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WELCOME TO NEW BRIGHTON! “BUILDING TOMORROW TODAY” A CITY of excellence in educatfon, of beauty and recreatfon in lakes and parks, and of opportunity in business, the City of New Brighton is a northern suburb of the Twin Citfes, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Originally inhabited by the Mdewakanton Dakota, and prized for its abundant harvests of wild rice, European settlers formed a village in 1858. Proximity to new railroads in 1889 brought the establishment of the Minneapolis Stockyards and Packing Company and, in 1891, the incorporatfon of the Village of New Brighton. The seven-square-mile City encompasses 16 city parks and Long Lake Regional Park. The populatfon is approximately 21,456, with 8,915 households. Almost 30% of households have children – with those under 18 comprising over 21% of City residents. The City’s ethnic diversity reflects 84% of residents identffying as White American, 4% African American, 5% Asian American, 4% as Hispanic Americans, and 1.5% Natfve American. Changes in the diversity of the populatfon are providing opportunitfes to reimagine the development and amenitfes on which the City will focus. Now primarily a residentfal community within Ramsey County, the City provides many housing types: single family for many income levels, apartments, and many senior living optfons. Homes valuatfons are increasing steadily and sell quickly. The investment of residents in their community is seen in the more than 230 blocks that partfcipated in Natfonal Night Out in 2019. At the intersectfon of major highways I-694 and I-35W, the City is convenient to the entfre Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Welcome to New Brighton—a progressive community and a great place to live! NEW BRIGHTON is rightly proud of its Department of Public Safety. Since the merger of the Police and Fire Departments in 2000, the Public Safety Department has become a model which other communitfes attempt to replicate due to its extremely cost effectfve and efficient way of providing coordinated public safety services to its residents, businesses, and visitors. In order to effectfvely to protect, to serve, and to educate in partnership with the community, many staff of the Public Safety Department are cross trained in a variety of service areas. The Police Department has 30 sworn officers. The Fire Department has one full tfme Fire Marshal and 43 certffied paid-on-call members – almost half of whom are also City employees. Public Safety has been proactfve in community engagement, going to its citfzens instead of waitfng for the citfzens to come to them. With approximately one third of the populatfon living in rental units, the Public Safety Department has collaborated with property owners via a rental management program to provide positfve interactfons between the City and New Brighton’s populatfon of renters. The Department has been honored by the Internatfonal Associatfon of Chiefs of Police with its Community Policing Award. Residents have the opportunity to partfcipate in many volunteer areas, including Volunteers in Public Safety, Police Reserve Officers, and Police Explorers. The City also partners productfvely with Ramsey County for many public safety services, including partfcipatfon in the award-winning ‘Closest Unit Dispatching’ program for fire response which has resulted in an overall six- minute response tfme to calls. PUBLIC SAFETY