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Metro Transit announced on Facebook that starting on Saturday, Dec. 6, Route 852 would become Route 827, with access south of I-694 in Fridley along East River Road, as well as in northeast Minneapolis alongside Marshall St. MT said that the route would connect residents to Anoka County Technical College, the Mercy Hospital Coon Rapids campus, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Northtown Transit Center, Foley Park and Ride, Fridley Park and Ride and the Northern Stacks business park. ...

The Ham Lake City Council on Nov. 17 unanimously approved the first reading of a rezoning request for the Elwell Farms development in Section 36. The proposal would change zoning from Rural Single Family Residential and Single Family Residential to Planned Unit Development. The vote was 4-0, with Council Member Mike Van Kirk absent. Mayor Brian Kirkham noted he had recently spoken with someone who drove through the area and complimented how the project was progressing. ...

Two fast-casual restaurants and a Seven Brew drive-thru coffee shop are planned for commercial land near Andover Cinema, after the Andover City Council on Nov. 18 unanimously approved a Planned Unit Development amendment, a preliminary plat and two conditional use permits to advance the project. The applicant, Java Companies of St. Paul, is proposing to develop the northeast corner of the existing commercial complex, near Willy McCoy’s, Andover Cinema and the bowling alley. The site, currently used as surface parking. ...

At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Andover City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a drive-thru and drive-up lane for a new bank at 13879 Round Lake Blvd. City Planner Peter Hellegers said the site is at the southeast corner of Round Lake Boulevard and 139th Avenue, directly north of the Downtown Center shopping center. The property is guided for general commercial and zoned as a shopping center. ...