History
The land now occupied by the Arbor Lakes district was formerly an active gravel mine owned primarily by C.S. McCrossan and Tiller Corporation. The City of Maple Grove first began planning for a civic center in the late 1980s, as identified in former comprehensive land use plans.
A special gravel mining area (GMA) report was conducted in the 1990s to analyze the socioeconomic feasibility of such a project. Construction on Arbor Lakes began in 1997 with the Main Street district.
The gravel mines east of Arbor Lakes are still active. In sum, the inactive and active gravel mines total nearly 2,000 acres (8.1 km2), making the Arbor Lakes area the largest undeveloped urban infill site in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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