District 621. Additionally, the Agricultural and Food Sciences Academy( AFSA), a public charter high school, is located in the City overlooking beautiful Lake Vadnais. Gentry Academy, a private sports-leadership school, is next-door to the Vadnais Sports Center. And Century College, the largest community college in Minnesota, is conveniently located nearly three miles away in White Bear Lake.
The City’ s commercial tax base is robust. Its business sector is corporate headquarters for H. B. Fuller, Short Elliott Hendrickson( SEH), IC System, and Knowlan’ s( Festival Foods) Grocery Stores. Target, Walmart and eight auto dealerships have also“ set up shop” within the City of Vadnais Heights. Additionally, the City has a growing retail-service sector composed of shops, restaurants and other amenities, such as Fresh Thyme Farmer’ s Market, Pet Supplies Plus, Noodles & Company, Punch Pizza, Starbucks and the annual St. Paul Farmers’ Market.
In a 2016 Community Survey, a solid 97 percent of residents rate the quality of life as either“ excellent” or“ good;” but, the 37 percent rating of“ excellent” is well above the median for suburbs within the Metropolitan Area. Residents are enthusiastically happy with their lives in the City.
In August 2010, the City opened the state-of-the-art North Service Center; it houses a public works facility, fire station and a 10,000-square-foot community room named Vadnais Heights Commons. The award-winning Commons is well utilized for community events, including PJs with Santa, Lions Waffle Breakfasts and Heritage Days. Also, it serves as an elegant venue for private weddings, graduation parties, birthday parties and other family or business functions... for residents and non-residents alike.
Vadnais Sports Center also opened in 2010; it features two NHL regulationsize hockey rinks, a 100,000-square-foot sports dome and seating for nearly 2,000 fans. A wide range of ice and turf programs and activities are offered through community programming partners. Vadnais Sports Center – owned and operated by Ramsey County Parks & Recreation – is home to the White Bear Lake Girls’ and Boys’ hockey teams and the Mounds View Boys’ hockey team.
The City is home to a variety of restaurants and hotels – Fairfield Inn, Country Inn and Suites and Holiday Inn – and offers easy access to the Twin Cities and Minneapolis / St. Paul airport. Vadnais Heights has long been a great place to live and has evolved into“ a destination” for the business community.
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