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MEMORANDUM
TO: PLANNING COMMISSION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
FROM: MICHAEL SOBOTA, DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DATE: APRIL 15,1994
RE: TOUR OF EDEN PRAIRIE
THURSDAY, APRIL 21,1994
City staff has been w~rking with the Economic Development Commission on a strategic
lan for economic d velopment. One element of the strategic plan includes a
vision" or plan for retail areas of the City including the downtown and other
commercial areas. City staff has also received a preliminary sketch plan for a
major commercial development near T.H. 50 and Dodd Boulevard. Staff thought it
would be timely to review how other communities have planned major commercial
projects or areas of the City. Eden Prairie has begun such a process.
A tour of the downtown area of Eden Prairie has been scheduled for Thursday, April
.21,1994. Transportation by motor coach from City Hall and a box supper will be
provided. Please meet at City Hall at 5:45 p.m. If you would like to meet the
group in Eden Prairie, please be at the Brunswick Fun Center which is located next
to the new water tower under construction west of U.S.169 and the Eden Prairie
.Center at 6:30 p.m.
A presentation has also been planned for us after the tour by the City of Eden
Prairie. Staff is looking forward to this outing and hope you will be able to
attend. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.
Please RSVP to Mira Holliday by Wednesday noon.
MS/mh
cc: Robert Erickson, City Administrator