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Red River Valley Shows, Inc. seeks 15 full service campsites on parcel near RRVS building
The City Planning Commission will consider a conditional use permit on Feb. 15, and will also consider a variance request for Crookston s Ag Innovation Campus
Mike Christopherson
The City of Crookston Planning Commission when it next meets on Tuesday, Feb. 15 will be asked to consider granting a conditional use permit so 15 new recreational campsites with electrical, water and sanitary sewer services can be developed on the parcel behind/immediately to the west of AmericInn along University Avenue. The parcel is owned by Red River Valley Shows, Inc., which owns the former Red River Valley Winter Shows building located next door, to the north, of AmericInn.
Herkenhoff poised to convey part of natural park to City
Mike Christopherson
Crookston Times
With a recommendation for approval forwarded to them by the City of Crookston Planning Commission, the Crookston City Council when it next meets on Monday, Dec. 28 is expected to approve a component of the City’s development agreement with Bob Herkenhoff in Nature’s View Estates subdivision that will have Herkenhoff conveying to the City a portion of his “natural park” that, in total, features two man-made ponds in the community’s northeast corner.
The current phase of development in Nature’s View Estates involves the extension of Eickhof Boulevard, including pavement, curb and gutter, all the way to Fisher Avenue. That work is expected to be completed in 2021. As part of the agreement with Herkenhoff, the City agreed to install the necessary infrastructure so that Herkenhoff could make available for sale 14 more residential home lots. As part of the deal, in ret