STATE OF THE CITY

IN HONOR OF

CRAIG WHITNEY

• Estimated Population: 39,064

• Median Home Sale Price: $246,012

• City Commission approved a balanced 2020 budget with a mill levy increase of 6.5%• Equals an additional $21.29 for

every $100,000 in property value

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WEST FARGO FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Gained 486 students

• Deer Creek Elementary School opened

• Construction began on Heritage Middle School

• Launch of North Dakota’s first electric school bus

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WEST FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Opened expansion of Rustad Recreation Center, adding:• Indoor playground

• Second gymnasium

• Indoor turf field

• Batting cages

• Two classrooms

• Arts and crafts room

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WEST FARGO PARK DISTRICT

CONSTRUCTIONSHEYENNE STREET RECONSTRUCTION

WASTEWATER CONNECTION

CORE AREA INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN

• First interchange of its kind in North Dakota

• Improved traffic capacity

• Continuous flow of northbound traffic

• Enhanced pedestrian walkway

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NDDOT I94 AND SHEYENNE STREET INTERCHANGE PROJECT

• Improved efficiency and safety through:• More driving lanes

• Added multiuse paths

• Pedestrian underpass

• Accomplished through federal, state and city partnerships

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SHEYENNE STREET RECONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Three-mile force main from sewage lagoon network to City of Fargo

• Agreement allows lagoon decommissioning

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• Continued data collection and analysis

• Worked to identify prioritized projects and funding mechanisms

WASTEWATER CONNECTIONCORE AREA INFRASTRUCTURE

MASTER PLAN

DEVELOPMENTMAIN STREET EXCELLENCE AWARD

GATEWAY WEST

THE LIGHTS AT SHEYENNE 32

PIONEER PLACE

• Awarded Main Street Excellence Award by Gov. Doug Burgum for downtown redevelopment efforts

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MAIN STREET EXCELLENCE AWARD

• Utilizes improvements to Sheyenne Street

• Site of West Fargo’s first Hornbacher’s

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GATEWAY WEST

• Three new mixed-use commercial and residential buildings at the corner of Sheyenne Street and 32nd

Avenue W.

• Features a civic plaza that will be programmed and West Fargo’s first parking garage

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THE LIGHTS AT SHEYENNE 32

• Opened July 2019

• Home of:• Thunder Coffee

• Zone Nutrition

• Grateful Cratefulls

• D.A. Davidson

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PIONEER PLACE

CELEBRATIONSCONSTRUCTION CARNIVAL

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

POW/MIA PLAZA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

NDSU BISON GAME

WEST FARGO STREET FAIR

CRUISE NIGHT

NIGHT TO UNITE

TASTE OF WEST FARGO

WEST FEST

PROGRESSMENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• Requires compassion, respect and a community effort

• 93 reported suicides or attempted suicides in West Fargo in 2019

• 898 incidents relating to drugs and DUIs in 2019

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MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• Opening of Grace Gardens

• Reconstruction of Cass County Housing Authority Low-Rises

• Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build