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Downtown Centerville Master Plan & Development Guidelines appropriate design standards. A range of housing types will be available in the setting through strategies such a shared downtown, each meeting high design standards. Centerville will meet the different peak-hour parking demands can challenge of managing growth while share parking facilities. enhancing the historic small town flavor, safety and strong sense of community State Aid Highways 14 and 21. - Task Force Vision Statement through: an integrated street network, History of Centerville provision of options for traffic flow, the Centerville has a rich French-Canadian design of streets with adequate width, and history with the first white settlers arriving to the provision of on-street parking. coming to the area for the abundant wildlife. Prior to the white settlers moving into the storm water treatment ponds as a visual area the Dakota Indians lived here in the and recreational amenity to the project. 1600s and 1700s. At that time, this area was covered with dense woodlands and many square miles of marshes, lakes, and respect to the specific character of their waterways. The Dakotas abandoned their immediate context within each district. settlement in the late 1700's, but returned annually to harvest wild rice. such as restaurants, shops and services, to Soon after, families from Canada arrived animate the street within the Mixed-Use and settled here because it reminded them Corridors portion of the area. of their former homeland. Several descendants of these original settlers still live in Centerville. downtown and Centerville Lake The city was officially established on August 11, 1857, when Minnesota was still a The task force developed a vision statement territory. At that time Centerville was known for the entire project that will guide the as Centerville Township and encompassed development of the plan and aid in the the current City of Centerville and the City of evaluation of development proposals. Lino Lakes. The downtown area of Centerville was originally known as the French Section. German immigrants settled town and will be a safe community where farther to the west in what is now part of the people know their neighbors. The City of Lino Lakes. The pioneers cleared historic fabric of the downtown and the the land for farming and agriculture soon surrounding neighborhood provide a followed. Residents formed the Church of strong sense of place and pride for St. Genevieve of Paris. residents. Residents will be able to walk to downtown through a well-connected The Downtown Redevelopment Task Force downtown will offer a mix of uses, with with an emphasis on our uniqueness of the small town character preserved by having the downtown still standing, but all of January 4, 2006 Page 5 of 34