12/23/2010 - Dakota County Tribune Business Weekly

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DATE ##, 2009 DECEMBER 23, 2010

VOLUME 30, NUMBER # VOLUME 31, NUMBER 43

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Airlake Industrial Park manufactures big results for region Local collaboration is a key to success

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Airlake Industrial Park is a major business hub in Dakota County and a major employer and taxpayer in Lakeville. According to the city, Airlake accounts for $4 million in tax revenue to all taxing authorities and 4,200 of Lakeville’s 18,503 jobs. Olson said the park is something many by Kevin Stirtz DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE people in the area might not know about beWhat do hot rods, frozen food, ar- cause of how Lakeville has developed. tificial hips, hair shampoo and books on “The city of Lakeville has grown up how to blacksmith have in common? around Airlake Industrial Park,” he said, notYou might be surprised, but there ing that when the park was conceived some are more than a few people in Lakeville 40 years ago Lakeville was mostly open land. who could easily answer this question. Most of the development in Lakeville is They could because they’ve worked in or north of Airlake Park, so it’s easy to miss. around the area’s largest industrial park where all these products (and more) are Planes, trains and automobiles created. are a factor Since the late 1960s (remember long hair, That open land Olson referred to was a muscle cars and the Beatles?), Airlake Inmajor reason Airlake Park’s original developdustrial Park has been a cornerstone of deers located it where it is. And the property has velopment and job creation for the city of a rail line and close access to County Road 70 Lakeville and the surrounding region. But and Interstate 35, giving it a big transportaunless you work there you might not even tion advantage over other locations. realize what it is or what it means to the reTo make the park even more enticing to gion. business owners and executives, the developOne man who knows the park well says ers added an airport that can accommodate Lakeville is fortunate to have it here. David corporate jets and helicopters. In fact, today Olson, the city’s director of community and 10 to 15 percent of the park’s businesses use economic development, said that “Airlake the airport, said Jack Matasosky, president Park has been a tremendous benefit to the See Airlake, 2A city of Lakeville over the years.”

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