Fargo/Moorhead

[mulad]

I happened to compare Fargo to Rochester in my most recent article for streets.mn. While Rochester has had the Mayo Clinic bringing a lot of buildings downtown, Fargo hasn't had the same level of investment there.

However, Fargo has a more contiguous stretch of small city blocks than Rochester does, perhaps because its flatter and only has one big river along the edge to contend with, while Rochester has a couple rivers/streams that meet close to downtown. They both have pretty nasty sprawl out around the edges, though.


blocks-fargo-2016-03-27 by Michael Hicks, on Flickr

[VacantLuxuries]

That western sprawl is all relatively recent, too.

[mulad]

The Minnesota DNR has put together a 568-page Final Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed $2 billion flood protection project for Fargo, which could have some floodwaters end up on our side of the border.

http://www.startribune.com/dnr-question ... 379694091/
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/enviro ... /feis.html

[jbraski]

...meanwhile in Moorhead, MN.

I have lived in Moorhead for over 5 years now and have enjoyed it here. Our downtown has been pretty stagnant for a while, so it is exciting to hear of some development news here, instead of Fargo. The site used to be a gas station and is in a prominent location at two crossroads. Great to see some urban infill downtown and I hope the growth continues further. Sure, this development could use a few more housing units and maybe be a couple of floors taller, but we'll take it!

Moorhead selects developer for 'flagship project' at 8th Street and Main
http://www.inforum.com/news/4271418-moo ... t-and-main

[sanchopanza]

hopefully the start of many more for Moorhead.

Also, hope the Block 9 tower in Fargo gets started soon.

[QuietBlue]

MinnPost has an interesting article on Fargo/Moorhead and its recent growth: https://www.minnpost.com/economy/2019/0 ... eads-boom/

I didn't know Microsoft had a 1000+ employee campus there.

[sanchopanza]

It is a gem, for 9 months out of the year...

In relate news...Block 9 is under construction...http://block9fargo.com/

[mulad]

Yeah, Microsoft bought Great Plains Software back in 2000-2001.