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The Impact Award is bestowed each year at the Grand Forks EDC’s annual meeting. It recognizes businesses and individuals who make a positive impact on economic growth and prosperity in the Grand Forks region. Laffen founded JLG Architects in 1989 with Gary Johnson. Jim Galloway, another partner, later joined the firm.
Grand Forks County Commission hears legislative update, rescinds mask order at county property
Team Grand Forks’ goal is to create a unified front to present the region’s lawmaking goals to the Legislature. And while the most recent sesion didn’t meet those goals entirely, the city, county and other partners say they fared well, legislatively speaking, including funding for several unmanned aerial systems programs, UND programs foreshadowing participation with the U.S. Space Force, and expanded funding for rural and city fire departments. 7:30 pm, Jun. 1, 2021 ×
The Grand Forks County Office Building, photographed on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald
EDC President and CEO Keith Lund made opening remarks to the commission, speaking about a sizable investment in the region by a data processing company. News that blockchain and artificial intelligence start-up Core Scientific is making a $100 million investment into the Grand Forks community headlined the rundown. The update, which Lund likened to an informal conversation, also included business development updates of the more than two dozen companies the EDC assisted in getting off the ground in 2019 and 2020.