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All This Week: Magic City Hero Days in Downtown Minot

The Minot Downtown Business & Professional Association (DBPA) kicks off a new event July 6-11 to celebrate local heroes and channel inner heroes. Magic City Hero Days is a collaboration of activities in partnership with Visit Minot, the Minot Public Library, and[...]

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Project Seeks Stories of Downtown Regina

The Tale of a Town is a national Canadian project to memorialize ‘Main Street’. And it’s using the art of storytelling and performances to capture the peoples’ recollections of Regina’s downtown through the years. [...]Read More... from Project Seeks Stories of Downtown[...]

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In Downtown Regina, Windows Become Galleries

How do you create foot traffic, generate buzz, and get peoples’ minds off the never ending construction? In Regina, artists are working with shopkeepers to create galleries in storefront windows. [...]Read More... from In Downtown Regina, Windows Become Galleries

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Downtown Businesses Deal with Construction

With the parking garage construction well into year two and the infrastructure project now underway, shopping downtown is more of a challenge than ever. KX News has the story on how a few business owners are managing the situation. [...]Read More... from[...]

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Why Bismarck, ND, Is a Best Place to Live 2015

Bismarck has earned a distinguished title as one of livablity.com’s best places to live. And in their write-up on the community, there are a couple things we here in Minot should take note of. Here’s the quote that stands out most from[...]

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Local Contractor Sues Downtown Parking Ramp Developers

Keller Paving & Landscaping of Minot has taken a $500,000 grievance against the developers of Minot’s downtown parking garages into the legal system. Jill Schram of The Minot Daily News has the story. This article requires a Google search redirect to bypass the[...]

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Downtown Parking Project Update

The work is pacing up in downtown Minot, but the Central Ave. garage has had a few surprises. Get the latest update on the progress from KX News. [...]Read More... from Downtown Parking Project Update

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Minot’s Downtown Infrastructure Project Bids Opened

Bids for Minot’s downtown infrastructure work were opened. The low bid was provided by Strata Corporation and at $14.4 million it was $3.4 million more than the estimated $11 million. The work to modernize and update all downtown utilities, streets, and sewers[...]

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Bismarck Planners Set Downtown Building Guidelines

The City of Bismarck is working proactively to make downtown Bismarck pedestrian friendly and with an atmosphere that invites people in. If approved, the changes would also implement a Design Review Committee. See the full list of changes from the Bismarck Tribune.[...]

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Downtown Bismarck Development Idea Taking Next Steps

A redevelopment idea for a portion of downtown Bismarck is making its way through the land development process, and backers of the idea hope to have an official plan and price within a couple months if the early concept meets the approval[...]

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Downtown Shuttle Helps Parking Crunch

The Minot Parking Authority will be providing a downtown shuttle service to help ease the parking strain. The shuttle will run from the Municipal Auditorium parking lot to downtown locations. A schedule is available at www.downtownminot.com. [...]Read More... from Downtown Shuttle Helps[...]

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Meet the Downtown Business & Professionals Association New Director

Happening communities always seem to have a vibrant downtown area and that’s a primary goal for the new director of Minot’s Downtown Business Association. Meet Chelsea Gleich in this short interview from KMOT News. [...]Read More... from Meet the Downtown Business &[...]