St. Cloud aims to revitalize downtown by 'copying what Fargo did'

8 Jun 2024


Local News

ST. CLOUD – Twenty-five years ago, downtown Fargo was a hodgepodge of half-filled office buildings, a few bars and crumbling parking lots along the city's main drag.

"Broadway was just dead," said Jim Gilmour, strategic planning director for Fargo, who started with the city in the mid-1990s. "There was no one there. You could probably shoot a cannon down the street and not hit anyone."

But today, after a concerted effort by leaders to attract more than $500 million in public and private investments, the downtown core is bustling…

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