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<br />New Brighton <br />Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Housing <br /> <br /> <br />The City of New Brighton is a fully developed first tier suburb of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan <br />area. New Brighton is conveniently located a short distance from both downtown Minneapolis and <br />downtown St. Paul. Its central location close to a large concentration of jobs and colleges has shaped <br />New Brighton as a convenient place live. <br /> <br />Into the next century, the focus on housing will continue to be on maintenance, infill development and <br />redevelopment. The primary visions (or goal) for housing in New Brighton is to ensure people, of all <br />walks of life, have the opportunity to live in the community their entire lives. This philosophy towards <br />housing (referred to as “Life Cycle Housing”) is intended to continually meet the needs of the evolving <br />demographic profile of New Brighton and surrounding communities. <br /> <br />Historical Development Pattern <br /> <br />New Brighton has grown incrementally over time with the majority of the housing stock built during the <br />1960s and 1970s. In fact over 65% of New Brighton’s total housing supply was built during this period. <br />The older housing stock can be found near the old downtown area generally from 1st Avenue NW to 6th <br />Avenue NW and from 5th Street NW to 10th Street NW. Many older homes can also be seen along major <br />roadways (particularly Old Highway 8, Long Lake Road and County Road E) and around the City’s <br />major water bodies (Long Lake and Pike Lake). These homes were generally built prior to 1950, pre <br />World War II in many instances. New housing has continued to occur within these older areas through <br />infill development on vacant lots that were skipped over. <br /> <br />Over time, housing development moved westward from the Old Highway 8 Corridor and the old <br />downtown area. This trend can be observed through housing styles and street patterns in residential <br />neighborhoods. In the older neighborhoods the common house is the bungalow situated on a narrow lot <br />on a typical grid patterned street system. The second wave of housing saw the single story rambler as the <br />predominant home usually situated on a curvilinear road or cul-de-sac. Over 40% of the current housing <br />stock are ramblers while split-entries, colonials and split-levels comprise the majority of the remaining <br />homes. The vast majority of multi-family housing was also built during the 60s and 70s. This housing <br />typically consists of 12 to 18 unit three story buildings, usually with limited off street parking and little <br />green space or play area. Many of these apartment complexes remain very affordable because they lack <br />the amenities that new apartments are able to include such as heated parking, ample storage, and in some <br />cases same unit laundry. <br /> <br />Newer housing developments have primarily occurred in the western portion of the community and <br />include higher priced luxury single family homes in Wexford Heights to affordable townhomes and <br />condominiums in Brighton Square. <br />6-1