The area’s biggest name in health care just got smaller as Sanford Health & MeritCare simplified its name to Sanford Health.
The name change, celebrated Tuesday, is intended to help unify an organization with $2.25 billion in annual revenues and 20,000 employees serving parts of five states.
The health system’s namesake benefactor, Denny Sanford, was on hand [...]
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Name acclaim: Sanford Health celebrates merger
Businesses will see changes with chamber merger
After months of discussion and community input, West Fargo’s chamber of commerce will officially join the Fargo-Moorhead chamber on Sept. 1.
Both chambers offered their members a chance to vote recently on whether the merger should take place.
The results showed 98 percent of ballots cast in Fargo-Moorhead were in favor of the merger, as were 72 [...]
Forum editorial: Sanford ushers in a new era
When Sanford Health of Sioux Falls, S.D., and MeritCare of Fargo began flirting with a merger, not everyone in Fargo was pleased. There was an organized effort – led by respected community leaders – to scuttle the plan. Legitimate fears arose that a merged organization would be dominated by the South Dakota health system at [...]
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Survey: F-M age, diversity shifting
Age, ancestry and living arrangements of residents in the Fargo-Moorhead area shifted drastically from 2000 to 2008, as did factors including poverty levels, obesity and binge drinking.
According to a report by the North Dakota State Data Center, changing population demographics in Cass and Clay counties will be strong indicators of needed policy adjustments in the [...]
Fargo/Moorhead Economic Indicators June 2010
Attached, please find the June 2010 Economic Indicators as prepared by the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation.
Economic Indicators June 2009.pdf
For additional information, please contact Tifanie Gelinske at 701.364.1900 or tgelinske@gfmedc.com.
Athletic center planned in Fargo
Performance to be new Sanford facility’s focus
Sanford Health-MeritCare plans to build a new center in southwest Fargo dedicated to helping athletes boost their performance.
By: Patrick Springer, INFORUM
The Sanford “power bubble” is a 21,000-square-foot facility near the football stadium for the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. Special to The Forum
Sanford Health-MeritCare plans to build [...]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Names North Dakota the Nation’s Top Growth Performer Since 2000
A report released last week by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation identified North Dakota as the nation’s top overall economic growth performer for the decade.
The report, titled “Enterprising States: Creating Jobs, Economic Development and Prosperity in Challenging Times,” combines metrics for each economic development policy area to identify the top [...]
