Kent County Michigan and the City of Grand Rapids are competing for the same $1 billion in federal funding that Minot is through the National Disaster Resiliency Competition. Want to see what direction they’re taking their application? There are a few similarities, check it out here.
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Minot’s Josh Duhamel was in Fargo recently shooting a series of commercials that will be used to sell North Dakota on the national stage. Check out this article from the Fargo Forum for video and pictures of the shoot.
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The City of Minot has issued a news release on how to handle your fallen trees. — Official News Release, City of Minot — The City of Minot is issuing the following policies with regard to fallen trees after the wind storm on July 28th. Homeowners are responsible for trees growing in the owner’s yard.
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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 downtown business association, John MacMartin, President of the Minot Chamber of Commerce, and
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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 in an Oregon-based Ponzi scheme. An S.E.C. Administrative Proceeding from December 6, 2012,
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Cypress Development, the lead developer behind the embattled downtown parking garages has requested an additional $2.5 million dollars from the MAGIC Fund to complete the project. Here are the details from the agenda for next week’s MAGIC Fund screening committee meeting. View the full application here. And, Mayor Barney has released his quarterly letter. In it
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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 of Minot; the Downtown Parking Ramps. As you all know, this project has
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The Victoria Bridge was lifted into place this morning. It will be some time before the paths and connecting areas are open to pedestrian traffic, but this is still a welcome sign of progress.
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— Official News Release, City of Minot — The City of Minot has issued ban on watering lawns following an incident in which a contractor struck a supply line that provides raw water to the City of Minot Water Treatment Plant. The ban will remain in place until further notice. City of Minot Public Works
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Roads and towns around Devils Lake have been under siege the rising lake for more than a decade. The Winnipeg Free Press takes a look back at the story of the rising water and the fight over where to put it.
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Does the idea of a self-driving car make you nervous? You’ll need to start getting over it, because the economics of this technology make it a virtual certainty. The questions isn’t if it will happen, but how soon? Motherboard has the latest on the cost savings.
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Science has now confirmed what many already intuitively knew — or perhaps I should have written aromatically. It turns out that alcohol makes food smell better, which in turns makes you hungrier.
Read & Share sourced from: Science AlertFood security remains one of the major problems that humanity faces in developing and developed parts of the world.
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The march of the Zebra Mussel continues West. Veligers are the early-stage microscopic larvae and they’ve been found in the length of the Red River from Wahpeton to Pembina. Read the full news release below and remember to clean your boat! — Official News Release, ND Game & Fish — Numerous zebra mussel veligers have
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It’s widely known that synthetic oil is better for engines, but there are a few situations where it’s a bit more important. This brief article from Consumer Reports walks you through them.
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The City of Burlington was in front of the Ward County Commission on Tuesday requesting use of county land for improving the city with parks and athletic fields. Get the full story and preliminary plans from KMOT News.
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