Our view: Board should give its blessing to Grand Forks proposed TIF projects
A contingent of city leaders this week outlined the development projects and their hoped-for TIFs to the Grand Forks School Board. The city, the School Board and the County Commission all must approve the TIFs before the projects can move forward.
We urge all boards to give their blessing.
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Herald editorial board | 6:00 am, Jan. 16, 2021 ×
Here’s a scenario to explain tax increment financing: A sunny patio on a hot summer day.
A big, sturdy shade tree would be nice, but first it must be planted. That will take some effort – digging the hole, buying the sapling, planting it, watering it and so forth.
Nine-year-old Aaliyah Bramer misses holiday family gatherings during pandemic. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 6:00 am, Dec. 23, 2020 ×
Nine-year-old Aaliyah Bramer hangs out with her grandfather, Kim Vettleson, near Oklee, Minn., recently. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
Aaliyah Bramer, 9, of rural Oklee, Minn., wants one thing for Christmas this year.
“I just want my family together. PLEAS,” she wrote on paper with an outline of Santa’s face. Her mom, Ana Bramer, posted the image on Facebook, noting that, with the cancellation of family Thanksgiving plans, “my kids are heartbroken.”
When Aaliyah wrote the message to Santa, she had just found out that her dad’s family had canceled a Thanksgiving get-together, due to the rising number of COVID cases. Those relatives were possibly not going to be able to get together for Christmas, either, so she really wanted to see them on Thanksgiving, Ana Bramer said.
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Herald reporters cover events on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Written By: Kim Wynn | ×
Between now and mid-January, about 80,000 North Dakotans will be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, and Grand Forks Public Heath workers are preparing for their piece in the largest mass vaccination effort in U.S. history, according to a Herald story written by
reporter Hannah Shirley.
Local vaccination plans will continue to take shape over the coming days, said Haley Bruhn, who is coordinating vaccination efforts for Grand Forks Public Health. Still, she said, it s difficult to know what the coming months will bring. I know that it s challenging to be in a fluid situation like this, she said. But I would expect that, at least for the next six months, we ll be doing vaccination for COVID on a large scale.