Maplewood Momentum
A long-term investment in community and public safety
Maplewood is a place that values safety, health, and access to high-quality amenities. To meet the needs of a growing community, the city must reinvest in several essential public facilities.
Strong Public Facilities Support Maplewood’s Community
Maplewood Momentum is a long-term investment plan focused on strengthening three key public amenities – the East Metro Public Safety Training Facility, Maplewood YMCA Community Center, and Afton Heights Park. Each plays an important role in supporting community wellbeing, but aging infrastructure and evolving needs mean they no longer fully meet today’s demands.
Challenges Facing Our Facilities
A review of these three facilities found shared safety, infrastructure, and accessibility challenges that require reinvestment to ensure they continue serving the community effectively.
The East Metro Public Safety Training Facility serves more than 25 agencies supporting over 600,000 residents but lacks the space, technology, wellness support, and site capacity needed for today’s training demands.
The Maplewood YMCA Community Center faces aging infrastructure, visible deterioration, outdated systems, and inadequate space that limit programming and require coordinated repairs and updates to better serve residents of all ages.
Afton Heights Park is a hub for athletics and community gatherings, and proposed improvements would expand trails, open space, and multi-use recreation while adding a community building and parking to meet increasing usage.
How the Plan Would Be Funded
The total cost of the proposed investments is $81 million. To fund these improvements without raising property taxes, the City Council is seeking legislative approval to ask voters to consider a local half-cent sales tax (0.5%). If approved by the Legislature this spring, Maplewood residents would have the opportunity to make their voices heard by voting on this plan in November.
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