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I’m impatient so I want 2022, 2023, etc to make that metric hard to beat by proving it on the field this fall!

Big time!! Killing the recruiting game!!

Let’s gooooo!!

Twice

Yes, the new potato processor

According to this March 2025 article, "...the region’s unmanned and autonomous systems sector expects to see another 500 to 1,000 jobs in the next five years, a field well-suited for airmen of the unmanned aircraft-operating 319th." https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/economic-development-officials-hoping-to-draw-more-airmen-to-grand-forks On the low end, 500 jobs could theoretically grow the population by 1,250

Agristo should be online by 2028, creating around 300 permanent jobs. In the past I had read that for every job, the population base grows by something like 2.5 people. So Agristo alone should hopefully have an impact of around +750 people. That's a win!

The continual downsizing of the GF Air Force Base has not helped Grand Forks. Less jobs out there means less people living in Forks and working on the base. Impact goes beyond those that work on the base as well.

Special teams?

Dang. Slapshot/Fat Albert’s is officially closing.

According the the census (more accurate than estimates), Grand Forks grew 12% from 2010 to 2020. The United States grew 7.4% in that timeframe.

Fat Albert’s has always been so underrated.

Good to see a DT and Edge win this. Need huge summers from the defensive front guys

I thought they'd bring in more LBs and DTs due to having a ton more players available in the spring portal. These positions still feel thin - especially when it comes to experience - even with the additions. Hope the guys in those groups are the hardest working all summer. And hopefully the coaching staff really likes what they've seen from who they already have. My worry about these positions stems from years and years of getting bullied in the trenches by top MVFC teams. Like someone said, coaching matters. Hope to see a massive & longgggg overdue improvement in the defense this fall.

I didn’t include Edge guys

Agreed. Same with LB. Seems like they’re both still thin. Guessing a couple of the incoming 7 freshman LBs will need to make immediate impacts on special teams at least. Hope the freshmen get to campus in college ready physical shape. LBs that won’t be true freshmen: - McNeal - Parks - Butsch - Boll - Ahlers - Devereaux DTs: - Blegen - Bell (moved from OL) - Olagbaju - Henry - Eckheart - Samuels Parker Missing anyone?

We got ourselves a LB!

If he stays healthy, he’s easily top 10

Too many years in a row of this

The LB from ODU and the two from Saddleback haven’t publicly committed anywhere yet

still too quiet

For a town its size, Grand Forks has a ton of really good places to eat IMO. Is there turnover? For sure. That’s the industry. Fargo is not immune to it at all. Greater Grand Forks restaurants I’d consider really good or better, based on Google reviews and my own experiences. Probably missing some. Parrots Cay Harry’s Blue Moose Charras Rhombus Up North Toasted Frog Speedway Elys Ivy Kaizen Bernies Spud Jr Helix Darcy’s Las Delicias De La Abuela JL Beers Sakura House of Punjab Varsity

The coaching staff is on fire!! Winning in Texas! let’s go!