NoiseInsideMyHead Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Things are looking up. This is what happens when geolocation and clickbait collide. Internet advertising is just plain silly; skywriting would be more effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forksandspoons Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Grand Forks school enrollment up 121 students, including an increase of 46 in kindergarten. https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4723279-Grand-Forks-school-enrollment-jumps-to-nearly-7500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/4747197-Wells-Concrete-to-layoff-dozens-of-workers-in-December my god all the development guys do is care about lm wind power and downtown grand forks this is getting nasty huge blow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 4 hours ago, gfhockey said: https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/4747197-Wells-Concrete-to-layoff-dozens-of-workers-in-December my god all the development guys do is care about lm wind power and downtown grand forks this is getting nasty huge blow Merry Friggin' Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 How many jobs do apartments create may I ask? Yes maybe a few for a year or so but nothing like a long standing company for years. We loose another business. Good job city council mayor brown business development guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 14 minutes ago, gfhockey said: How many jobs do apartments create may I ask? Yes maybe a few for a year or so but nothing like a long standing company for years. We loose another business. Good job city council mayor brown business development guys Jobs are also destroyed by bad management. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDMoonStars Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 It is going to be a very rough few years for the local economy in Grand Forks, with the gradual enrollment declines at UND (fewer of the students will actually be in Grand Forks; this is especially the case for many masters' level programs and some PhD programs), and changes in the national economy. As per questions of people being willing to drive an hour from Grand Forks to Fargo, in many areas around the country,this situation is already in place with people being willing and happy to drive an hour to go to a larger city. Downtown development seems to be going in the right direction at least, and that is an encouraging sign. I'm a bit surprised Best Buy has stayed open as long as it has as it usually is fairly empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 11 hours ago, gfhockey said: How many jobs do apartments create may I ask? Employers look for workforce. Workforce needs affordable housing. I'm no fan of the standard, stale, three-story apartment building, but that's home for manufacturing workers and entry level professionals. Companies looking to place a facility look for things like workers and workers look for affordable housing (and initially that's apartments). If I were starting a company I'd look for a city with workforce. If I were looking at a job in a city the first thing I'd look for is where to live. It's all tied together. You have to think like a systems engineer: how do all the moving pieces mesh together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodak651 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 46 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said: Employers look for workforce. Workforce needs affordable housing. I'm no fan of the standard, stale, three-story apartment building, but that's home for manufacturing workers and entry level professionals. Companies looking to place a facility look for things like workers and workers look for affordable housing (and initially that's apartments). If I were starting a company I'd look for a city with workforce. If I were looking at a job in a city the first thing I'd look for is where to live. It's all tied together. You have to think like a systems engineer: how do all the moving pieces mesh together. As far as workforce goes, a larger, more attractive downtown will also help Grand Forks to retain young professionals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Wells is shitting down its production operation in GF, which in the past has mainly been been in the oil industry and agriculture. It will continue to supply the area through its Albany plant. http://knoxradio.com/news/local/wells-concrete-close-gf-production-operation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgieOgilthorpe Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Good god what a depressing thread. What in the world is going on in GF? It seems 1 business is shutting down per week. What’s the city council, mayor etc. etc. doing to combat this downward spiral? Will a downtown facelift really be enough to bring in or keep young people? Not sure I’d ever move there. And even if I did there’s not many options for strong companies with strong career growth potential. UND, aviation, simplot? , Hugo’s? Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, OgieOgilthorpe said: Good god what a depressing thread. What in the world is going on in GF? It seems 1 business is shutting down per week. What’s the city council, mayor etc. etc. doing to combat this downward spiral? Will a downtown facelift really be enough to bring in or keep young people? Not sure I’d ever move there. And even if I did there’s not many options for strong companies with strong career growth potential. UND, aviation, simplot? , Hugo’s? Haha as long as Herr Brown keeps getting his "one to go" box of food complementary of the citizens of grand forks at all his meetings....he aint going anywhere...(by the sounds of it the city of GF could've paid off the Alerus Center with all the free food he's gotten over the years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, OgieOgilthorpe said: Good god what a depressing thread. What in the world is going on in GF? It seems 1 business is shutting down per week. What’s the city council, mayor etc. etc. doing to combat this downward spiral? Will a downtown facelift really be enough to bring in or keep young people? Not sure I’d ever move there. And even if I did there’s not many options for strong companies with strong career growth potential. UND, aviation, simplot? , Hugo’s? Haha It's an hour away from a way better situated "city." Fargo is a vacuum. The aviation stuff and AFB are valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernraider Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 29 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: as long as Herr Brown keeps getting his "one to go" box of food complementary of the citizens of grand forks at all his meetings....he aint going anywhere...(by the sounds of it the city of GF could've paid off the Alerus Center with all the free food he's gotten over the years) You can't expect him to pay for a meal on his measly mayor and physician salary. Really want to pay off the Alerus Center, cut Pete Hagga who makes over 100k. I have yet had anyone tell me what he does that isn't already covered by the Mayor and City Administrator. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Good grief hearing another company in gf will make an announcement next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forksandspoons Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Northrop Grumman deal with U.S. Air Force potentially worth billions https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/4749142-Northrop-Grumman-deal-with-U.S.-Air-Force-potentially-worth-billions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I heard one of St. Clouds largest employers just moved all the jobs out of state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Cratter said: I heard one of St. Clouds largest employers moved all the jobs out of state. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sctimes.com/amp/4127311002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Wells Concrete makes prefab concrete panels for construction. It has three MSP area factories now, as they have plenty of need there. When Concrete, Inc, got bought out, that was the beginning of the end. MSP based companies also seem to generally dislike outstate offices and factories. https://www.wellsconcrete.com/careers/ A worse situation was when Ecolab closed its Grand Forks office and dropped 144 workers here. Don't remember the division’s old GF name, but another example of selling the business to a bigger company, the jobs here get cut. https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2012/10/18/ecolab-closing-grand-forks-office.html Edit: Lystad’s was the name of the Grand Forks company that was bought by Ecolab, and then dismantled its Grand Forks operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Not directly GF related, but Wallethub says ND is the hardest working state: https://wallethub.com/edu/hardest-working-states-in-america/52400/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 11/2/2019 at 9:30 PM, UNDBIZ said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sctimes.com/amp/4127311002 Electrolux is leaving, that sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 As I reported last week https://www.pehub.com/2019/11/riverside-backed-surewerx-acquires-sure-foot/ Jobs are safe till June 1 then buh bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, gfhockey said: As I reported last week https://www.pehub.com/2019/11/riverside-backed-surewerx-acquires-sure-foot/ Jobs are safe till June 1 then buh bye 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 So a Kentucky drone company is relocating to Grand Forks. http://knoxradio.com/news/local/gf-drone-business Hopefully it can grow massively here, like Northrop Grumman and General Atomics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forksandspoons Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 hours ago, SiouxVolley said: So a Kentucky drone company is relocating to Grand Forks. http://knoxradio.com/news/local/gf-drone-business Hopefully it can grow massively here, like Northrop Grumman and General Atomics. The more UAS jobs the better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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