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Orono residents were asked a series of questions about development and redevelopment issues <br />facing the community. First, development preferences were established. Next, the focus shifted <br />to preferred development along Highway 12, the city's rural areas, and in Navarre. Citizen views <br />of current patterns of development were explored. Finally, feelings about very large single <br />homes was ascertained. <br />Development <br />Opportunities <br />Respondents were instructed: <br />Let's talk about development opportunities in Orono. <br />For each of the following types of development, please <br />tell me if you feel the city has enough, too many, or <br />too little.... <br />A list of sixteen opportunities was then read: <br />Affordable housing, defined by the Metropolitan <br />Council as a single family home costing less than <br />$201,000? <br />Fifty-two percent think there is "enough" affordable housing in the community: <br />ENOUGH ......................................... 52% <br />0 <br />TOO LITTLE ...................................... 29% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ........................... 10% <br />Twenty-nine percent see "too little." <br />"Enough" is posted at a higher rate by: <br />• those not contacting City Hall <br />• those not too or not at all informed about city government and its activities <br />• men <br />• Precinct Four residents <br />"Too much" is indicated more often by: <br />• those connected to city water <br />37 <br />