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Coon Rapids HRA tweaks its rehab program

Coon Rapids’ housing rehabilitation loan program, which is funded by the city’s annual federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation, has been tweaked for the 2011 program year. Continue reading

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All four Home for Generations projects sold

All four vacant/foreclosed homes purchased and remodeled by the Coon Rapids Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) since 2009 through the Home for Generations program have been sold. Continue reading

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Coon Rapids’ Home for Generations program is put on hold

Acquisition of properties for the city of Coon Rapids’ Home for Generations program has been put on hold. Continue reading

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Changes to Villas on the Boulevard project in Coon Rapids

Only nine of the 36 detached townhomes in the Villas on the Boulevard development on Coon Rapids Boulevard have been completed since the project was approved by the Coon Rapids City Council in July 2006. Continue reading

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County keeps buying vacant/foreclosed properties

Anoka County continues to buy vacant, foreclosed properties with federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) dollars, but without using the $1.2 million it received in the third round of grant awards late last year. Continue reading

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Coon Rapids to study new concept Home for Generations project

A new phase of the Home for Generations program is under consideration by the Coon Rapids City Council. Continue reading

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Scattered sites property is sold by Coon Rapids HRA for new home

The Coon Rapids Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) has sold another property through the city’s scattered sites acquisition program. Continue reading

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Tornado warning doesn’t stop Coon Rapids open house

Not even tornado warnings, thunder and lightning or torrential rain early Sunday afternoon could keep people away from the latest open houses for two homes that are being remodeled for the city of Coon Rapids’ Home for Generations. Continue reading

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Fifth Coon Rapids house acquired for Home for Generations

A fifth house has been acquired by the Coon Rapids Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) for the city’s Home for Generations program. Continue reading

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County to be part of homebuyer program

Anoka County will once again be taking part in the annual Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) first-time homebuyer mortgage program. According to Karen Skepper, community development director, MHFA has not provided the county with a firm dollar figure that it … Continue reading

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Historic ramblers are the topic of Coon Rapids program

What are considered historic homes in Coon Rapids will be the topic of a city-sponsored program at the Coon Rapids City Center next week. Continue reading

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New home building slightly up in Andover

In the doom and gloom of this economic recession, Andover got a small piece of good news in 2010. New home building permits were up 33 percent over the 2009 and 2008 totals. Continue reading

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New home building slightly up in Andover

In the doom and gloom of this economic recession, Andover got a small piece of good news in 2010. New home building permits were up 33 percent over the 2009 and 2008 totals. Continue reading

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Strong winds damage homes in Farmington

by Kara Hildreth Thisweek Newspapers No residents were injured after a high-wind storm blew through central Farmington early in the morning Friday, Aug. 13, causing  major damage to trees and property. Farmington Police Sgt. Jim Constantineau said winds of up … Continue reading

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Local builder joins Haiti reconstruction efforts

James Barton Design-Build owner James Madsen, his family and team of eight other builders plan to build two homes in eight days by Jessica Harper Dakota County Tribune James Madsen, owner of James Barton Design-Build in Apple Valley, has completed … Continue reading

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Can we have our cake and eat it?

To the editor: At UMore Park, the University of Minnesota and the city of Rosemount can benefit by carefully studying and strategically accessing two opportunities:  strip-mining of gravel deposits followed by development of a green community, and preservation of agricultural … Continue reading

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