HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 05-22 Maplewood worries over 3M expansion 'elsewhere' DISPATCH Maplewood worries over
3M ex ansion 'elsewhere/
"Is it something wefirm has greatly. � accelerated
the Maplewood City Council is its
wondering about the 3M Co.'s plans for the newe site.
plans to expand elsewhere.. He said he has heard
COUNCILMAN Norman An- "through the grapevine" that
derson said last week he would "and
that'sl expand at the new site
like the city staff "to inquire if COU"and it."
any comments by the council or however,Cad elcan find 3MJohn �'Greavu,have caused them (3M) to lot of property they can build
speed up their development in on" in Maplewood, and Coun-
Oakdale." cilman Donald Wiegert noted
The company, which has a that the firm still has property
417-acre complex in Maplewood, in Maplewood for building.
plans to build a research and of- "I'VE NEVER been opposed
fice facility on 563 acres in Oak- to their development (in Maple-
dale and Lake Elmo. Anderson wood)," Mayor Robert Bruton
said he learned at the recent 3M commented. "I thought it would
stockholder's meeting that the go on five or 10 more years."