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RO��LLE, MINN�O�A....I�HE� I��P�E �1�4iC� �F�� �IF�EF�ENCE� <br />T#�I� � ITY �EE �i� �4�+1 ENE���TI�, �RTIi� �I� �R1�f�� <br />TH�l�I�IIV� A��I�#� �����I�E �� ��I� � IT� N� �., <br />��� <br />..� <br />�y� t�i <br />�E R�frl�� <br />_� <br />THE COMMUNITY <br />The City of ;? �. •t "•. (popula�ion �� ��'h'.- � <br />prides itself on strong neighborhoods. a���ard- <br />�'inning parks ancl recreation programs. a <br />growing economic I�:i,� and low {'•i • taxes. <br />The residents of Roseville have long enjoyed <br />the stabiliry, diversity, beaut).and safety of their <br />neighborhoods. Neighborhood associations, <br />'�ei�;hborhoo� Watch progran�s, citizen I�tils <br />groups and other City-sponsored programs <br />offer numerous oppartunities for neighbors <br />to join together to become n�ore <br />knowledge��ble about govemment processes. <br />solve common challenges or plan special <br />events. In a recent resident survey, 98°ib of <br />�I�Y I��N��F� <br />��� <br />;- <br />-5 3 'r � �� - i <br />� � y } _ <br />_ - �Y _ <br />� � � � I ,�_ . . <br />��� �� . <br />�he ��l� s�riv�� f�Drovnd� �Fne Ci�i�ens �� ��e�ri�e <br />wr�h an �f�ii�a� lo�at �overr�m�er�f s�rucdur�� �r�ir.�r <br />�n��r�s �h� ��mrr�ur��y's �e�,G� �af�ty, heaft�r, <br />qua��l�-of•l�f� a�r�d genorat w��are �rr a ma,�n�r �h�� <br />r� a�o�urr�able �� b�dh c[rrr�r�� ar�d fe���r� <br />�n�ratnorMS �f r�srtl�tFts. <br />those polled rated d�e quality-of-life in the <br />community as "excellent" or °ve�y good". <br />The Roseville comnwnity is situated in <br />Ramsey Count). on land tha[ n as once home <br />to the Dakota and Ojibway Native American <br />trit�es. The first non-Indian settled in the area <br />in 1843, �;x }�'eais priar to hlinnesota becoming <br />a temtory. In 1850, the Rose To�m•nship was <br />es[ablished, named after Isaac Rose, one of <br />the first settlers wklo conducted [I�e initial <br />Ramsey County ian�}_ Rose ToN=nship <br />included the areas no�v known as Roseville, <br />Iauderdale and Falcon Heigh�s, as well as parts <br />of presentday St. Paul and ?�linneapolis. Farms <br />and nurseries dominated the landscape until <br />the 1930s when contn�ercial development <br />emerged. attracted by the availabiliry of land, <br />convenient location and the railroad. <br />Simultaneously, people were migrating from <br />the urban core areas to enjoy the more spacious <br />environment and less congested lifestyle of the <br />suburbs. <br />By 1948 [he township fortll of government <br />cotdd no longer accommodate the area's rapid <br />growth. Roseville incorporated as a village in <br />May of 1948. Roseville's population and <br />