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North/east metro briefs: Maplewood
seeks 60 stories for 60th anniversary
celebration
FEBRUARY 6,2016-12:44AM
Maplewood is gathering stories about itself as part of its 60th birthday party a year from
this month.
The suburb was founded on Feb.26,1957,and people familiar with local history are
writing one story for each week leading up to the day.In January the city began releasing
the results,once each Thursday,on Twitter,Facebook,and Maplewood's#60Stories
webpage.
You can bookmark this page to follow the series:manlewoodmn.gov/1513/60-
Stories/60stories(htti)://mat)lewoodmn.gov/1513/60-Stories/60stories).
Anniversary festivities in 2017 will include a trivia contest,with prizes,drawn from these
stories.
For those not online,a notebook with copies of the stories will be available at City Hall,
the Maplewood Nature Center and the Maplewood Area Historical Society during open
houses.
DAVID PETERSON
Roseville
Open house will cover bridge plans
A five-month project to replace the Hwy.36 bridge over Lexington Avenue will be
previewed this week at an open house.
The event is from 4 to 7 p.m.Tuesday at the state's Waters Edge Building,1500 W.
County Rd.B2.
Work begins in April and will mean a temporary bypass for Hwy.36.Lexington Avenue
will be closed and detoured,and the Lexington,Hamline,and westbound Dale Street
ramps will be temporarily closed.
The state will reconstruct and resurface ramps at Lexington Avenue and the westbound
ramp at Hamline Avenue,reconstruct and resurface Hwy.36 between Hamline Avenue
and Victoria Street,replace signal systems at Lexington ramps and install new sidewalk
below the Lexington bridge.
Updates will be posted at this Web page
(http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/nroiects/hwv36roseville/index.html).
David Peterson
Arden Hills
Master developer sought for TCAAP
Ramsey County and Arden Hills are seeking a master developer to oversee the creation
of Rice Creek Commons,the 427-acre site that was formerly an ammunition plant.
It's a big step for a proposed live/work site that is bigger than all of downtown St.Paul
and has been eyed for big things for decades.
It follows a soil cleanup that was completed last fall.Development could begin as soon
as 2017.For now,however,responses from the business community are due March 9.
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