Description:

Roseville is a vibrant city known for its strong, safe neighborhoods, excellent business climate, quality schools and outstanding parks.

Conveniently located in Ramsey County, just minutes from downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, Roseville is a dynamic city with many civic, philanthropic and service organizations which strengthen the community.

Roseville stands on land that was once home to the Dakota and Ojibwa Indians. The Dakota believed their land superior because it was located at the juncture of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, which they poetically claimed, was immediately over the center of the earth and beneath the center of heaven. Many years later in 1940, Ramsey County Surveyors bolstered this claim when they placed a boulder on the spot they determined was exactly one-half the distance between the equator and the North Pole. That spot is on the east side of Cleveland Avenue, just north of Roselawn Avenue in Roseville.

The first non-Indians settled in the Roseville area in 1843, six years before Minnesota became a territory. In 1850 Rose Township was established, named after Isaac Rose, one of the first white settlers, who conducted the area survey. Rose Township included the areas now known as Roseville, Lauderdale, and Falcon Heights, as well as parts of present day St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Farms and nurseries dominated the area until the 1930s when commercial development arrived, attracted by the wide-open space, convenient location, and the railroad. At the same time, people began leaving the inner cities for the more spacious, less congested lifestyle of the suburbs.

By 1948 the township form of government could no longer accommodate the area’s rapid growth. Roseville incorporated as a village in May of 1948, followed by Falcon Heights and Lauderdale, and Rose Township ceased to exist.

Roseville’s population and commercial development grew dramatically during the 1950s and 1960s. The City then turned its focus from planning to redevelopment and preservation. Today Roseville is a mixed land use community with a strong residential base and vibrant retail. It has become the commercial hub of the northeastern metro area.

Schools:

Roseville District 623:

The Roseville Area School District is located just north of the City of St. Paul and east of the City of Minneapolis. We are a unique district with all or portions of seven communities within district boundaries - Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Little Canada, Lauderdale, Maplewood, Roseville, and Shoreview, We are an E-12 district and have an enrollment of 6,400 students K-12. We also serve several hundred pre-school and adult

students.

Elementary

Brimhall

Central Park

Edgerton

Emmet D. Williams

Falcon Heights

Little Canada

Parkview

Middle School

Roseville Middle School

High Schools

Roseville High School

Fairview Alternative High School

If you would like contact information for any of the District 623 schools listed or would like to view a map of the attendance boundaries please click on link below. If you would like to hear testimonials from staff, students, parents, and alumni about the Roseville School District please click on the Welcome To District 623 below. More information can also be found on their website at http://www.roseville.k12.mn.us/

Parks:

Acorn Park

Located just south of County Road C and west of Rice Street, Acorn Park is an inviting setting of woods, walking paths and sports fields. It features a unique 18-hole Disc Golf Course, with baskets set up year around.

Applewood Park

This park features a brand new play structure and beautiful landscaping

Autumn Grove Park

Autumn Grove Park is built for fun. Whether your idea of fun involves a tennis ball, fast-breaking down a basketball court, dribbling a soccer ball, or playing some pick-up hockey with a few buddies, Autumn Grove Park has the facilities you will need.

The parks amenities include two softball fields which convert to soccer in the fall, two lighted tennis courts, playground equipment, and a full sized, lighted basketball court with glass backboards. During the winter months, the park is home to broomball, hockey, and open skating on an outdoor hockey rink and pleasure rink. There’s even a warming house available when your toes get cold.

Bruce Russell Park

This 4.4 acre neighborhood park is named in honor of Bruce Russell, a Roseville police office killed in the line of duty in 1982. The park features two lighted tennis courts and practice walls, a basketball court, a large play structure, and a small neighborhood play field.

Central Park – Dale East

Central Park (Dale East) features the Harriet Alexander Nature Center, situated on a 52 acre nature preserve. Floating boardwalks provide for an exciting tour of Roseville’s premier nature preserve. The Central Park Arboretum across Dale Street from the Harriet Alexander Nature Center has 8 acres of beautiful gardens, trees, and rock landscaping with benches for contemplation and trails for strolling.

Central Park – Dale West

Central Park Dale West features the Muriel Sahlin Arboretum. The grounds is a peaceful oasis in the heart of the city. The grounds include landscape them gardens, stone walkways and paved plazas, and tree and shrub collections. The area also exhibits a wide variety of vegetation and features a fountain at the center. Within the Arboretum is the Shirlie Klaus Pavilion. The beautiful area is perfect for weddings and other formal gatherings.

Central Park – Lexington East

Central Park at Lexington Avenue is located right in the heart of Roseville. Adjacent to the Civic Center Campus and home to the Amphitheatre, it holds our largest shelter, Jaycees Shelter, and biking and walking trails surrounding Bennett Lake.

It is also home to the Roseville Amphitheatre, which houses the Summer Entertainment Series. Central Park Lexington is always bustling with families, music, and activities that everyone can enjoy!

Central Park North

This often ignored corner of Central Park is a preserve of woods, wetlands, and wildlife. Undeveloped and quite secluded, the best entrance to the park is to take Heinel Drive down from South Owasso Blvd. At 225 acres, Central Park is the largest park in Roseville, and one of the larger urban parks in Ramsey County. Central Park is divided into 5 areas connected by a series of walking and biking trails.

