Sanford Health and the YMCA have formed partnership to expand health and fitness in rapidly growing southwest Fargo. A new 78,000 square foot comprehensive fitness and wellness center will be built in the Urban Plains Development. The facility is expected to open in the fall of 2011. This is an especially good fit as plans [...]

Attached, please find the July 2010 Economic Indicators as prepared by the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation.
 Economic Indicators July 2010.pdf
For additional information, please contact Tifanie Gelinske at 701.364.1900 or tgelinske@gfmedc.com.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]

Attached, please find the June 2010 Economic Indicators as prepared by the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation.
 Economic Indicators June 2010.pdf
For additional information, please contact Tifanie Gelinske at 701.364.1900 or tgelinske@gfmedc.com.