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St. Louis Park sees housing as key to enrollment; The city and the school district are teaming up to encourage families to "move up," not out, of the first-ring suburb.(NEWS)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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January 3, 2008
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Byline: Patrice Relerford; Staff Writer
The fortunes of the St. Louis Park School District are closely tied to the appeal of St. Louis Park's housing stock, local officials say.
So leaders of the school district and city are putting their heads together to promote improvements to housing in the first-ring suburb in hopes of boosting school enrollment that will bring in more state funding.
The city and district are promoting remodeling and design services, low-interest loans and other programs to improve housing, which they believe will attract new families and keep current residents in town as their children reach school age. Early last year, the district and ...
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