Hannah Shirley

Ground-mounted installations are prohibited in residential areas, but roof-mounted installations are generally allowed in all city districts.

Developers still have to fine-tune design plans, but additions like a rock climbing wall, an amphitheater and a pedestrian bridge to East Grand Forks are still on the table.

Meanwhile, North Dakota, with the fastest-growing Black population in the U.S., in one year jumped from No. 50 for worst racial disparities in homeownership to No. 19.

Family, friends and colleagues from across city and state agencies celebrated Nelson's 41-year career on Friday.

The all-ages event will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. Admission is $15 for one day or $25 for both days.

The theater, expected to open in 2025, will include an all-new interior and exterior, a second level, a three-story screen, duckpin bowling, a live stage and a self-serve beer and wine wall.

Thom Higgins gained national notoriety for throwing a pie in the face of anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in the 1970s. A decade earlier, he gained notoriety on the UND campus for another reason.

As the end of his term nears, Gov. Doug Burgum has continued to tout the benefits of denser cities. Grand Forks city leaders are still listening.

The 2023 season was shortened by floodwaters in the spring. Park manager Catherine Johnson hopes the recreation area attendance record will be broken in 2024.

City staff hopes the program will encourage new affordable housing development in East Grand Forks.