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German philosopher Friedrich Nietzshe once said, All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

The construction kick-off of Roberts Garage in downtown Fargo was celebrated today with a ceremonial dig by Fargo City Commissioner Mike Williams. Roberts Garage is the first built in downtown Fargo in over a decade and will inject 450+ new parking spaces, and residential, retail and dining experiences into the growing neighborhood.

The Roberts development injects new parking, residential, retail and dining experiences into downtown Fargo.

The corner of Fourth Avenue North and Broadway in downtown Fargo will come alive this summer with craft beer, a food truck, a farmer’s market, local theater groups and live music.

On split votes, city commissioners on Monday approved $15.5 million in tax incentives for the 18-story downtown Fargo high-rise expected to start construction this year and be finished by 2019.

Construction of a seven-story, 458 stall parking garage is planned to begin in June 2016 and be completed by March 2017. The garage will be owned and operated by the City of Fargo and will double the number of surface parking spaces currently available on these lots.

In honor of National Bike to Work Day, the team at Kilbourne Group has been discussing the impressive progress that’s been made in making downtown Fargo a bikeable neighborhood (Bike Score of 90!).

Happy 100th birthday to Jane Jacobs, a favorite figure of many of us in the area of urban studies. Jane once said, “Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.”

Respect for the past. Gratitude for the present. Inspiration for the future.

The best way to plan for downtown is to see how people use it today; to look for its strengths and to exploit and reinforce them.