Tom Meckey

See photos below for a Home for Sale in Kenny Neighborhood, Southwest Minneapolis @ 5432 Aldrich Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55419

see southwestminneapolisblog for photos

MLS# 3874306
Summary:
Listed at $264,900
3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 1-Car Detached Garage & 1304 Finished Square Feet
Annual Taxes: $3648

Schools:
Kenny Elementary Anthony Middle School Washburn Senior High School

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Values for this home from Automated Valuation Websites:

eppraisal.com: $281,631

Zillow.com: $265,000

Cyberhomes.com: $261,360

Hennepin County Tax Assessed Value: $259,000

Last Sales Price and Date Sold: $275,000 in March of 2004

Article from Kare 11 Home Page: By Karla Hult

Rosemount, Minn. -- The University of Minnesota has plans to turn thousands of acres of mostly undeveloped land in Dakota County into a forward-thinking, environmentally friendly community.

"It would be a place of 20 to 30 thousand people that would be energy-efficient, sustainable, carbon neutral, sort of a city for the future," said Charles Muscoplatt, Director of UMore Park and University of Minnesota Vice President of statewide resource development.

The area known as"UMore Park" covers 5,000 acres in the City of Rosemount and Empire Township. The land is currently rented farmland, plots used for university agricultural research and empty space.

But the university envisions building on that land a community that would embrace the latest environmental technology available.

"If you design a community from the very beginning, you can think of designing a building with better insulation," Muscoplatt said, adding that the community would also include heating and cooling systems that use solar, wind and geothermal energies and could cut energy use in half.

The community would meet the demands of an expected population surge, Muscoplatt said, while also generating money for the university. The university hopes to start mining gravel on the site beginning in 2011. Muscoplatt believes that would raise $3 to $6 million per year. Officials hope actual construction at the site could begin in 2012, depending on the housing recession and whether private developers have decided to join the project.

So far, the affected communities are on board with the plan.

"It certainly is an exciting project, and there's a lot of opportunities there because of the land size," said Kim Lindquist, the Rosemount Community Development Director.

Lindquist said some residents remain skeptical the plan will actually come to fruition, given the university's previous development plans.

"The university has talked over the decades, has talked about various projects they might do on the property and really have not gone anywhere," Lindquist said.

The university said they're committed to this plan, and they believe it's a model that will generate enough revenue and attention to attract private developers.

"It has all the ingredients to show people how to live well in the 21st century," Muscoplatt said.

(Copyright 2010 by KARE. All Rights Reserved.)

Market Updates for 100 Twin Cities Communities Twin Cities Region - compare individual community market activity reports from the list below with the Twin Cities region as a whole.

Minneapolis / St. Paul Has Been Removed from Lenders' List of "Declining Markets" - which is great news for our local housing market. Things are looking up for 2010. This comes from United Guaranty's website in the rates section (click this link to see report).

United Guaranty is a Mortgage Insurance Company / Underwriter for lenders and they have been in business since 1963.

If you are looking for a Home for Sale in Southwest Minneapolis check out this link. It is that time of year again, to get the kids ready for the upcoming school year. With Burroughs Elementary leading the Minneapolis Public Schools as the most desired elementary school, parents of kindergarten aged children will be looking for homes in the neighborhoods surrounding the school so that their kids can attend next year.

Below is the Burroughs School Attendance Boundary Map - if you live in this area when your child enrolls in Kindergarten, then you are guaranteed a spot.