Business View Magazine | March 2020

272 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 R oseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, just north of Saint Paul and east of Minneapolis. Roseville’s land was originally home to the Dakota and Ojibway peoples. The first white settlers came in 1843, six years before Minnesota became a territory. Rose Township was established in 1858, named after one of the first settlers, Isaac Rose. The township included the areas now known as Roseville, Lauderdale, and Falcon Heights, as well as parts of present-day Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Farms and nurseries dominated the area until the 1930s when commercial development arrived, attracted by the wide-open space, convenient location, and the railroad. The area saw rapid growth through the 1930s and 1940s, and Roseville incorporated as a village in 1948. Falcon Heights and Lauderdale soon followed suit, and Rose Township ceased to exist. Roseville’s population and commercial development grew dramatically during the 1950s and 1960s. Today, Roseville, with a population of approximately 36,300, is a mixed-land-use community with a strong residential base and vibrant retail. It has become the commercial hub of the northeastern metro area. According to Community Development Director Janice Gundlach, the city has been very busy over the last few years with redevelopment projects. “Roseville is essentially fully developed,” she explains. “The only appreciable way to grow our tax base is through redevelopment. We don’t have much vacant greenfield AT A GLANCE ROSEVILLE, MINNESOTA WHAT: A city of 36,300 WHERE: Ramsey County, Minnesota, north of Saint Paul and east of Minneapolis WEBSITE: www.cityofroseville.com sota A retail hub and more