Osseo Redevelopment Master Plan adopted by City Council

In March 2007, the Osseo City Council adopted the Osseo Redevelopment Master Plan as its primary tool for guiding the community’s future redevelopment efforts. HKGi led the community’s redevelopment planning process and created the forward-thinking Redevelopment Master Plan that provides a long-term future vision, guiding principles, and conceptual plan for the community. Using a form-based district redevelopment approach, the Master Plan defines unique districts based upon common physical character, location within the community, presence of major “edges” and type of redevelopment potential for smaller areas within the overall redevelopment area. The Master Plan strives to balance preservation of the city’s unique small town character with the needs to attract and invest in redevelopment projects that will improve the vitality of Osseo’s traditional neighborhoods and Main Street, strengthen property values and the community’s tax base, and enable the provision of high quality city services. During the nine-month planning process, HKGi worked closely with a Redevelopment Task Force, City Staff and Hennepin County Staff, and also conducted three well-attended public open houses to gain the general community’s input and support for the Master Plan.