City Offices to Close for Martin Luther King Day

City of Minot offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, including City Hall, Public Works, and the Engineering Department. The regular City Council meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The Minot Public Library will be open on Jan. 16 from

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Trinity rejects MAGIC Fund loan

Toward the end of last year, Trinity Health made a request to the MAGIC Fund, the City of Minot’s economic development resource, for proposed improvements to the soon-to-open new hospital. City Council amended the request for a grant and converted it to an offer for a loan with a portion forgivable. Jill Schramm with the

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Council Says Yes to First Phase of $2.9 Million Epic TIF

This story is a week old but will remain part of ongoing coverage and commentary here on TheMinotVoice.com. In the interim, this article linked below from Jill Schramm at The Minot Daily News can bring you up to speed on the City Council’s approval of a $2.9 million TIF for a mixed-use real estate development

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City of Minot & Council Members Response to Pedestrian Snow Removal Failure

There’s good news here. Wednesday’s story on the weeks-long lack of snow removal along Minot’s pedestrian corridors and river crossings prompted action. Overnight, snow was removed from paths on the 3rd St. NE Viaduct and Broadway Bridge. Work remains in other parts of town, but it’s obvious a directive to do better was delivered and

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City Snow Removal Failures Continue in Minot

Following a challenging December, Minot’s streets are looking pretty good. But if you’re not fortunate enough to own a car, are a student, or someone who likes to get some fresh air through a winter walk, our City-maintained sidewalks tell a different story. The pictures in the gallery below were taken over the past couple

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(TIF)Tax Increment Financing Simplfied

TIF stands for Tax Increment Financing. In a very simplified way, It works like this. Say you want to put a second-story addition on your one-story house. The second story will add three bedrooms and $100,000 of value to your house. And you know what comes with new value, right? Yep, added taxes. That new

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Minot City Council Agenda, January 3, 2023

Minot City Council will meet Tuesday, January 3, at 5:30 pm to consider the agenda attached below. There are several impactful items on the agenda, but the one that will generate the most conversation is the recommended approval of a first-phase $2.9 million TIF project for Epic Companies Tracks project in SW Minot. This is

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Tournaments & Events Helping Pull Minot Out of Pandemic

What does it take to drive new events (and the people that come with them) into the Magic City for a weekend away? Recently, the answer is regional sports and competition. Coming out of the COVID pandemic Visit Minot proposed a Tourism Recovery & Resilience project. City Council supported it to the tune of $477,000.

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Questions of Oversight & Funding Control Generate Discussion on MAC-EDC Contract Renewal

The Minot Area Chamber EDC is the City of Minot’s primary economic development arm, and as such, they benefit from more than $600,000 in annual public funding. This is a relatively new arrangement as the City’s economic development efforts were previously split between the former Minot Area Chamber and Minot Area Development Corporation. Early in

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Home Sweet Home in New Hands

It’s a property that’s generated a large amount of conversation over the past years, but the future of Home Sweet Home is now in new hands. Last night, Minot’s City Council voted to dispose of the home on 4th Ave NW to Amy and Jacob Jenkins, local citizens with a history of refurbishing old homes.

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A Completion Date for Flood Protection?

The City of Minot’s Assistant City Attorney and Legislative Liasion, Shane Goettle, gave the City Council an update at Monday evening’s regular City Council meeting. Flood protection funding was the area of focus, and the message was as follows: Minot’s flood protection advocacy team has been working since the summer to tell our story, and

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City Council Agenda, December 19 2022

Minot City Council will meet Monday, December 19, at 5:30 pm to consider the agenda attached below. Items of note include the disposition of Home Sweet Home, hiring EAPC Architects to provide a facility study for the police department reuse of the current City Hall, a higher-than-estimated bid to get the Career & Technical Education

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REPUBLISHED: Election Night Fireworks, An Apology, and a Tip of Hat to the Keepers of Democracy

Given the enormous distrust that has developed in our elections over the past several years, this article from The Minot Voice archives seemed worth revisiting. And once again, my experience voting in this year’s election mirrors my past experiences. For those of you working our elections today and throughout the early voting process, you have

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Minot City Council Agenda, August 17, 2020

Minot City Council will meet Monday, August 17th, 5:30 pm at City Hall to consider the agenda below. City Council meetings are open to the public or can be viewed on the City’s Youtube channel here or Facebook page here.

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Public Comment on Minot Joining the Dakota Access Amicus Brief

Government — at the local, state, and federal levels — works best when those making decisions on issues hear from those who are impacted. And at a Special City Council meeting today,  the City of Minot through possible action of the Council may weigh in and speak up the ladder — into the federal court

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City Council Agenda, April 20, 2020

Minot’s City Council will tackle a short agenda with big items on Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. Among the issues headed for a decision: the downtown gathering space and a new City Hall. The full agenda can be viewed below. Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the meeting will be closed to

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