the beauty of the falls. HISTORY ... The Dakota County Historical Society Museum at 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul has displays of memorabilia from Dakota County's past on display. SIBLEY SLEPT HERE ... Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota's first governor, built his first home in Mendota in 1835. During his oc- cupancy, the flags of four coun- tries, five territories and the state of Minnesota flew over his proper- ty. The Daughters of the American Revolution have turned his house at 55 D St. into a museum, open from spring to fall. FARIBAULT DID, TOO . The DAR did not want, Jean Bap- tiste Faribault, Dakota County's first white settler, to feel left out, so they built him a home in 1936 in Mendota next to the Sibley House. Indian artifacts are maintained there by the DAR. STILL LIFE ... A little known community has been steadily growing in Dakota County the past few years even though no one lives there. It's called Dakota City, and it is a collection of historical struc- tures from various places that have been relocated on the Dakota County Fairgrounds on 220th Street in Castle Rock Township, just on the south edge of Farming- ton. The city is open to the general public only during the fair week in early August, but schools can make reservations to bring classes through in the spring. Among the village's structures are a church, schoolhouse, log cabin, blacksmith's shop, train depot and bank, all from either the late 19th or early 20th centuries. BRIDGING THE GAP... The Mendota Bridge, nearly one mile long, spans the Minnesota River and is one of the longest concrete arch bridges in the world, accord- Chamber of Commerce. It is also the point of entry and exit for many Dakota Countians who live in the western part of the county and commute to to work in St. Paul or Minneapolis. CALL OF THE WILD... The Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Cen- ter at 1795 Charlton St., West St. i U�2 / ��ga / Eagan i I / 12 Burnsville Apple o' Valley 2 42 O Lakeville Paul is a private, non - profit center that tries to give people an appre- ciation of how animals and plants are a part of the environment on its 130 acres of preserve. The cen- ter includes a library and museum. Recently, the center acquired the Rachael Lilly Preserve, 180 acres of wilderness in Mendota Heights used for environmental studies. HARK, THE PARKS ... Leba- non Hills Regional Park is the ma- jor regional park in Dakota Coun- ty, with 1,750 acres spread over Apple Valley and Eagan. The coun- ty has made improvements recent- ly, including installing a changing house to make it more inviting to swimmers and sun bathers. }'COUNTY Inver Grove A T Heights 0 /1� -o @r 1. Minnesota Zoo 2. Burnsville Center 3. Buck Hill 4. Downtown, Hastings 5. Vermillion Falls Farmington 6. Dakota Co. Historical Society Museum O 7. Henry Sibley House Museum 8. Faribault House 9. Dakota City 10. Mendota Bridge 11. Dodge Nature Center 12. Lebanon Hills Regional Park 13. New Lone Oak Tres I THINK I SHALL NEVER SEE, a bulletin board as lovely as that old tree ... The old Lone Oak Tree, before it was cut. down last year, was believed to be more than 200 years old and was the commu- nity bulletin board for Eagan. The tree was right in the center divider at the junction of Minnesota High- ways 49 and 55, and road salt had 1r ;11nri :h cials said it had to go. But the state Department of Transportation planted a new Lone Oak Tree — a smaller and younger cousin to the old one — in front of the Lone Oak Lutheran Church just an acorn's throw away from where the old Lone Oak stood. � Hasti C ( 5 Miesville an First t0 Serve. We're Apple Valley's first and only locally owned ink. Providing full- service inkina to the Apple Valley immunity for 12 years. Let us serve your banking needs. F irst State dank 14 7 th And Cedar Ave. So., Apple Valley Vmm »IC 432-200 0 ` West St. Paul Lilydale 7 8 „ 10 Mendota Mendota 6 South St. Paul Heights / Sunfish / Lake 13 _ i U�2 / ��ga / Eagan i I / 12 Burnsville Apple o' Valley 2 42 O Lakeville Paul is a private, non - profit center that tries to give people an appre- ciation of how animals and plants are a part of the environment on its 130 acres of preserve. The cen- ter includes a library and museum. Recently, the center acquired the Rachael Lilly Preserve, 180 acres of wilderness in Mendota Heights used for environmental studies. HARK, THE PARKS ... Leba- non Hills Regional Park is the ma- jor regional park in Dakota Coun- ty, with 1,750 acres spread over Apple Valley and Eagan. The coun- ty has made improvements recent- ly, including installing a changing