After a successful season last winter, the Downtown Community Partnership in Fargo has made plans to re-open a downtown skating rink for three more winters. For the 2015-16 season, the rink attracted about 30 skaters per day. [...]Read More... from Downtown Fargo[...]
Tag: Downtown Minot
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Parking Uncertainty Remains: Cypress Development Parts Ways With Imagine Minot Architect
The downtown parking saga continues. Gary Reddick, the architect of Minot’s beleaguered parking structures and the more broad Imagine Minot downtown concept, has been released by Cypress Development, the primary developer of the projects. Mr. Reddick’s contract with Cypress was terminated just[...]
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Downtown Minot Construction Update
Lance Meyer, the City of Minot’s Engineer provided a construction update to the Public Works Committee on Wednesday. You can listen to the complete update on the project below, but the key points are as follows. The project is going well. The[...]
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Letter: It’s Time to Do More for Downtown Businesses
Why the hell isn’t the City of Minot doing any kind of “Shop our Downtown” advertising? Come on, people! I’m sick and tired of watching our local businesses slowly waste away from this construction disease! We are going to lose these places if[...]
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It’s Open! Renaissance Parking Structure Ready for Cars
One of Minot’s embattled downtown parking garages is now open for cars. City leaders and project managers gathered Thursday afternoon to officially cut the ribbon. Work will continue around the structure as the commercial and residential space is built out. [...]Read More...[...]
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Downtown projects changing the game in Fargo, Bismarck
Community leaders in Fargo and Bismarck are hopeful that a pair of big development projects will further incentivize the renaissance taking place in their respective downtown business districts. [...]Read More... from Downtown projects changing the game in Fargo, Bismarck
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Downtown Fargo residents fed up with alcohol-driven crime
The renaissance of downtown Fargo has not been without its hiccups. Downtown residents gathered recently to discuss the rise in crime and vandalism, a problem many associated with alcohol. It’s a story worth reading as we set forth on revitalizing Minot’s downtown.[...]
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Fargo: Mixed-Use Parking Garages Being Considered
The City of Fargo heard pitches from there development groups looking to build mixed-use commercial, residential, and parking garages in downtown Fargo. [...]Read More... from Fargo: Mixed-Use Parking Garages Being Considered
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Lace ’em up: Downtown Fargo skating rink opens
A joint private-public project in Fargo has people lacing up skates in the downtown business district. It’s a trial rink for the next few years, but if successful the city and parks plan to make permanent. [...]Read More... from Lace ’em up:[...]
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Wells Fargo Passes on Cypress Development Bailout Package, Parking Garages Back in Limbo
A portion of the City’s recently approved bailout money for the downtown parking garage developer is in question after Wells Fargo chose not to loan money on a complimentary portion of the finance package. KX News has the story. [...]Read More... from[...]
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‘Magic City of Service’ Kicks off with Carnegie Center Clean Up
City of Minot staff partnered with Quality Landscaping to kick off a new initiative known as the ‘Magic City of Service’ — a program designed to promote volunteerism within Minot. KX News has more coverage of the initial event intended to help[...]
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Listen: I’d Go Downtown for This!
With the approval earlier this month of another $2.5 million in MAGIC Fund dollars for Minot’s downtown parking garages, I can’t help asking the questions — are we spending those dollars in the right way, and should we be spending them at[...]
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MAGIC Fund Screening Committee Advances Cypress’s $2.5 Million Request
At this morning’s MAGIC Fund Screening Committee meeting, committee members unanimously supported appropriating another $2.5 million in MAGIC Fund spending to help get Minot’s embattled downtown parking garages completed. Speaking in support of the spending request were Pam Karpenko, President of the[...]
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Area Voices: MADC Board Members Comment on Parking Garage Recommendation
Members of Minot Area Development Corporation’s Board of Directors and President Stephanie Hoffart share their thoughts on recommending more MAGIC Fund money to complete Minot’s downtown parking garages. Update & Correction: 9:15 a.m. At the time of original publishing, Mr. Olson’s comments[...]
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Minot Parking Garage Developer Tangled in Oregon Ponzi Scheme
Dominic O’Dierno, Asset Manager for Cypress Development, LLC and signatory to the MAGIC Fund application for an additional $2.5 million in funding for the City of Minot’s embattled downtown parking garages, is presently under sanctions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for his involvement[...]
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Mayor Barney Comments on Parking Garages in Quarterly Letter
The following was written by Mayor Chuck Barney. When I started writing these quarterly updates, I had the goal of covering as many topics as I could, but in this letter, I want to focus on one specific issue in the City[...]