The developments range from new medical facilities, a retirement home and new apartment/office buildings to restaurants. 2:00 pm, Feb. 2, 2021 ×
The Pure Development building, which will house Hugo s Family Marketplace, Alerus, and apartments, is nearing completion. (Adam Kurtz/Grand Forks Herald)
Construction in Grand Forks, including several large developments, has continued throughout the pandemic and several new businesses are expected to open in 2021.
The developments range from new medical facilities, a retirement home, new apartment and office buildings to restaurants. The developments are concentrated in and around downtown and on the south end of Grand Forks, and represent what former long-serving Mayor Mike Brown called a “billion-dollar boom” for the city.
Grand Forks School Board approves 18 applications for early retirement benefits
This is last group of professional staff members to benefit from the school district s early retirement policy. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 6:00 am, Jan. 28, 2021 ×
This is the last group of district employees to benefit from the policy, which has been in place for decades; the School Board is rescinding the policy effective at the end of this school year. Herald graphic by Kimberly Wynn with data provided by Grand Forks Public Schools
Associate Superintendent Jody Thompson and Principal Michael LaMoine, at Kelly Elementary School, are among the 18 Grand Forks Public Schools professional staff members who are taking early retirement at the end of this year.
By Doug Barrett
Jan 26, 2021 2:39 PM
The Grand Forks School Board has approved a series of tax breaks for several large construction projects in the city.
Developers are seeking financial incentives to renovate the St-John’s Block…Lyons Auto Redevelopment… Memorial Village…and the Beacon. All told the projects total over $100 million dollars. The financial requests include both up front assistance through bond issuance and property tax exemptions.
Tax revenue generated by the four sites is just over $75,000 a year. That is projected to grow to nearly $1.6 million once the TIF period ends.
Although the board agrees the projects are good for Grand Forks – some members expressed reservations about the process.
Grand Forks County Commission signs off on tax abatements for proposed development projects
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, City Administrator Todd Feland and City Council President Dana Sande appeared before the commission to ask for approval of the multi-million-dollar projects. 8:38 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 ×
The Grand Forks County Office Building, photographed on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald
The Grand Fork County Commission, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19, voted to lend its support to four large Tax Increment Financing proposals developers are planning to carry out in the city.
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, City Administrator Todd Feland and City Council President Dana Sande