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  Grand Forks, North Dakota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Forks is one of the oldest major cities in the Dakotas.
Grand Forks sits on the western bank of the Red River of the North in an area known as the Red River Valley.
Grand Forks is the home of the University of North Dakota (UND), the largest and oldest university in the region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota   (5934 words)

  
 Grand Cities Art Fest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grand Cities Art Fest is a large art festival and street fair held over one weekend each June in the twin cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
The event includes over 150 artists selling their wares in individual booths, multiple food vendors, an antique car show, and a children's play area.
The Art Fest takes place in the neighboring downtown areas of the two cities and on the banks of the Red River of the North in the Greater Grand Forks Greenway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Cities_Art_Fest   (129 words)

  
 Grand Forks City Guide.......Hotels, Attractions and More
Grand Forks was founded at the confluence of the Red Lake River and the Red River by traders and trappers who used "les grand fourches" to congregate and set up a trading post.
Although it's difficult to tell now, in 1997 Grand Forks and East Grand Forks were devasted by the "Flood of the Century" and a subsequent fire that destroyed 11 downtown buildings.
Greater Grand Forks is also home to the University of North Dakota, which is the state's oldest institution of higher learning.
www.discoveryamerica.com /grand_forks_nd.htm   (486 words)

  
 Fork Grand Optimization Site Web
Greater Grand Forks - "Greater Grand Forks" is the name used by some people to designate the twin cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota as well as the surrounding area.
Grand Forks-Greenwood - Grand Forks-Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries.
The Greenway (Greater Grand Forks) - The Greenway is made up of 2,200 acres (9 km²) bordering the Red River and Red Lake River in the twin cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota (commonly called Greater Grand Forks).
www.617mgmt.com /forkgrandoptimizationsiteweb.html   (552 words)

  
 Greenways Incorporated Flood Related Greenway Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Greenways Incorporated and Ogden Environmental of Louisville, KY developed a comprehensive Master Plan for the Metropolitan Sewer District that addresses stream corridor design and management within the Louisville and Jefferson County metropolitan region.
Greenway Incorporated staff have utilized a unique participatory planning process to involve key elected officials, corporations, environmental organizations, the Chamber of Commerce, homebuilders and realtors, leaders of the African American community and affected city and county agencies.
Greenways Incorporated worked closely with the Cities and the Corps to ensure that the master plan incorporated design elements which complemented the regional landscape and local communities, while promoting area tourism and recreational use.
www.greenways.com /pages/flooddamage.html   (444 words)

  
 Articles - East Grand Forks, Minnesota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
East Grand Forks, along with Grand Forks, was heavily damaged by a major flood in 1997.
Across the Red River in Grand Forks is the University of North Dakota.
The TV stations are either from Grand Forks or Fargo, while most of the radio stations are from Grand Forks or Thief River Falls.
www.bronzebass.com /articles/East_Grand_Forks,_Minnesota   (1140 words)

  
 Grand Forks, N.D. - New York Times
But in Grand Forks, a town of about 50,000 closer to Winnipeg than it is to Minneapolis, winter is not a forbidding season.
Grand Forks isn't Vegas, or even the Indian reservations with their slots-fljack-and-poker palaces just across the river in Minnesota.
Grand Forks Air Force Base, about 16 miles west of town, is home to the 319th Air Refueling Wing and its KC-135 Stratotankers, famed for their midair plane-to-plane refueling maneuvers.
travel2.nytimes.com /2006/02/10/travel/escapes/10hour.html   (1637 words)

  
 Greenway planning design and management
Greenway Network - The Greenway Network is working to develop parks and trails in eastern Missouri.
Town centre greenways can be pedestrian streets with a range of policy objectives: good spatial articulation, harmonious architecture, excellent paving, a favourable microclimate, well-placed seating and a high level of personal safety from vehicles and muggers.
Greenway is now applied to a variety of 'ways' which are 'green' in the environmental sense.
www.lih.gre.ac.uk /plan/greenways.htm   (4165 words)

  
 Grand Forks North Dakota Real Estate. Homes and Community directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Grand Forks Rural Bicycle Loop is a 100-mile paved route beginning and ending in Grand Forks.
After the 1997 flood, 300 houses were removed in East Grand Forks leaving 2,200 acres of green space in the flood plain next to the Red River.
Grand Forks is a farm economy city with a shopping center that serves a wide area.
www1.relocate-america.com /states/nd/cities/grand_forks.htm   (1390 words)

  
 grand forks public schools - 3rd fork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Grand Forks County Middle Schools - North Dakota - Public School...
Grand Forks Public Schools, Grand Forks Educational Center, Receiving and Supply 2400 47th Avenue South Grand Forks...
Her painting depicts the six pillars of character education taught in the Grand Forks Public Schools: trustworthiness, responsibility, respect...
fork.papmetro.info /dir6/grand-forks-public-schools.html   (437 words)

