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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Finding Fargo’s way to the good life
Thanks to Dr. Roy (Indiana Jones) Hammerling for a fantastic kick-off for the speakers forum as we work together to find Fargo’s way to the good life. Â Thanks also to a strong group of citizen designers of the future that … Continue reading
Tagged Fargo cable access, Fargo comprehensive plan, Fargo conservation, Fargo diversity, Fargo Flood management, Fargo go2030, Fargo Mike Williams, Fargo planning, Fargo River Keepers, Fargo the good life, Fargo weather, Fargo working together, local government, Roy Hammerling, state government
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What is Fargo’s story?
Don’t miss this kick-off for Fargo’s Speaker Forum for go2030 tonight (Thurs April 28th) at 7 pm at the Fargo Commission room  I think of Dr. Hammerling as Fargo’s “Indiana Jonesâ€. Dr. Hammerling is a professor here (yes he does wear … Continue reading
Tagged Fargo agriculture, Fargo art, Fargo bikes, Fargo Business, Fargo citizen input, fargo commission, Fargo comprehensive plan, Fargo energy efficiency, Fargo flood protection, Fargo fun, Fargo future, Fargo green, Fargo housing, Fargo Mike Williams, Fargo planning, Fargo public engagement, Fargo resilient community, Fargo story, Fargo transit, Fargo weather, Fargo’s Indiana Jones, go2030, Roy Hammerling
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What’s Fargo’s story?
Don’t miss this kick-off for Fargo’s Speaker Forum for go2030 Thursday at 7 pm at the Fargo Commission room  I think of Dr. Hammerling as Fargo’s “Indiana Jones”. Dr. Hammerling is a professor here (yes he does wear tweed) and … Continue reading
Tagged Fargo agriculture, Fargo art, Fargo bikes, Fargo Business, Fargo citizen input, fargo commission, Fargo comprehensive plan, Fargo energy efficiency, Fargo flood protection, Fargo fun, Fargo future, Fargo green, Fargo housing, Fargo Mike Williams, Fargo planning, Fargo public engagement, Fargo resilient community, Fargo story, Fargo transit, Fargo weather, Fargo's Indiana Jones, go2030, Roy Hammerling
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Further river setbacks needed
“There is no silver bullet for comprehensive water management, but there may be silver buckshot”. Â This is a quote often used by Lance Yohe of the Red River Basin Commission and others. Â It helps make the point that multiple components … Continue reading
Tagged Fargo business volunteers, Fargo comprehensive plan, Fargo flood volunteers, Fargo land use, Fargo Mike Williams, Fargo protection, Fargo quality development, Fargo river setbacks, Fargo water management, Fargo weather flood, Fargo working with neighbors, North Dakota flooding, Quality development, Red River basin flooding, resilient community
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Important Fargo vote on requiring 450′ river setbacks Monday
Backing away from rivers and not allowing new homes or businesses within 450′ of rivers is one of the many ways we can help ourselves in Fargo right now. Along with requiring further river setbacks for new homes or businesses, we … Continue reading
Some neighbors may need volunteers on short notice. You can sign to be on call at Firstlink too
Thanks to the wonderful volunteers that came to help ringdike a threatened home in Oakport last night. Â We had enough to finish the job in about 2 hours. Â Many of them signed up to be put on the Firstlink … Continue reading
Some of our rural neighbors need volunteers today. To help call Firstlink at 476-4000
Many of our rural and small town neighbors helped us build and deploy our sandbags, now they may need our citizens help, you can call and ask to sign up to have them call you in case they need help … Continue reading
Thanks to NDSU student leaders for leading the way for volunteering to help a neighbor in need
The Helping Hands Traveling Sandbag Team made it’s debut today with a road trip to help in Georgetown today. Â Thanks to these fine young people for helping them raise an important dike to a safer level today. Â Among the volunteers … Continue reading
Another day with a beach in a bag, thanks for an incredible volunteer effort
Thanks to all the incredible students and other volunteers we should be able to place all the sandbags needed to achieve our goal of 41′ today.  We’ve got another beautiful day coming Thursday Partly Cloudy Fargo/Moorhead High: 54° Wind: S/SE … Continue reading
Sunshine and a beach in a bag!
What a beautiful day to sandbag, the sun burned off the fog around noon, no wind and over 50 degrees! Thanks to all the over 1,400 amazing students and hundreds of other volunteers for working together helping our neighbors and … Continue reading
