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Hopefully bad enough where we dont offer an extension to coach. This year should do it but our A.D is incompetent

I agree everyone should be treated fairly. If I had the funds and wanted to take the risk I am sure I could get the same deal. I personally dont have the funds or the appetite to take the risk. There is only so many that develop a property like this. We should be thankful that we have them that want to continue to grow Grand Forks. Sometimes it takes some incentive to risk their own money to do it. I read they get tax free for 5 years and every 5 years its increased until full at 20 years. Right now the current tax payers are getting ZERO tax from that property. Dont you think future residents will be appreciative of the tax income when the apartments go fully online? If it sits vacant for the next 10 years still no tax dollars. Sometimes you have to give to receive and then intern GROW. We all benefit as the city grows. And No i dont think new houses should get a tax break. There is no shortage of people that will build homes and no reason to incentivize that. Many new homes being built around town with out needing tax incentives.

First its a stepped up every year they pay more taxes I believe to 20 years. There is a housing shortage in Grand Forks. What do you think happens to rents when there is a shortage? Rents go up! Right now that property collects very little taxes. When you incentivize a developer to put a apartment at their own risk They financially fail or succeed, we get benefit of a much higher taxing entity in the future where there is none now. No one understands the dollar commitment to these developments at the risk of the developer if they fail. We have many new businesses coming to town in the near future and with interest rates still very high they need to do something to attract developers to put up the apartments and homes. It amazes me at the backwards thinking sometimes in this town. Fargo and Bismarck didnt grow to the size they are with this kind of thinking. Everyone is so worried about someone getting rich. If it is so easy then I suggest some of you start doing some of the developing in town. Try to make a cash flow with high interest rates and trying to attract renters to keep it full, which they need to even cash flow. Same people crying about the city not doing anything about the mall a privately owned company. Like the city can do anything. I am glad we have the mayor we currently do, since I have moved here its the most development I have seen since he was elected.

Didn't seem like anyone on this board wanted the Utah schools but the big sky does. We are happy to get Auggie.

Looks like southern Utah and Utah tech going to the big sky. WAC and ASUN going to merge so we wont be getting tarleton st and ACU. Summit league no expansion again. I guess those that get excited about playing Auggie, Bemidji state, Mankato and Minot should be happy. I for one wont be happy adding any of those schools.

https://herosports.com/fcs-plot-twist-sac-state-football-independence-ksks/ Looks like there could be more movement happening. Article states the Texas schools are looking at the Atlantic Sun now. No mention of the Summit League at all. Please dont tell me our only options for expansion are going to be Auggie, Mankato and Bismarck State.

I think this is the first one opened in North Dakota so they would have traveled a long ways.

Cars backed up to the Hobby Lobby! Guess it helps when they are giving away free drinks! We will see how many employees they need once people have to pay full price. Looked like a fun place to work though for young people! But i wouldnt like to work there in the Winter

Hope those Texas schools are coming up for a visit!

Looks like construction crews are outside there. I think they are repairing it.

I heard Dave's hot chicken is coming to grand forks in the old firehouse subs space.

I would add one to the list as Chicago Burrito. One of my favorite authentic Mexican restaurants maybe anywhere.

I wonder whose parent was the loudest....

Well finally found him and you guys are excited about it ? 14 and 5 for a D2 school ? Maybe I just need to positive. But this men's team is depressing

Our team is full. ? i don't know why I thought we had a few more spots. I am excited about the twins and A3 but this season i think is gonna be a disaster. I still dont understand why we have 3 red shirt freshman scholarship players that shouldn't even be on the team.

Did it say when they expect to be open ?

Amar signed with Missouri State

The 4 Star recruits they got were not even playing for Mal at the end of this year. If they were 4 star recruits then womens basketball has a different evaluating system then mens. The two 4 star recruits both went to Omaha (the worst team in the summit) and their coach got fired the next day after signing them. Coincidence ? So i dont think Mal or Motherwell even knew what talent was, because I didnt see much talent from most of Mal's recruits.

Not only didn't start couldn't even get minutes of playing time on the worst team

Just stick to hockey. Coach Hutter has done very well basically replacing a whole team with some high quality recruits with alot of upside. Im actually surprised what he got. He didn't go after all naia girls. Sather just picked up a undersized center who didn't even start on the worst team in the league.

What's being thrown out their is the summit having more control of the MVFC. Where any new summit league members would have a spot in the MVFC. Giving the summit a edge to get up and coming football programs to join the summit in order to also get into the MVFC. This could draw ACU and Tarleton to the summit for all sports strengthening the summit league which needs to happen. This isn't a pipe dream this is actively being discussed i have seen many things on it now

I think you are missing the big picture if the summit league football happens. If we can attract higher quality schools to the summit league which is the core league it is a good thing. If it brings teams from Texas like ACU and Tarleton to all sports thats a good thing for the core sports and football. What teams other then the Dakota schools excite you now ? Northern Iowa and Illinois state ? Murray state, indiana state and Youngstown sure don't. I'd rather watch ACU and Tarleton. This move wouldn't just be about football but the bigger picture of strengthening the summit league. If it didn't do that then I wouldn't be for it either.

That doesn't make me to excited.

Seeing all these commits from all the other sports and we still dont know who basketball signed?

Do we know if VanderWal is coming back for sure? I know she said in a interview during the season that she was graduating and I thought she said moving on with a nursing degree. Also maybe I am missing someone, but dont we have 6 scholarship players including Vanderwal and we have 6 Scholarship players signed and coming in next year? This portal got me all messed up!