It’s an ambitious project, with potential to not only boost interest in Northern Air, but the city as a whole. The kart track and the mini-golf course are likely summer projects, opening by the fall.
Grand Forks City Council members approved a "payment in lieu of taxes" plan for a redevelopment plan that aims to turn an entire city block into a mixed-use development. The "PILOT" plan means that, once construction is complete, the redevelopers will pay, for 20 years, property taxes on the site as if they hadn't touched it.
Grand Forks administrators are set to work on ways the city can lend area businesses the money they'd pledge to help build a new "Career Impact Academy" in town.
The city government proper and its economic development arm are set to donate two parcels of land worth a combined $1.73 million to a plan that would build a $20 million "career impact academy" near Gateway Drive and I-29.
Brandon Baumbach has been named the North Dakota Economic Developer of the Year. Also, the EDC staff was recognized for a key local project and – earlier in the week – Becca Cruger and other contributing workers were given the 21st Century Workforce Award.