Infrastructure
Glencoe has dependable, state-of-the-art infrastructure, including its industrial park, wastewater treatment plant, water department and electric system.
INDUSTRIAL PARK – The City of Glencoe’s Industrial Park offers key transportation advantages and access to markets in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Lots selling for $1.25 per square foot with incentives available to qualifying businesses. The park is located along US Highway 212 with available railroad service with Twin Cities & Western Railroad. Lots are ready to build, complete with grading and utilities. Download the industrial park’s plat showing available lots.
ELECTRICAL – The Glencoe Light and Power Commission has been serving Glencoe businesses with reliable energy for over seventy years. Their system is capable of generating the community’s entire electric load using their own generation in emergency situations.
Glencoe offers Green Energy advantages through the Glencoe Light & Power Commission. The community receives a significant amount of their energy from the Spruce Ridge Methane Gas Plant operated by Waste Management. During the month of January 2011, 37% of the energy consumed by the commission’s customers came from the Spruce Ridge facility. The commission is already exceeding the State of Minnesota’s mandate for producing 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025.
WATER – The City of Glencoe operates a utility for serving portable water to the residents of Glencoe. The department’s role is to provide a safe, reliable and sustainable water resource to their customers. Glencoe uses a “zeolite”softening process, which produces 173 million gallons of potable water yearly.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT – The City of Glencoe operates a utility for treating sewage for Glencoe residents. The department’s role is to provide a safe, reliable and sustainable sewage treatment, while managing the plant’s effluent to the Buffalo Creek. Glencoe’s treatment plant can treat 1.6 million gallons per day and has an Inflow & Infiltration program to reduce clear water in its collection system.
