On This Day | An Iconic Opening (that raises a question)

Why We Chose It

At this moment, this was a wholly new type of building being built in Minot and it garnered a lot of attention and excitement. Made of steel and glass, it was the first piece of what was becoming a metropolitan skyline. But something happened between then and now that dramatically reshaped the way Minot developed... instead of going up, we went out. Editorial Note: Have you also noticed we have a lot of people complaining about property taxes these days? And not just the regular complaining... people want them banned and want to hand local funding control to the state. Does it make sense to begin tying these events together, i.e. the outward (and expensive) expansion and the increasingly angry electorate that doesn't want to pay for it? Perhaps we should return to going up instead of going out?