Driving Tour of Apple Valley, Minnesota: Exploring Downtown's Retail and Commercial Areas

Apple Valley's downtown has changed a lot in the nearly 50 years that the city has been around.
In this video, we take a drive through all of the downtown retail and commercial areas, starting at "Time Square" (formerly Apple Valley Center) and driving through all four main corners of the city surrounding the intersection of Highway 77 (Cedar Avenue) and County Road 42.
We'll see the old locations of Penny's/Hauser's supermarkets, Apple Rollerway, Rainbow Foods, Southport Field, Apple Valley Readymix, and much, much more.
Join me for a warm September drive through good ol' Apple Valley, Minnesota and we'll see how the town looks in 2022!

[@InterstateRaziTV]

Great video about Apple Valley, Minnesota!

[@arunyu]

You didn't stop at the stop sign at 2:15, or 4:09, or 13:50, or 14:07

[@volkerschuchmann3087]

Thank you for that geat video.
I was an exchangestudent in the late eighties in Apple Valley and spend several holidays with my american family there. It wad great to see the the area on that virtual tour again.
Makes warm memories in my heart.
Huge greetings from Goddelau, Germany.

[@drewdurigan5672]

Our family moved from South Minneapolis to Apple Valley in July, 1969. At that time, these were the only businesses at 42 & Cedar:
- Penny's grocery store
- Snyder Bros. Drug
- Dairy Queen
- Valley Chrysler/Plymouth (probably sold more farm implements than cars!)
Cedric's clothing store and the RCA TV dealer behind Snyder Bros. arrived shortly thereafter. I think there was also a Standard gas station @ 147th & Cedar (?)

[@jack-mu7ks]

Omg that is the same place I got my braces in the 80's!!!! Thx this ws fun to watch

[@destinationtwincities]

That's so funny - as you can see the town has gotten so much bigger than it was back in the 80's when that professional building was the tallest building in town!

[@jack-mu7ks]

I grew up in Burnsville and spent yrs living in apple valley.....then I moved to AZ......way better was nice to see the old places tough I remembered alot

[@beats_per_mile]

Cowboy Jacks and Bogart's are my spots, Brah! I still enjoy pushing carts, unassisted, for exercise every now and then.

[@destinationtwincities]

Good on you for that cart-pushing, man!

[@frankiegarcia2488]

I love Minnesota!

[@veronicabaez3679]

Great your videos greetings since of Ecuador 🤗🇪🇨

[@destinationtwincities]

I actually know those people, and they're really cool.

[@butterflym610]

now the DQ is dave’s hot chicken

[@karenbaird7402]

Maya Bell is the entertainment district

[@josephlong6634]

How's the job market there

[@zebel2day4]

If you worked in Rainbow, you had to have worked with my father, Glenn?