Central Park – Victoria East

Central Park Victoria East is the heart of Roseville’s respected Softball Leagues. It holds six softball fields that are populated by softball players nearly every evening during the summer and fall months. Also threading through the fields are paved trails connecting up with the rest of Central Park.

Central Park – Victoria West

Central Park Victoria West is Roseville’s picnic destination. It contains two rentable picnic shelters (Foundation Shelter & Lions Shelter)kitchens and bathrooms. This portion of Central Park includes a playground, tennis courts, and paved trails around Bennett Lake to keep your party guests entertained.

Concordia Park

Concordia Park features two fully fenced ball fields with an irrigated playing field.

Cottontail Park

This 6.4 acre park features an aggregate trail through a heavily wooded park.

Evergreen Park

Evergreen Park features a baseball complex with four fields that are used for Little League games in Roseville. The complex is also used by neighboring Brimhall Elementary for school activities.

Evergreen also offers a lighted hockey/skating rink with heated shelter, two lighted tennis courts, a practice field for soccer or football, updated playground equipment, as well as picnic tables and grills. 3.94

Howard John Park

Named in honor of slain Roseville police officer Howard Johnson, this park features 2 lighted tennis courts, 1 ball field, a picnic area and playground overlooking a small pond with a circular walking trail.

Keller Mayflower Park

This 2.26 acre play lot features swinging benches overlooking a wildlife pond and a large open space for playing soccer, tag, or flying a kite.

Ladyslipper Park

This conservancy park provides a natural environment setting. The park features a canoe launch area with a channel to Lake Owasso.

Langton Lake Park

Located just south of County Road C and west of another of the larger urban parks in Roseville, Langton Lake Park features nature trails around Langton Lake, 2 ball fields, a soccer field, picnic areas, 2 large play apparatus, and nearly one mile of scenic trails.

Langton Lake also has an accessible fishing pier and is great for canoeing.

Lexington Park

Skating areas are featured here with a lighted hockey rink, general skating rink and enclosed, heated shelter. The park also has a fenced ball field and playground.

Mapleview Park

Mapleview Park is located on Matilda between County Road C-2 and South Owasso Boulevard. The park offers 3.3 acres of picturesque park area and includes playground apparatus a ball field, a sliding hill, and a general skating rink. One of the distinguishing features of this neighborhood park is the covered picnic table and grill.

Materion Park

Materion Park is nestled in a residential neighborhood on the north side of Minnesota Avenue in east-central Roseville.

Materion‘s one-half mile of trails meander through the park’s rolling terrain. The park also includes play equipment and a few bench swings.

Oasis Park

Located just south of County Road C and west of Oasis Park features a commercial vegetable garden, surrounded by a number of park amenities, including a lighted skating rink with a heated shelter, a ball field, picnic areas, and a small walking trail.

Owasso Fields

This two field youth baseball complex has a practice batting cage and concessions stand.

Owasso Hills Park

Thirty years ago, the site was city-owned property slated to be the home of "Pheasant Park". The parcel was instead given to the school district as part of a site for a planned third high school. That high school was never needed. When the school district redeveloped its prorate into a residential area, the 8.5 acre site was once again set aside for a park.

Owasso Hills Park now features 1/4 mile of trails, park benches, a play field, a half-court basketball surface, and specialized play equipment for toddlers through teens.

Pioneer Park

Roseville’s newest neighborhood park, Pioneer Park, is located east of Chatsworth Street just north of Roselawn Avenue on land long owned by the Zuettel family. The Zuettels were among the many original Roseville settlers who grew vegetables and flowers. The picturesque park includes 1/4 mile of trails and a decorative arbor as well as a large play area and basketball court. Parking is available along Chatsworth Street.

Pocahontas Park

Two lighted tennis courts, a play structure, and a ball field with a picnic area, and lots of open space are featured in this park.

Reservoir Woods

You can walk for miles in this 120-acre Roseville park and see little sign of development — just hilly terrain with lots of pine trees, wetlands, prairie grass, and savanna. The site, which includes some of the highest ground in Roseville, is home to a 30-million gallon, underground water reservoir that for years had been operated by the City of St. Paul. When the reservoir

became outdated, St. Paul sold the land to the City of Roseville in 1997. That land was added to 34 acres of land that the City leases from Roselawn Cemetery to create the park. Neighborhood task forces and park and recreation planners expressed the wish that this new park remain pristine and forest like. Outside of adding a pathway, the only development the City has done is to restore eroding soft trails and eradicate invasive plants such as buckthorn and purple loosestrife.

Reservoir Woods Off-Leash Dog Park

This is cooperative project between the City of Roseville and Ramsey County. Dogs without a leash can be exercised in two soft trail areas, located just north of Larpenteur Avenue and east of Dale Street. The area to the left of the park entrance is completely fenced so it is accessible to people with limited mobility and their dogs can enjoy the park too. To the delight of dogs and dog owners, the second area is designed so that dogs can run free in approximately five acres of open space.

