New Brighton, Minnesota is a suburb of the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan region, located less than ten miles northeast of downtown Minneapolis. Situated in Ramsey County, at the intersection of Interstate Highways 35-W and 694, nearby communities include Arden Hills, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Minneapolis, Mounds View, Roseville, Saint Anthony Village, and Shoreview. Rice Creek flows through the northern part of the city, and there are several lakes in the area, including Lake Johanna, Long Lake, Pike Lake, Round Lake, Rush Lake, and Valentine Lake, as well as a number of Hansen Park ponds. Prior to settlement by whites, the area was inhabited by Native Americans. The Mdewakanton Dakota harvested rice along the marshy lakes of New Brighton, settling a village near Long Lake at Rice Creek, with a smaller village just east of what is now the Silver Lake Road on 3rd Street NW. Immigrants from Britain and France formed a small village in 1858, which included a school, a mission church, and a general store. Then the railroads came in, which brought a lot of other activity. New Brighton was incorporated in 1891, and named for the city in Massachusetts. As the streetcar system expanded in the early 1900s, immigrants and first-generation Americans from Eastern Europe and Germany began moving to the area from Minneapolis.
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In business since 1979, the New Brighton, Minnesota pizza place includes an in-house or take-out menu, and also provides catering services, and can host events for up to seventy-five people. Its menus, hours, special offers and events are highlighted, including happy hours, karaoke, trivia, bar bingo, meat raffles, and live music times.
http://www.thepizzafactoryonline.com/
A history and profile of the Twin Cities suburb is presented on the official municipal web site. The city council are identified, and council meeting agendas and minutes are posted to the site, along with a guide to city services, parks, recreational facilities and programs, attractions, and events. A staff directory and employment opportunities are included.
http://www.newbrightonmn.gov/
Based in New Brighton, Minnesota, the towing company provides services throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan region, which include standard towing services as well as jump starting dead batteries and commercial services for repossessions, impounds and parking enforcement. Its services, service area, location, contacts, and office hours are noted.
http://www.freewaytowingmn.com/
New Brighton Area Historical Society
NBAHS was founded in 1980, and headquartered in Long Lake Regional Park, north of the old downtown New Brighton area, in a building that was once the Bulwer Junction Depot. Its museum locations, hours of operation, and an overview of its displays, exhibits and research materials and resources are put forth, with vintage photos of the city, meeting schedules, and a calendar of events.
http://www.newbrightonhistory.com/
The annual event is held over the second weekend of August, beginning in 1981 as a means of commemorating the days when New Brighton was a center for the cattle industry, with the stockyards, railroads, hotels, and meatpacking plants. Event locations, directions, and a schedule of events are posted, along with sponsorship data, announcements, and volunteer opportunities.
http://www.stockyarddays.org/
The independently owned restaurant and bar was named for the Cattleman's Exchange Hotel that was once located just a few blocks to the north of its location in New Brighton, Minnesota. Its location, hours of operation, a menu, and information about its banquet accommodations and catering services, as well as a calendar of events, contacts, and online reservations.
http://exchangefoodanddrink.com/
