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The Minnesota State Moorhead School of Media Arts, Design, and Entertainment is showcasing local design talent, with a public reception Oct. 30 at the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
A 10-year tax exemption approved by the Fargo City Commission for the COVE Living project signals a public incentive affecting local development and tax base considerations for FM business readers.
MSUM's 24-hour fundraising event directs donations to programs, activities, and scholarships aimed at developing professionals for the region, with matches and challenges available throughout the day.
New inclusionary housing pilot and infill tax incentive policies adopted by the Fargo City Commission could affect development costs and housing supply decisions for Fargo-area builders and investors.
The event draws on local arts infrastructure—Roland Dille Center for the Arts, the FM-based Lyra Trio, and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra—reflecting ongoing cultural programming in the Moorhead business community.
A new Essentia Health clinic with emergency room services is coming to Horace, just south of West Fargo, expanding healthcare infrastructure in one of North Dakota's fast-growing communities.
Fletcher supervises MSUM graduate students in clinical assignments and provides contract speech services to a Moorhead elementary school, linking university workforce training to local school district needs.
A student-run tech agency at Minnesota State Moorhead will directly serve local businesses and nonprofits with IT needs, creating a new resource in the FM market.
Microsoft has a campus at 3900 Great Plains Drive in Fargo and recently declined to renew a lease on the Horizon building there, making any workforce reduction directly relevant to the FM regional economy.
Grand Farm, an agriculture ecosystem connected to the FM region, shared a field update on peanut and cotton harvesting activity at UGA Grand Farm in Georgia.
The free event, sponsored by a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant and the MSUM School of Performing Arts, brings a multimedia arts performance to the FM campus.
Kwik Trip's application to redevelop a 176,802-square-foot West Fargo property into a convenience store and gas station would mark the chain's first West Fargo location, expanding its footprint in the Fargo-West Fargo-Moorhead market.
A Fargo couple plans to relocate Stabo to the former Swanson Health building, signaling a local business relocation of note to FM readers.
A $249 million, 200-megawatt battery storage facility proposed near Casselton raises questions about fire response responsibilities and cumulative infrastructure impacts on Cass County townships.
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