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Jonathan, Minnesota is a homeowners' association that is a remnant of a planned community development within the city of Chaska, Minnesota in Carver County. It was named for Jonathan Carver, for whom Carver County also is named. In 2008, it is the largest homeowners' association in the State of Minnesota, with 2,300 households.〔HERÓN MÁRQUEZ ESTRADA - Clothing, manicures and charges of theft. Ex-bookkeeper for the Jonathan Association in Chaska is accused of misusing the group's credit card. Star Tribune, August 19, 2008〕 It was planned by the Jonathan Development Corporation and begun in 1967.〔Meltzer, Jack - City Planning. World Book Encyclopedia, 1976, Volume 4 p460b〕 It was the idea of Minnesota State Senator and real estate developer Henry T. McKnight. The planners chose a site outside the Twin Cities urban area and Interstate 494/694 belt line.〔 The town site was centered on the intersection of Minnesota State Highway 41 and the Pacific Extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.〔 ==History== A large single town center was envisioned to straddle the railway between McKnight Lake and Jonathan Lake, and have shops, businesses and higher density housing.〔 Surrounding the center were to have been smaller villages.〔 It was expected to have a total population of 50,000 by the 1980s.〔 In 1970, Jonathan became the first new town in the United States to receive a guarantee of financial assistance from federal government as part of Title IV of the Housing and Urban Development act of 1968.〔Hauser, Philip M. - City. World Book Encyclopedia, 1976, Volume 4 p453〕〔Pub. L. 90-448, title IV〕 The development corporation folded in 1979, and Jonathan was annexed by the city of Chaska. Between 2005 and 2007, a majority of the Jonathan Association Board of Directors supported an effort to break up the homeowner Association by allowing some neighborhoods to leave.〔 In October 2007, the majority of the board members voted to go to court for a declaratory judgment as to whether or not neighborhoods brought into the association after the 1979 demise of the Jonathan Development Corporation were annexed properly.〔Francisco, Mollee - (Jonathan board votes for court ). Chaska Herald, October 11, 2007〕 In February 2008, six (6) of the nine seated board members, all of which supported seeking a declaratory judgement were voted out of office at the Association's Annual Meeting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan, Minnesota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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