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7 <br /> <br />Community <br /> <br />New Brighton is a historic City that is truly young at heart. The City <br />prides itself on its excellent schools, many lakes, acres of parks and <br />recreational facilities, beautiful housing, progressive business <br />community and numerous clubs and organizations. New Brighton’s <br />greatest asset, however, is its people. They are warm hospitable and are <br />actively involved in their community making it a great place to live, <br />work and play. <br /> <br />The City of New Brighton, located in Ramsey County, is a northern <br />suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area that occupies about 7 <br />square miles. It is ideally located at the intersection of I-694 and I- <br />35W. From here it is a 15 minute ride to downtown Minneapolis or St. <br />Paul or a 30 minute ride to the international airport. New Brighton <br />experienced a burst of growth from 1960 to 1970, when the population <br />grew from 6,500 to 19,500. New Brighton is a stable community with <br />a well diversified and maintained housing stock. The median value for <br />New Brighton homes is estimated to be $252,000 as of February 2017. <br /> <br />History <br /> <br />Significant to the development of New Brighton was the establishment of Minneapolis Stockyards and Packing Company <br />in 1881. The following year the Twin City Packing Company and other cattle processing plants also formed. Around that <br />time, the area was named after Brighton, Massachusetts, a cattle center of Boston. Soon, the Cattleman’s Hotel was <br />constructed and the Village of New Brighton was incorporated in 1891 in a district now known as Olde Town. New <br />Brighton citizens celebrate “Stockyard Days” at Long Lake Regional Park in August of each year in appreciation of the <br />industry that transformed a sparsely populated piece of land into a thriving community. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Cattlemen's Hotel <br />New Brighton’s Mission: <br />“By working in partnership <br />with our citizens, we are <br />committed to guaranteeing <br />that their investment in <br />New Brighton will be <br />protected and will be <br />returned to them in financial <br />and social dividends.” <br />Village Hall 1897 <br />The first Stockyard Days parade in 1983