Fargo is at a pivotal moment, with stakeholders gathering to chart its future course. At the inaugural State of Downtown Fargo event, city leaders celebrated achievements while eyeing new challenges. Mayor Tim Mahoney and community members highlighted downtown as the cultural heart[...]
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More consistent parking enforcement coming to downtown Grand Forks in 2025
Downtown Grand Forks is on the brink of a parking revolution aimed at bringing order and savings to the city. The City Council has greenlit a shift in enforcement, entrusting Interstate Parking with the reins to ensure consistent rules are upheld. Previously,[...]
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In places like Sioux Falls, Fargo and Moorhead, downtown is the city’s heartbeat, Why Not Minot, too?
Downtowns are the heartbeats of our cities, and in places like Fargo, Moorhead, and Sioux Falls, they’re showing what thoughtful development can achieve. Each city is reshaping its core, blending business, art, and community spaces to create vibrant, walkable environments. In Fargo,[...]
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On This Day | A Norman Rockwell Christmas
Great interest is being taken in the Community Christmas tree which will be shown at the corner of Main street and Third avenue South, for one week beginning Friday night, Xmas eve. A joint [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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Vinyl records make a comeback, Budget Music is the Place for them in Minot!
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane with an unexpected twist—vinyl records are enjoying a renaissance. Yes, the same vinyl that once defined the 70s is now outselling CDs, mirroring a desire for something tangible and soulful in our digital age. Collectors[...]
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Billings enters the design phase for a downtown street conversion project
Designs for a downtown Billings makeover are underway. A big part of the project includes a traffic conversion from 1-way streets to 2-way streets that are safer for pedestrians and better for commerce. What’s especially interesting is how Billings plans to pay[...]
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Downtown Fargo Developments Expand to Riverfront and Former Parking Lots
The renaissance of downtown Fargo shows no signs of slowing down. Two projects were recently approved by the City Commission. Kilbourn Group will be delivering a $28 million 114-apartment unit development along the riverfront, the goal is to bring that area to[...]
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Fargo in a Fight to Keep Adult Store Out of Downtown
It’s playing out at the speed of government, but it’s a fight nonetheless. The issue is Romantix deals in “adult” retail, and they’ve been trying to move into a new location in downtown Fargo. The City of Fargo changed laws to keep[...]
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St. Cloud betting big on downtown revitalization
St. Cloud is putting all its economic development eggs in one big downtown basket. They’ve recognized that vibrant downtowns are a tool for attracting the most precious resources – talent and people. They’ll be asking the Minnesota legislature for an investment beyond[...]
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Bozeman’s plan to bring the crowd back to Main Street
“When [people] have choices they’re choosing to live or relocate to places that are amenity rich, meaning vibrant community corridors or vibrant downtowns that offer unique social experiences in terms of different kinds of services and retail and restaurant offerings.” — Patrick[...]
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This is why downtown Minot matters more
If you’ve been paying attention the past few years, you may have noticed a renewed focus on downtown Minot. It’s coming from the City through intentional investments, it’s coming from private investors taking leaps of faith, and it’s coming from non-profits supporting[...]
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On Moorhead’s Center Avenue, the past is the future
In downtown Moorhead, old buildings are revealing new potential. For uses from apartments — Moorhead has a goal of getting 500 apartment units downtown — to event space, the bones of the historic downtown buildings are providing valuable blank templates for architects[...]
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Downtown Fargo continues on a path of continuous improvement
Over the past 20 years, Fargo has been successful in creating a downtown environment that is the envy of all the other cities in North Dakota. How did they do it? Fargo’s Downtown Community Partners President Tim Flakoll provides some commentary on[...]
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Downtown Parking Garage Update: Questions and Answers with Derek Hackett
Though we can now park in Minot’s downtown parking garages, the projects are far from complete. Seeing as they haven’t been in the news for a few months, I reached out to Derek Hackett, the City of Minot’s Public Information Officer, with[...]
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Downtown love: Devils Lake business owners look to new ideas for boosting shopping, foot traffic in city’s center
The struggle to bring life back to North Dakota’s downtown commerce areas continues. This article from the Grand Forks Herald highlights the efforts that a group of business owners in Devils Lake is taking to create foot traffic. [...]Read More... from Downtown[...]
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Wrapped Up! Main Street Construction Completed in Time for Holiday Season
Main Street in Minot is fully open for business! After a many-months-long construction season, phase II of Minot’s downtown infrastructure project is a wrap — and just in time for the holiday shopping season. Joe Skurzewski with KMOT has the story. [...]