If you're a regular reader, you know we touch often on infrastructure and what we view as an unsustainable development model. It's a problem that is much easier pointed out than solved. But we'll never solve it if our elected leaders don't[...]
Value: ForMinot
Our place in the world and current circumstance creates a set of challenges unique to Minot. We’ll seek out the content, practices, ideas, which are most relevant to the opportunities in front of us while elevating those things that enforce our unique past and sense of place. Because what’s good for Minot will be good for everyone in Minot.
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Mayoral Candidate Forum: Uncertain Times
We'll say it again in other words -- what comes next will not be the same as what came before. So autopilot isn't going to work. So we wanted to know what will be informing our next Mayor's decisions as we navigate[...]
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Mayoral Candidate Forum: No Barriers
The reality of city governance and politics in general in our country means advancing an agenda is not easy. So, we're hoping to help them unburden themselves from the barriers that hold back their ideas and invite them to consider what they[...]
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Mayoral Candidate Forum: Budget Realities
We baked a lot of assumptions into this question pie. The hope is to corner candidates into speaking to the realities of budgeting versus the rhetoric if budgeting, i.e. service expectations and costs only move one direction. [...]Read More... from Mayoral Candidate[...]
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Mayoral Candidate Forum: Vision for Minot
There are few things we need to know more than where our elected leaders imagine they'll lead us. We asked them to share what they see our future looking like. [...]Read More... from Mayoral Candidate Forum: Vision for Minot
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Minot State Hockey Faces Off Against Denver and Colorado College (Preview)
It’s a big weekend for Minot State hockey and the entire athletics program. The men’s hockey team has three ACHA national championships under its belt, and a reputation of success and high standards. But an argument could be made that the biggest[...]
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Our little town just became a Metropolitan Planning Area
The magic number in the Magic City has long been 50,000. That’s how many people we wanted here; it opens the door to forming a Metropolitan Planning Organization, which in turn opens other doors to dollars and planning. Well, we made it.[...]
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Federal tax credit for multi-generational home renovations now available to Canadians
What happens when the cost of housing is so expensive that young and old alike can’t get started or can’t afford to continue living alone? In Canada, the solution the federal government is incentivizing is renovating single-family homes to accommodate more people[...]
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Shared Power Used to be the Norm in Statehouses. Now It’s Nearly Extinct
North Dakota is what is known as a trifecta state. It’s a term that describes the circumstance of a single political party controlling the governorship and both houses of the state legislature. In North Dakota, we have a Republican trifecta. It’s a[...]
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North Dakota lawmakers weigh income, property tax cut bills
The State of North Dakota’s budget surplus is among the reasons Governor Burgum and legislators are signaling tax relief, but there’s no consensus yet on what it should look like. Jack Dura and Jeremy Turley, in a joint news story between The[...]
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A Modernist Skyscraper Falls in South Texas
It was built in 1962 by a locally owned bank. It was a community-marking achievement — a symbol — for its place and time. It was also filled with asbestos and went through multiple owners toward the end of its productive period.[...]
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Minnesota river restoration project showing big results in a short time
What happens when you make an investment in a river with poor water quality, recurring algae blooms, and a history corrupted by human interests? North of Minneapolis they’ve been running just such an experiment, and the early going, the results are remarkable.[...]
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Hey Minot, Don’t miss night two of Dak Jam 19!
Doors open at 6:30, Hairball (A Bombastic Celebration of Arena Rock) takes the stage at 8:30, and if night two is anything like night one, you’re in for music experience that’s second to none in the region. And what a setting! It[...]
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Minot’s weekend of all weekends! Get out and enjoy it!
Starting Thursday, there’s more to do in Minot than you have time to get to. Here’s the rundown in no particular order: First Thursday — It’s a Creative Night Out with downtown businesses partnering with local artists that add to Minot’s atmosphere.[...]
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People-centric events reclaim streets in Minneapolis this summer
Typically, cars reign supreme on the streets, but for six days this summer, 22 blocks of Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis will be reclaimed by people; no cars allowed. Last year the events drew nearly 45,000 people who simply wanted to enjoy their[...]
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Could the library, cafe, market, or bar down the street change your life (and our community)?
Cover image credit to Prairie Sky Breads, find them on their website or on Facebook here. As more of our civic discourse moves online, we become less connected to our communities and real people — unless you frequent a local library, bakery,[...]