house to make it more inviting to swimmers and sun bathers. }'COUNTY Inver Grove A T Heights 0 /1� -o @r 1. Minnesota Zoo 2. Burnsville Center 3. Buck Hill 4. Downtown, Hastings 5. Vermillion Falls Farmington 6. Dakota Co. Historical Society Museum O 7. Henry Sibley House Museum 8. Faribault House 9. Dakota City 10. Mendota Bridge 11. Dodge Nature Center 12. Lebanon Hills Regional Park 13. New Lone Oak Tres I THINK I SHALL NEVER SEE, a bulletin board as lovely as that old tree ... The old Lone Oak Tree, before it was cut. down last year, was believed to be more than 200 years old and was the commu- nity bulletin board for Eagan. The tree was right in the center divider at the junction of Minnesota High- ways 49 and 55, and road salt had 1r ;11nri :h cials said it had to go. But the state Department of Transportation planted a new Lone Oak Tree — a smaller and younger cousin to the old one — in front of the Lone Oak Lutheran Church just an acorn's throw away from where the old Lone Oak stood. � Hasti C ( 5 Miesville an First t0 Serve. We're Apple Valley's first and only locally owned ink. Providing full- service inkina to the Apple Valley immunity for 12 years. Let us serve your banking needs. F irst State dank 14 7 th And Cedar Ave. So., Apple Valley Vmm »IC 432-200 0 Housing/ County in midst of boom Continued from Page 3 area, a 15 percent increase. Covert said this year's sales will show an even greater increase than they did between 1983 and 1984. Sales in Burnsville went from 486 in 1983 to 618 last year, a 27 percent increase. So far this year, there have been 540 sales in Burns- ville. Sales increases have occurred in other areas of the county, but Co- vert said the western communities, including Eagan, Apple Valley and Burnsville, are the most popular housing markets. "Apple Valley has traditionally been one of the higher areas in to- tal numbers of sales in the metro area," he said. "We're seeing a big increase in Eagan, too. There's a lot of new construction that's going on in Eagan right now. I don't think Eagan's really scratched the sur- face in the number of units they can put in there." Residential building permits in Eagan increased a hefty 67 percent for the period January through August of this year compared with the same period last year, accord- ing to Metropolitan Council fig- ures. There were 747 residential per- mits issued for the first eight months of 1984 compared with 1,252 through August of this year. There were more residential build- ing permits issued in Eagan through August than any city or township in the metropolitan area. In Burnsville, residential build- ing permits were up 35 percent, with single - family dwelling per- mits up 44 percent, the Metropoli- tan Council figures showed. Average prices for the three areas range from $89,900 in the Apple Valley area to $86,000 in Eagan. Average sale price in Burnsville this year is about $90,800, Covert said. The county- wide average is $86,500. Buyers can expect to pay in the $80,000 range for a new split -entry home with two bedrooms and a bath with between 900 and 1,100 square feet, said Rich Hansen, for- mer president of the Dakota Coun- ty Board of Realtors. For a three - bedroom home, Han- sen said, buyers should expect to pay in the $90,000 range, although there are all sorts of price varia- tions on new and used homes. For example, for $89,900 in Ap- ple Valley, a buyer can get a four - bedroom used home with two baths and between 1,880 and 1,950 square feet of space, Covert said. A new home with two bedrooms, one bath and 1,100 square feet can cost about $92,000 in Apple Valley. Real estate agents said new con- struction runs between 1.0 percent and 15 percent higher than existing housing. Covert said the prices for Apple Valley houses are similar to those for houses in Eagan and Burns- ville. Buyers can find some lower prices — say in the $75,000 range — in the Eagan area, Hansen said. But in places such as Burnsville, he said, "below the $80,000 range there aren't many (homes). I wish there were more." Besides the obvious suburban amenities that attract homebuyers to Dakota County, including lots of green space and city governments that welcome developers with open arms, some real estate agents said that prices have been held down somewhat by perceptions of the area as remote and hard to get to. "I think that's a fallacy," Hansen said. "But it kept prices within rea- son, and because of that we have had much more development." Hansen said he would like to see prices rise a bit in the Dakota sub- urbs. Real estate agents boast that the western Dakota County suburbs have excellent