Rosebrook Park

Rosebrook Park in the James Addition is fairly typical of a Roseville neighborhood park. It has play apparatus, two ball fields, two lighted tennis courts, a basketball court, and a football field. A wading pool distinguishes Rosebrook from other parks.

Sandcastle Park

This 3.37 acre neighborhood park has a basketball court, tennis court and ball field, as well as a hockey rink and skating area with an enclosed, heated shelter.

Tamarack Park

Tamarack may be a little hard to find, but it's well worth the effort. Visitors enter the park from the east through a narrow swath of land. A park sign lets you know you’re on the right path. As you reach the back of the neighboring homes, the park’s large play field opens up in front of you. Distinguishing features of the park include a casual softball diamond with dirt infield and a backstop, beautiful new play equipment, and lots of open spaces.

Valley Park

This 10.9 acre park features paved biking and hiking trails, a basketball court, a ball field and a picnic area near a small pond.

Veterans Park

This park, adjacent to the Roseville VFW Club, features a fully fenced, irrigated ball field, bleachers, a concession area, two sand volleyball courts and a large play apparatus.

Villa Park

Villa Park is the fifth largest park in Roseville. In addition to the rural feeling, Villa Park offers Roseville residents a nice array of amenities. Scattered throughout the lush acreage are a ballfield, two play areas, a hockey rink, basketball court, and a small picnic shelter. A distinguishing feature of the park is the bocce ball court in the western portion of the park near the B-Dale club.

Willow Pond

This park features a nature trail through a 14.8 acre natural park and pond.

Woodhill Park

A grove of trees and a few park benches nestled in 2.6 acres could describe Woodhill Park. Woodhill offers an informal setting to enjoy quiet and greenery.

Recreation Activities

Adult:

Adult Athletic Leagues

Winter Offerings - Basketball, Broomball and Volleyball

Spring & Summer Offerings - Softball, Soccer and Sand Volleyball

Fall Offerings - Softball, Soccer and Volleyball

Adult Open Gymnasium

Wellness Program

When speaking of wellness, exercise is the best medicine. Exercise is good for your health in many ways. Roseville Parks and Recreation invites you to take part in our new Community Wellness Initiative.

Adult Trips

Roseville adult trips are a wonderful way to enjoy theater performances, cultural opportunities and visit fantastic places of interest. Roseville offers both adult day trips and overnight excursions.

Instruction Program

The Recreation Division provides quality adult instructional programs, which reflect the interest, needs, and demographics of the residents of Roseville.

Youth:

• Golf Mini-Camps
• Girls Slow Pitch Softball
• Summer Soccer
• Summer T-Ball
• Summer Youth Camps
• Friday Field Trips
• Art Adventures In The Park
• The Taste Of Roseville
• After School Programs
• Music Instruction Programs
• No School Day Programs
• Roseville School of Dance
• Roseville Gymnastics
• Puppet Wagon
• Preschool Programs

Teen Scene:

Roseville Parks and Recreation offers a variety of opportunities for teens.
Concerts in the Park, Battle of the Bands, Teen Movie Nyte to name a few!
There are many camps for teens, sports, environment, theater, hockey, and fitness!

Please see the Parks & Recreation Brochure below for more information or call the City of Roseville at 651-792-7000

Roseville Community Features:

Roseville Skating Center

The Roseville Skating Center is a unique community facility ... an indoor ice arena, North America's largest continuous sheet of refrigerated ice, a Tier Two Aggressive Park and a multi-purpose banquet/meeting facility.

The Skating Center has three primary areas of operation:

• Roseville Ice Arena
• Guidant John Rose MN OVAL
• Banquet Facilities

The skating center also offers ice skating lessons.

Cedarholm Golf Course

Roseville Cedarholm Golf Course is a par-three, nine-hole course conveniently located just north of both St. Paul and Minneapolis. The course is lined with beautiful gardens and mature trees and can consistently be played in less than two hours by golfers of all ages and abilities.

Youth, ladies, co-ed and senior leagues are available along with pull carts, rental clubs, concessions and a small grill. Tournaments can be accommodated and the clubhouse is available for rentals year round.

Harriet Alexander Nature Center

The Harriet Alexander Nature Center (HANC) is an oasis nestled within the borders of Roseville’s Central Park. The nature center provides protection for hundreds of animal and plant species.

Our boardwalk and trails circulate through 52 acres of marsh, prairie and forest habitats. During your visit to HANC you might find migrating songbirds, towering prairie grasses, rows of painted turtles, or cottontail rabbits.

Muriel Sahlin Arboretum

The Roseville Central Park Muriel Sahlin Arboretum provides residents and visitors a relaxed and serene setting to discover and enjoy 8 acres of beautiful theme gardens, manicured grounds, stone and paved walkways, a central water feature and wonderful architectural structures.

Visitors will also get a chance to explore ideas for their own residential landscape projects.

The Arboretum accommodates up to 300 guests. You can be sure that your wedding or special event will result in a life long cherished memory.

For more information on The City of Roseville, Parks & Recreation, or the Community Features please visit http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/index.asp or call 651-792-7000.