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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Anoka County Housing Authority Proposes $3.34 Million Development Levy for 2027
ANOKA, MN (September 18, 2026). The Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority is preparing to establish a proposed $3,337,627 special-benefit property-tax levy for economic-development activities in 13 Anoka County communities.
The proposed levy is contained in Resolution 2026-02, which is scheduled for consideration by the authority’s governing board on September 22.
Communities included in the taxing district are Bethel, Centerville, Columbia Heights, Columbus, Ham Lake, Hilltop, Lexington, Linwood, Nowthen, Oak Grove, Spring Lake Park, St. Francis and Ramsey.
The countywide authority does not apply the economic-development levy uniformly to every Anoka County city. Coon Rapids, Anoka, Andover, Blaine and Fridley are not included in the taxing district listed in the proposed resolution.
Revenue from the levy supports housing, redevelopment and economic-development work within the authority’s area of operation. Individual communities can request access to their available HRA levy balances for eligible projects.
Two examples are included in the same September 22 meeting packet.
St. Francis is requesting $75,000 for demolition and environmental cleanup needed to advance a water and sewer extension. Columbus is requesting $13,743 toward its share of an Elmcrest Avenue and 24th Avenue corridor study associated with the Minnesota Technology Corridor.
The technology corridor was conceived as a multijurisdictional development area involving Anoka County, Washington County and six cities. Officials say unresolved road design, infrastructure and jurisdictional questions have hindered development along the corridor.
WSB was selected to perform the corridor study under a contract totaling $109,946.72. Work is expected to begin in October and continue into the second quarter of 2027.
The proposed $3.34 million levy must be certified to Anoka County’s property-records and taxation office by September 30. Adoption of the proposed levy would establish the authority’s initial 2027 financing framework.
The September 22 vote will therefore affect taxpayers and development resources across a broad section of eastern and northern Anoka County, not only a single municipality.
The resolution remains a proposal until approved by the authority’s trustees.
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