FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 9, 2010
FARGO, N.D. – Sanford Health-MeritCare and the YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties are announcing a unique 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 will be [...]

Attached, please find the March 2010 Economic Indicators as prepared by the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation.
Economic Indicators March 2009.pdf
For additional information, please contact Brian Walters or Lisa Gulland-Nelson at 701.364.1900, or bwalters@gfmedc.com or lgnelson@gfmedc.com, respectively.

-A review from a burger-and-fries-guy
“In 1986, the first Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened in Arlington, Virginia. Now there are 550 locations all over the country.  Tuesday, March 30, was opening day here in Fargo. Five Guys has a massive following throughout the country and we finally get to experience it up here.
This isn’t your [...]

FARGO – Forbes.com has ranked the city of Fargo ninth among 184 cities in its “Best Small Places for Business and Careers.”
The Forbes ranking looks at metropolitan areas with populations of 245,000 or less.
Sioux Falls, S.D., topped the list, followed by Iowa City, Iowa. Bismarck was ranked fourth.
Fargo ranked 95th in cost of doing business, [...]

The best of both worlds – urban and plains… We have been visited regularly by a pair of bald eagles at Urban Plains.  This photo was taken this week and is quite a sight.  The pair were spotted while taking down a Canada Goose just west of Mexican Village.  Earlier the week before one eagle [...]

National burger franchise, 5 Guys Burgers and Fries, will open their doors in March, 2010, on 45th Street south in the Shoppes on 45th building at Urban Plains. Rob Hanson and Travis Gamble with Burger Heaven LLC were introduced to the wildly popular burger restaurant when a friend in Georgia raved about the burgers from [...]

The numbers are in and Fargo is one of the least expensive cities in the country.  With 315 cities participating in the 3rd quarter this year, the 2009 ACCRA Cost of Living Index places Fargo as 8.6% below the national average.  The composite index is based on six components – housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health [...]