There’s no shortage of ‘buy local’ campaigns across the country, and for good reason. The idea is simple, If we spend more of our dollars with local businesses, those same dollars will recirculate in our communities and have a larger impact. The alternative is spending at a place like Walmart where the dollars are exported
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So, here’s the deal. North Dakota has a lot of cows, and they’re important for our economy and food security. But cows also produce a lot of methane, and methane contributes mightily to global warming. If you’re not following fully yet, there’s a conflict on the horizon and it’s the cattle industry versus the environmental
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Sometimes, all we have to do to create something, is not destroy something. It’s not a complicated idea, but it is – apparently – not a commonly understood one, either. It’s also one we need to be reminded of from time to time. This is one of those times. There’s a story from three years
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BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Insurance Department today released the results of its annual cost comparison survey of auto insurance companies in North Dakota, which illustrates the various factors and rates drivers pay for coverage. Participating insurance companies were asked to provide quotes based on 12 scenarios with varying factors, including age, family size,
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Water, water, everywhere underground for all the crops to drink. But it’s staring to run out. And when it does, so will our food security. The video from the Wall Street Journal has the full story.
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There were 1,676 active real estate listings in North Dakota last month. That puts us on the list of the five states with the lowest amount of active listed units. The other states with the lowest inventory include New Hampshire, Alaska, Vermont, and Rhode island. This data was brought together by Quartz, and shares the
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In Anchorage, Alaska, a sales tax on recreational marijuana is paying for child care and freeing up parents to enter the workforce. It’s just one example from around the country where the challenge of child care is an increasing detriment to workforce and economic development. In many cities, municipalities are getting directly involved with providing
Read & Share sourced from: Fast CompanyIt’s hard not to walk through Dakota Square these days and wonder what the future holds. Many spaces are vacant; depending on when you’re there, many stores are closed and keeping irregular hours. But Minot is not alone or an outlier in this trend. But according to Kevin McCrain, CEO of a company that owns
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The importance of farmers markets and community engagement is something we’re all familiar with here in Minot. It’s always inspiring to hear of successful ventures in this sphere, like the one in Humble, Texas. In 2015, Jonathan and Andrea Haskin opened Fall Creek Farmers Market, turning it into a vibrant hub of diverse vendors and
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The Federal Trade Commission is trying to stop Kroger from buying Albertsons for a huge $24.6 billion. They say this, the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history, would make prices go up and be bad for people who work in the grocery business. Minot’s market is dominated by a single grocery firm. So when the
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Nuance Alert: If you see the world in clear cases of right and wrong, black and white, us and them, you’re going to be confused by what you read next. I color myself fully for the environment. Climate change is real, human impacts are pushing the global environment out of balance, and we should absolutely
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Bison have sustained the prairie in more ways than one since they’ve been around, and after being pushed to near extinction a century ago, they’re recently reemerging in old-fashioned form — as a healthy source of food. Demand for Bison meat is on the rise, and that’s pushed a North Dakota processing center in New
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If you didn’t know what inflation meant a year ago, the odds are high that has changed. You don’t need to know the word to feel the burden of higher prices. And when the dollar loses value and everything costs more, rural places feel it more. That’s the opinion of one Colorado State economics professor
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A little economic development tool with big impacts is recommended for a refill. Souris Basin Planning Council manages the Business Accelerator Fund; it delivers a local match for participation in the Bank of North Dakota’s Flex PACE program to buy down interest rates for qualifying businesses. On Friday, the MAGIC Fund steering committee recommended tapping
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There are a lot of ways to deliver more affordable housing into our communities, and one Minnesota company, Rise Modular, is doing it through efficiency of design and construction. They build modular apartment buildings that are built in a factory, shipped to the location, and assembled on site. Get the full story on innovation in
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A big investment in connecting the regional power grid is centering in North Dakota, literally. The 385 mile long Northern Plains Connector line would connect from Colstrip, Montana to Center, and Solen, North Dakota. The line would be capable of carrying up to 3,000 megawatts, nearly 75% of North Dakota’s peak demand. Get the full
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