  
 RiverWatchOnline
In East Grand Forks, more than 12-hundred acres of land bordering the Red River and the Red Lake River are being redeveloped into a state recreation area with an interpretive/visitors center, a campground with trails and fishing access.
There will also be an extensive trail system, including walking trails within the greenway and about 20 miles of bicycle trails along the new and improved levees designed to protect the community from 200-year flood events.
The city of Grand Forks is looking at a series of belt-tightening measures that could keep the cost of the Greenway down by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
www.prairiepublic.org /features/riverwatch/greenway/gfegf.html   (326 words)

  
 Division Doodles
Greenway Adopt A Trail Program With over 2,200 acres of natural space, the Greenway brings recreational, educational and environmental benefits to Greater Grand Forks residents and visitors.
The Greenway Adopt-A-Trail is an all volunteer program which gives the public an opportunity to become actively involved in conserving and maintaining the natural wealth and beauty of this unique area.
Greenway staff are looking for organizations to adopt sections of trail in the Greenway for clean up.
www.conted.und.edu /doodles/archives/050605   (1717 words)

  
 University of North Dakota | Recreation and Leisure Services
The Greenway of Grand Forks/East Grand Forks : The community is currently planning a 2,200 acre greenway along the Red and Red Lake Rivers.
Grand Forks Park District: GF recreation, parks and forestry information.
Grand Forks Information: Information about Grand Forks compiled by the University of North Dakota.
www.und.nodak.edu /dept/rls/grandforks.htm   (140 words)

  
 RiverWatchOnline
Interest in the Greenway ranges from those who want to protect every blade of grass to those who want to tear up the place, from those who seek total silence to those who glory in big noise.
Somewhere in the Greenway, there ought to be a mud run for those whose idea of a good time is riding all-terrain vehicles through mud puddles.
The Greenway is one of the greatest legacies left by the great Flood of 1997.
www.prairiepublic.org /features/riverwatch/news/herald/06_20_05f.html   (510 words)

  
 Fitness Trail / Greenway - Grand Forks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Fitness Trail is just one part of a city bike trail that wanders along the Greenway and throughout the city of Grand Forks.
Walkers, runners, rollerbladers, skateboarders and bike riders are encouraged to enjoy the scenic trail as it leads through several Grand Cities neighborhoods and the University of North Dakota.
Still under development, the new Greenway consists of 2,200 acres lining the Red River and the Red Lake River as they flow through Greater Grand Forks.
www.visitgrandforks.com /main/fitnesstrailgreenway   (188 words)

  
 grand forks greenway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Grand Forks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN.
Project Description: In the spring of 1997, the Red River of the North, which lies between the cities of Grand Forks, ND and East...
This is a petition to remove the proposed rules for the closing of the Greenway at 11PM and for the ban of alcohol except in designated areas.
www.podcastingworld.com /podcast/grand-forks-greenway.htm   (255 words)

  
 Club Summary
The Rotary Club of Grand Forks is one of 67 clubs in District 5580.
Each month during the school year, a male and female student from the Grand Forks high schools (in rotation) are asked to be guests at our club’s meetings.
This committee will work with the other Greater Grand Forks Rotary clubs, the local Park Districts, and the St. Paul Rotary clubs on the creation of a Rotary Park in the greenway to be established in our cities.
www.gfrotary.org /club_summary.htm   (2236 words)

  
 ApplyESL.com - University of North Dakota (ELS), ELS Language Centers, Grand Forks - School Profile
Founded in 1961, ELS Language Centers is a group of private language schools that help millions of students from more than 140 countries significantly improve their English skills in the shortest time possible and prepare them for academic study at an American college or university.
The ELS Language Center on the UND campus is situated in a lovely, wooded neighborhood of Grand Forks, North Dakota, a friendly city that sits on the western bank of the Red River of the North in an area called the Red River Valley.
As one of the oldest major cities in the Dakotas, Grand Forks is home to over 50,000 residents and is largely influenced by the University of North Dakota.
www.applyesl.com /un/school/Sel,0,0,011,0115200   (778 words)

  
 City of East Grand Forks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For visitors to the Greater Grand Forks area see the Convention and Visitors Bureau for complete information.
Northland Community " Technical College is a comprehensive community and technical college with campuses in Thief River Falls, MN and East Grand Forks, MN.
Visit the Heritage Village of EGF which represents life in the upper Midwest from the mid 1800's to the early 1900's.
www.ci.east-grand-forks.mn.us /community/community.php   (199 words)

