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<br />mail boy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />June/July, 2015 <br />Volume 9, Issue 4 Gem Lake News <br />Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Gem Lake <br />Residence on <br />Home Tour <br /> <br />• Municipal Water <br />Update <br /> <br />• City News Page 4 <br /> <br />• Yeah! Road <br />Construction!! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br />• July 8 <br />• July 22 <br />• August 5 <br />Tip: put out your bin <br />the night before for 7 <br />a.m. pick-up. <br /> <br /> <br />Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />A beautiful new home in the Hillary Farm <br />Development in Gem Lake was featured on the <br />Artisan Home Tour, a new event sponsored by <br />the Parade of Homes. <br /> <br />The event ran for three weekends in June and <br />was designed to showcase “gracious and well- <br />appointed homes that represent the vision and <br />craftsmanship of respected builders in the metro <br />area,” according to the tour web-site. <br /> <br />The Gem Lake home was built by Michael Paul <br />Homes and was advertised as an Arts and Crafts <br />Rambler. The 5,500 square foot residence <br />featured spectacular wood beams, a huge open <br />format kitchen, a screened porch with fireplace, <br />and best of all, a golf simulator room! Wow. This <br />three bedroom, three bath home was really worth <br />seeing. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Gem Lake Property on Artisan Home Tour <br /> <br />Road Closure in Gem Lake Will Make Commuting Extra Fun This Summer <br />A portion of Goose Lake Road near Centerville <br />Road will close for an extended period of time <br />beginning this July. The closure is expected to <br />last for over a year, extending into fall, 2016. <br />The closure is needed as part of the <br />Minnesota Department of Transportation's <br />(MNDOT) plan to replace the two Interstate <br />35E bridges over Goose Lake Road near <br />Macaluso's Roadhouse in Vadnais Heights. <br /> <br />MNDOT needs the space for staging <br />construction materials as the bridges are <br />located along steep slopes, which makes <br />Goose Lake Road the only logical location. <br />Besides, the demolition of the bridges would <br />make travel beneath them too hazardous for <br />motorists and bicyclists. <br /> <br />The bridge work is all part of MNDOT's plan to <br />add a high occupancy vehicle lane from Forest <br />Lake into downtown St. Paul. Similar work on <br />(continued on page 3) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />