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Learn about disaster resilient design at Fargo’s GO2030 speakers forum tonight
“In 2009 Tom Fisher, Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, wrote an essay entitled simply, “Fracture Critical,” which has since achieved somewhat of a minor cult following. He has just completed a book, Fracture Critical: How We … Continue reading
Tagged Architectual design and ethics, Dr. Thomas Fisher, Fargo business volunteers, Fargo comprehensive plan, Fargo flood fight, Fargo go2030, Fargo healthy community, Fargo Mike Williams, Fargo resilient community, Fargo river setbacks, Fargo student volunteers, Fargo weather, Fracture critical, Red River Valley water management
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Fun road trip to see first of it’s kind Solar/high tunnel greenhouse
Thanks to Dallas Flynn of Frazee, MN for showing us around his beautiful Forest Glen Farm and his first of it’s kind solar/high tunnel greenhouse. Â This innovative greenhouse uses the power of the sun to heat air that is blown … Continue reading
Tagged Dennis Flynn, Fargo business volunteers, Fargo community gardening, Fargo comprehensive plan, Fargo flood preparations, Fargo go2030, fargo local foods, Fargo Mike Williams, Fargo mind mixer, Fargo new americans, Fargo planning, Fargo weather, Farmers market, Forest Glen Farms, Minnesota Grown, Organic gardening, sustainable Fargo
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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
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
Extra! Extra! Second 130,000 plus bag day in a row on Friday!
Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers especially the Cheney Middle School students for helping make up over 132,000 sandbags for the second day in a row on Friday! We got off to a slower start this morning (Saturday) but had … Continue reading
129,000!! The bar’s been raised at Fargo, life’s a beach at Sandbag Central
The bar’s been raised, over 129.000 sandbags filled Wednesday! Congratulations and thanks to all the hundreds of fantastic volunteers especially the great students from Ben Franklin for a fun, productive day in the sand. Who needs a spa?? Â Where in … Continue reading
