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September 6, 2019

5 Things We’ve Learned About Public-Private Partnerships

A public-private partnership (P3) is when the public sector (government) and the private sector (typically a business) partner to more efficiently and effectively solve a… Read More

July 30, 2019

Big Bets on City Strengths: What Makes the Next American City?

By Mari Hall, Kilbourne Group When it comes to North Dakota, we’re pretty familiar with the middle ground. We’re ranked somewhere in the middle in most… Read More

June 11, 2019

The Public Private Partnership Behind Block 9: An Illustration

This is Block 9 -- a landmark development in the heart of downtown Fargo. Block 9 has been a surface parking lot since losing a block of mixed-use structures along Broadway… Read More

June 7, 2019

Block 9 Photos: Level 7 Elevated Deck Placement, June 7, 2019

Getting an early morning start is a direct effort to ease downtown congestion while allowing our team to beat the heat.  Individuals from McGough Construction, Read More

June 4, 2019

Why a strong downtown is good for a city’s business community

A strong downtown business community concentrates talent, culture, art and innovation in a way that can turn a walk down the sidewalk into an unexpected exchange of… Read More