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How Developers Can Help Relieve The Property Tax Pain

By   /  August 5, 2013  /  Bismarck News, Expertise, In Print, Opinion  /  No Comments

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How Developers Can Help Relieve The Property Tax Pain ~by Chad Wachter~ It’s no secret that property taxes are the one issue that gets everyone fired up. While the legislature tries to address the issue, there are things local government can do to help itself. The City of Bismarck is dealing with unprecedented real estate […]

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AMATEUR BASEBALL RETURNS TO BIS/MAN IN FULL FORCE

By   /  July 1, 2013  /  Bismarck News, Mandan News, Sports  /  No Comments

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~by Corey Wickham~   After years of no adult summer baseball in the Bismarck-Mandan area Amateur Baseball games are once again being played in the capital city.  This however is no easy task.  I have tried managing my own amateur team in Mandan but due to organizational reasons, getting legit player commitments, and field accessibility […]

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Bismarck City Commission Curtails Original Green Space Proposals

By   /  July 1, 2013  /  Bismarck News, In Print  /  No Comments

The concept of a “Green Space Policy” has been discussed by local real estate developers and landowners.  For several months, there has been great fear and trepidation about a proposed plan to require land developers to dedicate seven per cent of the developable land of a specific development for use as “green space,” (such as […]

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Menards Tax Exemption Takes Spotlight At Burleigh County Commission

By   /  June 3, 2013  /  Bismarck News, News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

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At the May 20th, 2013 Burleigh County Commission meeting a somewhat contentious discussion developed because of a request by Midwest Manufacturing (a division of Menards)  for a property tax exemption for a new production facility in McKenzie (east of Bismarck).   Scott Nuttleman spoke on behalf of Menards saying the proposed production facility would have […]

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Are local residents getting a “fair shake” from the Bismarck City Commission?

By   /  May 7, 2013  /  Bismarck News, In Print, Top Stories, Uncategorized  /  No Comments

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While some in Bismarck have long said that residential development along the river was unwise and should not have been done in the first place, the reality is that those developments exist and generate a lot of property tax revenue to the city.  The man responsible for much of the riverfront development, Kevin Turnbow, says […]

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Let’s do what is best for the taxpayers to meet the needs of the city

By   /  April 1, 2013  /  Bismarck News, Political FaceOff  /  No Comments

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Question: In light on the people consistently voting down the civic center expansion, do you believe the city commission on their recent action to move forward with the $27 million expansion, has solicited enough public input and the authority to do so.   Answer.  Sure, if you have ESP and the ability to go into […]

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Knutson: Let The People Of Bismarck Have A Choice!

By   /  April 1, 2013  /  Big Ideas, Bismarck News, Political FaceOff  /  No Comments

(Photo by Matt Bunk) Ron Knutson, a Bismarck land developer, says the city should consider building a new events center on the north side, instead of spending $60 million to expand the Civic Center downtown. He has offered to donate 60 acres of his land near Highway 83 for the project.

by Ron Knutson The mayor of Bismarck was recently quoted saying “We did what we felt was in the interest of the people of Bismarck”. I strongly disagree! My concern is twofold; first ethics, the citizens already, soundly, defeated a measure to expand the Civic Center; second, the wisdom of putting more money into the […]

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Filling The Void: Organized Noise Entertainment Hits The Ground Running

By   /  April 1, 2013  /  Bismarck News, Mandan News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

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THERE’S NOTHING TO DO IN BISMARCK! How many thousands of times have you heard or said that? The good news is, there is someone trying to fix that, and they aren’t using public money to do it! Organized Noise Entertainment (O.N.E.) setup shop in Mandan last year at the old Mysteria Theatre, and has already […]

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Expansion To Move Ahead Despite Voter Rejection

By   /  April 1, 2013  /  Bismarck News, Top Stories, Uncategorized  /  No Comments

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After a series of community input sessions, the Bismarck City Commission voted on March 12th to approve the scaled-down $27 million expansion of the current Civic Center in downtown Bismarck. “There is a lot of public vetting that needs to be done with regard to a potential future north-side events center” Mayor Warford said. “It’s […]

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City’s New Approach To Civic Center

By   /  February 5, 2013  /  Bismarck News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

Once again the issue of expanding and renovating the Bismarck Civic Center has found its way to the agenda of the Bismarck City Commission.  On January 16th, the commission held a special meeting to discuss what to do in the aftermath of the failed November ballot measure to fund the project with higher sales taxes […]

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