STATE OF THE CITY
IN HONOR OF CRAIG WHITNEY
CITY OF WEST FARGO • 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 3
WEST FARGO POLICE DEPARTMENT Incidents 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 4
WEST FARGO FIRE DEPARTMENT Calls for Service 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 5
WEST FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS • Gained 486 students • Deer Creek Elementary School opened • Construction began on Heritage Middle School • Launch of North Dakota’s first electric school bus 6
WEST FARGO PARK DISTRICT • Opened expansion of Rustad Recreation Center, adding: • Indoor playground • Second gymnasium • Indoor turf field • Batting cages • Two classrooms • Arts and crafts room 7
CONSTRUCTION SHEYENNE STREET RECONSTRUCTION WASTEWATER CONNECTION CORE AREA INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN
NDDOT I94 AND SHEYENNE STREET INTERCHANGE PROJECT • First interchange of its kind in North Dakota • Improved traffic capacity • Continuous flow of northbound traffic • Enhanced pedestrian walkway 9
SHEYENNE STREET RECONSTRUCTION • Improved efficiency and safety through: • More driving lanes • Added multiuse paths • Pedestrian underpass • Accomplished through federal, state and city partnerships 10
CONSTRUCTION ACCOMPLISHMENTS CORE AREA INFRASTRUCTURE WASTEWATER CONNECTION MASTER PLAN Three-mile force main from sewage Continued data collection and • • lagoon network to City of Fargo analysis Agreement allows lagoon Worked to identify prioritized • • decommissioning projects and funding mechanisms 11
DEVELOPMENT MAIN STREET EXCELLENCE AWARD GATEWAY WEST THE LIGHTS AT SHEYENNE 32 PIONEER PLACE
MAIN STREET EXCELLENCE AWARD • Awarded Main Street Excellence Award by Gov. Doug Burgum for downtown redevelopment efforts 13
GATEWAY WEST • Utilizes improvements to Sheyenne Street • Site of West Fargo’s first Hornbacher’s 14
THE LIGHTS AT SHEYENNE 32 • Three new mixed-use commercial and residential buildings at the corner of Sheyenne Street and 32 nd Avenue W. • Features a civic plaza that will be programmed and West Fargo’s first parking garage 15
PIONEER PLACE • Opened July 2019 • Home of: • Thunder Coffee • Zone Nutrition • Grateful Cratefulls • D.A. Davidson 16
CELEBRATIONS CONSTRUCTION WEST FARGO STREET CARNIVAL FAIR SUMMER READING CRUISE NIGHT PROGRAM NIGHT TO UNITE POW/MIA PLAZA TASTE OF WEST SUMMER CONCERT SERIES FARGO NDSU BISON GAME WEST FEST
PROGRESS MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION AFFORDABLE HOUSING
MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION • 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 19
AFFORDABLE HOUSING • Opening of Grace Gardens • Reconstruction of Cass County Housing Authority Low-Rises • Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build 20
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