Bismarck is asking its residents a simple but powerful question: What do you want to see built next? Through its revived “Call for Projects,” the city is inviting community members, students, and partners to pitch ideas that could shape the future of downtown. From talent retention to quality of life, no idea is too small if it serves the bigger picture. With the deadline weeks away, there’s time to think—and a real chance to be heard.
Any and every time we local government engage citizens in a simple or creative way, you’ll be reading about it here. In Minot, we have our own version of this coming up in June with the special election to consider the Park District’s partial funding shift to sales tax; a change that creates enough revenue to build a field house at the MAYSA complex.
