Champlin
Posted: November 16th, 2012, 3:31 pm
Looks like the city of Champlin (just across the river from Anoka via U.S. 169) is planning a major redevelopment on a 70-acre area along the Mississippi River. They received a $1 million Livable Communities grant from the Metropolitan Council:
Digging through some articles online, it appears that the city has been acquiring parcels for about 5 years. Based on the last few places they've purchased, it looks like this will go in the slice of land between U.S. 169 (Ferry Street/West River Road) and the river.Mississippi Crossing, Champlin--$1,000,000 to support the multi-phased redevelopment of a 70-acre area along the Mississippi River. The lead and signature project the Council is facilitating is a two-story restaurant/event center, a 3.5-acre village green and riverfront amphitheatre, a 120-unit market-rate apartment building and parking garage. The riverfront plan calls for hundreds of housing units, market-rate and affordable, retail and office space, eateries and a hotel, drawing traffic from land and water.