Archive for Bismarck / Burleigh
NISC Repays Loan to Bismarck Vision Fund
Posted by: | CommentsBISMARCK, N.D. – Mandan based National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) has repaid a $200,000 loan from the Bismarck Vision Fund, the City’s sales tax supported economic development fund. In 2001, NISC initiated a second building expansion at its campus in North Mandan. The $200,000 loan from the Bismarck Vision Fund was used as a capital injection into NISC in order to match financing for the new construction. Read More→
Ice Jam on the Missouri River
Posted by: | CommentsBismarck, ND—The US Army Corps of Engineers originally attributed the recent rise in the Missouri River to the normal freeze-in process. The gauge went from 4.5 feet yesterday morning to 11.12 feet today. Read More→
Bismarck Kicks-off Missouri River Flood Study Input Meetings Jan. 17 and Jan. 19, 2012
Posted by: | CommentsBISMARCK, N.D. – Apex Engineering Group has been contracted to provide an independent analysis of flood protective measures and to recommend an action plan that will identify specific temporary flood protective measures including equipment and materials that could be mobilized to fight various flood scenarios, should they occur in the spring of 2012.
As part of the independent analysis Apex Engineering will hold two public input meetings to gather citizen input regarding their experiences with Missouri River Flood events and temporary flood protection measures employed to combat the effects of flooding or ice jam events on the Missouri River.
The meetings will take place as follows:
January 17, 2012, 5:15 – 8:00 pm.
Focus Area: South Bismarck
Prairie Rose Room 105, Second Floor, Exhibit Hall
Bismarck Civic Center
West Entrance, Parking Lot A
January 19, 2012, 5:15 – 8:00 pm.
Focus Area: Southport/Fox Island
Prairie Rose Room 105, Second Floor, Exhibit Hall
Bismarck Civic Center
West Entrance, Parking Lot A
A brief presentation will be made by Apex Engineering to review flood protective measures currently in place as a result of the 2011 summer flood fight. Comments and recommendations from citizens will be received and collected during group discussions, followed by an opportunity for comments during an open comment session. Citizens may also submit their comments on-line beginning Jan. 20 at www.bismarck.org Comments will be received through Jan. 27, 2012.
