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September 25, 2019

Black Building Fifth Floor Open House

From left: Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn, Downtown Community Partnership President Melissa Rademacher, West Acres Mall CEO and grandson of George M. Black Brad Schlossman, Kilbourne… Read More

September 12, 2019

What’s Old is New Again: The Black Building in Downtown Fargo

A city is the sum of countless decisions made along the way of its evolution. With a bit of research, you can often trace the decisions that set the course and tell… Read More

September 6, 2019

When business and cities work together, we can create communities we want to live in

Even in North Dakota’s biggest city, Fargo elected officials and staff leadership are exceedingly accessible. In learning from peer cities,… Read More

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