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Business Notes from Around the Town: Arden Hills Service Directory 1245 West Highway 96 by Susan Cathey and Jessica Luther Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 C T on Lexington Avenue opened a new S HEUBTORE pharmacy drive-thru at the end of October. According to store director John Thompson, the customers have been 8:00 a.m.4:30 p.m. extremely positive, commenting that they especially like 651-792-7800 the convenience this new option offers. cityhall@cityofardenhills.org W opened a new store in Arden Plaza at the ALGREENS corner of Lexington and County Road E on September 28. Sheriff and Fire Emergency Welcome to the neighborhood! 911 Sheriff (non-emergency) announces a new and improved branch 651-767-0640 of their bank as it moves from its County Road Fire (non-emergency) E location to Lexington Avenue in front of 651-633-0640 Target. The new branch is scheduled to open Water and Sewer Problems on January 28 and will celebrate with special (During non-business hours) promotions in February and March. Visit the 651-767-0640 new branch for details. David Grant 651-538-0747 Mayor: FHI On December 17, ORMEROLIDAYNN: Councilmembers: Brenda Holden 651-636-2987 Fran Holmes 651-631-1866 and up to 74 units of multi-family apartments. A development ag Dave McClung 651-332-0352 in the next few weeks and the project will begin construction th Ed Werner 651-636-2547 See City website for e-mail addresses. The existing 155 hotel rooms will be converted into residential City Administrator: Patrick Klaers 651-792-7810 area, lounge, theater room, gaming room, and indoor bicycle stor - Guires restaurant and banquet facilities will be converted into Communications Committee : fronting County Road E. Kristine Goodrich, editor; Susan Cathey As part of the approved project, the exterior and interior of th Staff Liaison: Amy Dietl parking lots and landscaping will be improved, and security (acc Desktop Publisher: Mary Nosek County Sheriff Department) will be implemented and monitored. Council meetings are held at City Hall on the second and last Monday of the by Susan Cathey month at 7 p.m. Meetings are televised A n Arden Hills project that has been on in its attempt to get tax credits to assist in live on Cable Channel 16. Meetings of the drawing board for quite some time the Planning Commission are televised is now seeing action, although not exactly in its originally proposed form. The company was not successful in securing funding and, as a result, decided Playbacks of City meetings begin the to revise the plan and construct the morning after the meeting and continue Sand Companies, Inc. (SCI) received apartment building as a market rate every day until the next City meeting. project, rather than an affordable housing Playbacks are at 3 a.m., 11 a.m., and housing development at 1296 County Road development. SCI has obtained fund - 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7 F. The four-story building consisted of 55 ing from the Ramsey County Housing a.m., 2 p.m., and 10 p.m. on Saturday housing units with one to three bedrooms, Redevelopment Authority in the form and Sunday. For web casts, visit a 55-stall underground parking garage, and of a loan from the HOME Investment www.ctv15.org. a 55-stall surface lot. The development also Partnership Program. In exchange, Arden included a tot lot playground and picnic Village must have four units set aside for Arden Hills Notes - area for residents. The approval included a households whose incomes are less than letter of the City of Arden Hills, an rezoning from I-1, Limited Industrial Dis - equal-opportunity employer. trict to R-4, Multiple Dwelling District. SCI went through several funding cycles In light of the project change, SCI con - with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency - 2 duct a market study related to apartment