  
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The cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, are located at the confluence of the Red River of the North and the Red Lake River in Grand Forks and Polk Counties, respectively.
The Phase III levee construction contracts in both Grand Forks and East Grand Forks are more than 75 percent complete and will be finished in 2006.
The Phase IV contracts for both Grand Forks and East Grand Forks are under construction.
www.mvp.usace.army.mil /fl_damage_reduct?pageid=18&subpageid=184   (716 words)

  
 EAST GRAND FORKS CITY COUNCIL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sanders to serve on the MPO he has to be appointed to the Planning Commission as an ex-officio member, and then the Planning Commission has to appoint him as their representative on the MPO Board.  Stauss explained that the reason he would like Mr.
Driscoll commented that she feels we need to continue to look at this, that it is important, and she doesn’t want to just let it go.
Dan Boyce stated that he received a call from Grand Forks regarding a representative from East Grand Forks to serve on a Selection Panel to select an engineer to do the Sorlie Bridge Lighting Project.  After some discussion it was determined that Dick Grassel would be the representative to serve on the Selection Panel.
www.ci.east-grand-forks.mn.us /council/2004/021004.htm   (2319 words)

  
 Grand Rapids Apartment Finder -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Grand Rapids apartments for rent and apartment classifieds.
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apartments.fabace.com /index.php?k=grand-rapids-apartment-finder   (1263 words)

  
 The 1997 Red River Valley Flood (addition)
A levee alignment options study, Friends of the Greenway publications, a report by the International Joint Commission, an American and Canadian agency, and the International Flood Mitigation Initiative are also included.
The majority of the photographs were taken in 1999-2000 and show the rebuilding of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
County Building–Downtown Grand Forks: OGL# 1351-1419 to 1351-1426
www.und.nodak.edu /dept/library/Collections/og1351b.html   (802 words)

  
 About GOALS
GOALS, Inc. is a non-profit citizens organization with a mission of promoting wellness through outdoor aerobic lifetime sporting opportunities in the Greater Grand Forks Greenway for all ages, skills, and abilities.
GOALS was founded on May 13, 1999 by a group of runners, cyclists, cross-country skiers and paddlers who see great opportunities for making the Greenway a positive force in Greater Grand Forks.
Goals is an event-oriented organization that organizes and holds aerobic events such as fun runs and walks, trail runs, mountain bike tours and races, cross-country ski tours and races, canoe tours and races, and adventure events that feature different combinations of activities.
goals.hobbiton.org /about.html   (240 words)

  
 Speak of the DIVA
The processional song was Pachelbel's "Canon in D," provided by Charlotte Lewis, 90, from Grand Forks, who volunteered to play the song on a cello that looked bigger than she is tall.
For the recessional, three well-dressed ushers, who were volunteers from the Greater Grand Forks Senior Men's Club, helped move some the "newlyweds" to a reception area for cake.
One of the longest-married couples were high school sweethearts Harold "Snooks," 91, and Margaret Sullivan, 90, who lived in East Grand Forks all of their lives.
speakofthediva.spaces.msn.com   (5819 words)

  
 Afternoon Magazine Shows from Jan
Between Simonson's and Charlie Browns on Gateway, Grand Forks, ND Balsam and Fraiser firs in all sizes.
Grand Forks, ND The theme this year is "Water Stories"
Grand Forks, ND Find out what's going on at the Fire Hall Theater.
afternoonmagazine.com /list00.htm   (6696 words)

  
 Greenway Ski Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Enjoy some outdoor winter activity at the annual Greater Grand Forks Greenway Ski Days.
Friday night is a special candlelight ski, followed by a full day of fun on Saturday.
Coming on Highway 2 from the East, turn left on to DeMers Ave and follow into the downtown area.
startribune.exploreminnesota.com /events/16871.html   (49 words)

  
 Inside College Hockey | WCHA Notebook
Sioux SID Jayson Hajdu points out that the revised official attendance of 11,153 (capacity is 11,675) is more than 20% of the population of Grand Forks.
Jenni, 20, was in an eastbound SUV which was struck by a westbound car that veered out of control and crossed the freeway median on I-80 near Stuart, Iowa.
A student at Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Jenni was a 2001 graduate of Greenway High School and had been the school's homecoming queen.
insidecollegehockey.com /7Archives/Notebooks/wcha_0208.htm   (1952 words)

  
 Urban Forestry Workshop Set for March 10, 2000, at UMC
The day-long conference will include sessions on the benefits and function of living community snow fences, conserving wooded areas in developing communities, and landscaping for wildlife.
A special session will focus on the Greater Grand Forks Greenway Alliance and its progress and future plans.
The workshop is open to anyone interested in urban forestry issues.
www.crk.umn.edu /newsevents/notices99-00/urbanforestry.htm   (254 words)

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