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<br />(Cub), movie theatre, fast food in area; located near major thoroughfares; <br />private development activity wants traffic and visibility. <br /> <br />d. Minnetonka. Civic center only; seniors and city hall together; hockey and <br />"Marsh" fitness site; no walking access to neighborhood; isolated; water <br />and decking were beautiful; dog training facility; site isolation. <br /> <br />e. Chaska. Has traditional city center and a community center adjacent to <br />schools - not near downtown; must drive to the facility; no community <br />around it; continuous add-on facility. Poor parking; On a mid-Saturday it <br />was hardly used. Theatre-auditorium art display center. Trying to build <br />adjacent to neighborhood. <br /> <br />f. Chaska Downtown. Small town Minnesota with town square; could be <br />placed in a Roseville park or city center; decorative amenities; Highway <br />212 cuts through site; nice main street. <br /> <br />g. Prior Lake-Dakota Fitness Center. Owned and operated by Native <br />American community; City of Prior Lake has access to it; was it a city <br />center for Native American community or meeting space? Discovery Zone <br />was private operating firm for child care drop-ins; emphasis on buildings; <br />isolated from everything; shooting range along with recreation center. <br /> <br />h. Edinborough. Too dense, too high, least used facility; the city center was <br />too dense like big glitz hotel with lobby; not easily connected but two <br />separate projects; playground and skating amenities are used by small <br />kids, mothers, seniors; summer use was less - mostly a winter activity <br />center; closed off to rest of Edina community - will not unify the <br />community; should be next to Southdale; liked tennis and golf greens. <br />Centennial Lakes in summer - active; in winter as skating rink; retail is <br />adjacent to residential; built for users of area; very unnatural; lots of <br />concrete, engineered spaces. <br /> <br />1. 50th and France. Lighting great; active! Two city personalities; street level <br />retail and housing above; need multiple stories to be financially feasible; <br />need public/private partnership; traffic congestion! <br /> <br />J. North St. Paul. No parking; across from public works; no community <br />entrance. <br /> <br />k. New Brighton. Good example of community center with play area always <br />busy; an accommodation and connection of many uses; partnership with <br />Mounds View School District; replaced commercial with residential. <br /> <br />1. Maplewood and Shoreview. Lots of civic uses but not connected; <br />typically suburban; stand-alone buildings. <br /> <br />8 <br />