schools, a relatively low tax base, a zoo, good transpor- tation links, an airport and good proximity to both Minneapolis and St. Paul. also have worked to attract high - tech and other industries and es- tablish the necessary services around them, encouraging the at- tendant growth of housing. Eastern Dakota suburbs such as Inver Grove Heights, South and West St. Paul, are developing more slowly. Roger Rodgers, who is replacing Hansen as the president of the Da- kota County Board of Realtors, said the eastern part of the county does not have the road system that the western communities have en- joyed. Officials in the eastern com- munities also have built up their area more as a bedroom communi- ty for St. Paul and Minneapolis and have not tried as hard to attract new businesses, Rodgers said. Nevertheless, Rodgers said sales are going well in the eastern com- munities and that houses have been selling faster in those areas this year. Prices in eastern Dakota sub- urbs range from an average list price of $62,000 in South St. Paul, to an average price of $78,000 in Inver Grove Heights. Hansen predicted development of more higher - priced houses in the Apple Valley area, particularly in light of the recent development of an upper- income bracket develop- ment that he says rivals the ritzier areas of Edina. Rodgers said the boom will con- tinue for all ranges of homes, mainly in the western Dakota sub- urbs. 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"The construction was pretty smooth, except for catching our breath at the end of the '60s," said Bob Vockrodt, public affairs direc- tor for the transportation depart- ment's Oakdale office. Some officials thought catching their breath was the last thing needed. "We're not talking about people genuinely concerned about the en- vironment, but those who just don't want another bit of concrete," Klein said. "They're on the one hand, and the resource ravagers are on the other, and somewhere in between those two, we have to find a solution that accomodates our so- ciety." The National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 changed forever the way roads were built by regwr- ing, among other things, extensive environmental impact statements. The landmark act effectively halt- ed all projects, and changed the normal timetable required for completing roads, said Bob Winter, a transportation department engi- neer. Movement on I -35E, as on most stretches of interstate, became a balancing act of competing inter- ests of the Department of Trans- portation, the environmentalists, the residents and the cities directly affected by the roads. As a result, the environmental impact statement on the Dakota County stretch of 1 -35E, for exam- ple, was not approved until mid - 1977, although the road initially was to have been completed in 1969. The second reason for slow- downs involved financing inconsis- tencies from the federal govern- ment. The interstate system is supported by a mix of 90 percent federal and 10 percent state mon- ey. Each state submits to the fed- eral Department of Transportation a timetable and expected cost for completing its interstate system, Vockrodt said. Every two years, Congress assesses those estimates and allocates a pool of money for the system. Then each state essen- tially is in competition for its share of that pool. The idea is that the money should last through two years of work, at which time another pool of money will be set aside. Not sur- prisingly, that system can break down. For example, in 1983, Massachu- setts Rep. Thomas O'Neill virtual- ly killed an entire round of funding because of a dispute over a pet project in his state, Winter said. The third reason for delays was a controversy on the road's route at Blackhawk Lake. Originally, the state transportation department had planned to build a bridge over the lake. But that plan ran into stiff opposition from some environ- mental and residents' groups. In December 1978, the commissioner of the Department of Natural re- sources denied a permit for the bridge, and asked for a route around the lake. The Council on Urban Mobility — essentially Klein and a group of his followers — appealed the deci- sion to the Dakota County District Court and the decision was over- turned. However, the state Su- preme Court reversed the district court's decision in January 1980, and the road has been built around the lake. "After that ruling, it was like a hush came over and the work be- gan," said Eagan Mayor Bea Blom - quist. For the past five years, that work has been relatively consist- ent, with the toughest battles being fought against the weather. When the road opens Saturday, it will be smooth and clean, but the officials invited to the opening will carry with them all the scars earned in a 25 -year process that has been anything but smooth. Nevertheless, somewhere Satur- day, city planners throughout the southern suburbs probably will pause and wonder about all the projects yet to come because of the traffic moving up that interstate. "It's a lot of fun pulling it all to- gether," said Thomas Colbert, Eagan's city planner. "But we've got developers going in 10 differ- ent directions, and it's difficult get- ting them to cross the `t' and dot the `i.' There's more of them than there is of us." Friday, Nov. 15, 1985 St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch GROWING SOUTH 35E 1 1 F Now, it's just a zip to the zoo down interstate By Les Suzukamo Staff Writer Once upon a time, getting to the Minnesota Zoological Garden in Apple Valley from St. Paul was ... well, a zoo. The problem was there wasn't one convenient way. There were many inconvenient ways. St. Paul residents had to follow a convolut- ed series of roads to get to the zoo entrance off Johnny Cake Road. They could take Robert Street, trying to sneak their children past the jungle of fast food restaurants and strip malls. French fries, and burgers and Coke, oh my! Or they could bypass the seduc- tion of the strip and take the La- fayette Freeway. But that took them only as far as Minnesota Highway 110 — the new Interstate 494. Then they had to turn off and continue winding down Robert Trail, hanging another right at Cliff Road and then a left onto Johnny Cake Road. Or they could take Shepard Road — a strip of asphalt that whip- lashes along the Mississippi River and is so lethal it practically begs for a .007 license -to -kill — to High- way 13 to Pilot Knob Road to Cliff Road to Johnny Cake ... Still with us? In contrast, Minneapolis resi- dents have had a relatively easy time, taking Cedar Avenue south to Cliff Road. Sure, there were hang - ups on Cedar, especially trying to cross the bridge. But they had little encouraging signs along the way to point the way to the zoo. however, the opening of Inter- state 35E promises to make things a little easier for St. Paul zoo - goers. Instead of wending their way along unfamiliar county roads, zoo visitors will be able to cut at least 10 minutes off their time from downtown St. Paul by taking I -35E straight down to Cliff Road, said Stephen Iserman, the zoo's general manager. And next year, there will be a new east -west road called Zoo Road that will lead to the zoo di- rectly from the freeway. The Zoo Road will be the zoo's new front door — the Johnny Cake Road entrance was always planned as an alternative entrance, Iser- man said. "It'll be kind of like opening up the zoo to the Twin Cities again," he said. The Minnesota Zoological Gar- den in Apple Valley is Dakota County's single largest tourist at- traction. It draws close to a million visitors annually, more than any other year -round attraction in the state. The zoo exhibits 1,300 animals representing 325 species. The ani- mals range from beluga whales and bottlenosed dolphins to Japa- nese snow monkeys and Siberian tigers, camels and musk oxen, moose and prairie dogs. The zoo's centerpiece is the Tropics Trail building, described by zoo officials as the world's larg- est single zoo structure. It is an in- door oasis that houses more than 450 animals and 15,000 plants from Asia. Whether the easier freeway ac- cess will bring more visitors and revenue to the zoo is unclear. Iser- man said the zoo has no money to conduct a study to show whether the new freeway will help boost zoo attendance. The zoo has been suffering finan- cial problems with its monorail, which was shut down recently be- cause not enough people rode it to pay for its lease. There also has been talk of even- tually making the 7- year -old zoo self- supporting, which would mean increasing revenues through either more private contributions or more admissions. The zoo is a state agency, receiving $4 million annu- ally from the state to help pay for its $6.1 million annual budget. Wdve p1v1,vd the ,111 way% a, A" A& A& J JA r' 99W UVUI Join us for hotdogs and pop on Saturday from 10 -5. Take a trip down the just - completed 35E freeway to Burnsville Volkswagen and you'll Serving This Great Area With Friendship And Fine Facilities LYT. PAUL 13 MENDOT63 Relish the challenge of one of the finest and I most naturally picturesque, eigghteen -hole, nar 77 nrivatP enlf rnirrcPC in 11 k area Fn_ joy golf where "good fellowship" is your l� MENDOTA 35E t 10� best caddie. / 43 // JDODD