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Here is the Twin Cities' second largest suburb
(after Bloomington) at over 60,000 population
(that's up from about 15,000 in 1960). Founded
close to 150 years ago as Coon Creek Rapids,
the city was, like most of Minnesota in those
days, a farming community. The break-out event
for industry in old Coon Creek was a
brickyard. The founder of that brickyard, "The
Clay Hole," would be downright amazed to see
the big industrial park and all the office
space that has sprung up along what is now
Coon Rapids Blvd.
Even though Coon
Rapids is in the big leagues now, the locals
let you know they still treasure that
home-town feel. One of the major law firms in
the city, for example, likes to advertise
itself as a downtown law firm (i.e. just as
high-powered) with that small town
neighborliness. And that's pretty much how
you'll find Coon Rapids if you visit, do
business or live there.
Other
amenities in city include: a community
college, a city ice rink, three swimming pools
(one of them outdoors with a wave pool
attached). Mercy Hospital and the school
district are the big employers here. Shopping
appetites can be satisfied at the large mall
and surrounding stores in adjacent Spring Lake
Park. |
