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http://www.twincities.com/ramseycounty/ci_24340715/ramsey-county Ramsey County bets big on TCAAP development By Sarah Horner and Frederick Melo Pioneer Press TwinCities.com- TwinCities.com Posted: Boosted by Ramsey County's purchase of the land and exposure fro proposal, the barbed-wire fence is finally coming down at the Tw Arden Hills. Building demolition and environmental cleanup is well underway o purchased by the county in April for $28.5 million. A year from the development community. "It's a long-term project, but the timing is really good. ... It Louis Jambois, president of the St. Paul Port Authority, which s industrial land. "In the seven-county metro area, it's on the edge of the most de region. We're just north of Roseville, which is a fully develope For the better part of 70 years, the 2,300-acre TCAAP site was o Small-arms munitions were manufactured and tested there during W Vietnam wars. Since Ramsey County closed on the sale, demolition crews have be crushed concrete, mangled rebar and other rubble started stackin tall grass, cattails and wildflowers. Teeming with asbestos, Building 502 is the dirtiest of the struc Superfund site. Next spring, it will be the last to come down. When the work is done, city and county officials say, the metro primed for development by the private sector just 10 miles outsi Minneapolis. "You can see both downtowns from TCAAP, and it's amazing," said Area Chamber of Commerce. "There aren't many other sites where y downtowns, next to an interstate, and already have a nature cent For many in the development community, TCAAP is Ramsey County's heavily developed borders of St. Paul and Roseville. This is prime territory for developers to build homes, offices o take credit for drawing new jobs to a sprawling suburban site ne downtown St. Paul, surrounded on two sides by a wildlife corrido A project that big probably won't land in the hands of one devel Page 1 of 5Nov 01, 2013 03:29:37PM MDT