The ever growing, vast freeway system 55 places Mendakota Country Club only a few convenient minutes away from any business '494 or residence in the greater Twin City area. 3t For details of the various and several ggolf 26 and social memberships, contact Mendako- ta's club manager, Hans Lefeber. /5E Ask Hans also about the availability of the Business Continued from Page 3 Lexington Aver ue and Yankee Doodle Road to ;resemble a cam- pus, with lots of green space and walking paths. The park, it is hoped, will be a mecca for high - tech industries, g ving them oppor- tunity to locate t ear related busi- nesses. Several develo ters are planning hotels in Mend, to Heights and Eagan as a result of freeway links. Which hotel will materialize first depends on who is first to lock up a contract with a m ajor chain. Apparently almost ready to break ground ar : United Proper- ties, which plan: to build a hotel northeast of I -491 and Pilot Knob Road in Mendota Heights, and Trammell Crow Co., planning a Windom Gardens Hotel southwest of the interchange Trammell Crow's Eagan Woods Office Building already is under construction in tl a same area and a retail area also s planned. Meanwhile, ril;ht across Pilot Knob, OPUS is 1 oping to build a Holiday Inn or B(st Western hotel. And a second OPl JS hotel site is at Lone Oak Road ai d I -35E. Comple- tion of the first totel is expected within 18 to 24 months and the sec- ond will follow ab out 11/2 years lat- er, Davis said. "A lot of these plans have start- ed moving beta lse of the free- way," he said. 'This location is about the same c istance from the airport as the D acathlon Club in Bloomington." Other area hot( is are planned by Federal Land in its Town Centre project and by N.G. Astleford Co. near Cliff Road ai d I -35E. Because of the area's solid busi- ness base and pro tdmity to the air- port, there also N rill be a demand for more restaurants and meeting space, facilities o'ten joining hotel development, sa d Eagan's City Administrator Th }mas Hedges. Hedges said Ye expects the area's job base to continue to grow at a phenomenal i ate. In 1970, for axample, Eagan businesses emplo red 5,915 people. By 1980 that nun tber had climbed to 11,300 employ( es and the city is projecting that it 1990 more than 9861 `91 'AON `Aepu_ 18,400 people will work in the city, with an increase to 24,000 forecast by 2000. "Having such a large employ- ment base and good employers, we're going to see more hotels and restaurants," Hedges said. "They seek the interstates, and they are looking hard at this area because of the opening of I -35E. "That'll stimulate even more de- velopment because we'll have more services. With our location near to the airport, a few minutes from downtown St. Paul and Min- neapolis, and land ready for indus- trial expansion, we have incredible opportunity for business growth," he said. Niow ou'r even 41- to the LARGEST Dias. -Pontiac - .UC Dealership in the Metro Area 140 St. 14; St. .n Co. U 42 i e know y( u'll like Town Centre — Eagan. One hundred seventy acres, designed for progre >s, that's helping to make Eagan the Turin Citics' most dynamic new business, shopping and residential community. The eastern -m Est sections of Town Centre — Eagan feature a var ety of locations planned for high -tech assem Wy, storage, showroom and service business. Water View Of ice Tower, the tallest building, in Dakota County, p ctured overlooking the pond in the center of the Ilustration, is currently leasing office space Other office facilities are also under way. Between Denn lark and Pilot Knob roads, the first phase of a nore than 400,000 sq. ft. retail shopping and entertainment center will open in 1986. An ul ra modern Rainbow Foods Store and Walt reens Drug facility will be among the attracti� -- new stores, shops and entertainment optic ns in this portion of Town Centre — Eaga i. Convenient to evi -rywhere. Town Centre — :agan is conveniently close to everything busin ss needs to thrive, including both dow itown Minneapolis and St. Paul, but away fi )m downtown congestion, traffic jams and exf ease. Interstate 35E now takes you into St. Paul in minutes. Cedar A ✓enue or Interstate 35W to Minneapolis in rc ughly the same time. And getting to the D tinneapolis and St. Paul International Airpoi t is an even shorter drive. The Center of a g rowing new market Eagan is the "i ;rowingest" community in the state, and its ra )idly expanding population provides an affluen market for goods and services, as well as in abundance of qualified employees for any b isiness. For more information about Town Centre - Eagan call (612) 452 -3303.