Bismarck Mandan Development Association - North Dakota Cities

BMDA Highlights - 11/20/09


Contract vendors/suppliers - The BMDA is currently working with an out-of-state manufacturer interested in contracting with local vendors and suppliers for manufacturing services such as injection molding, metal casting, metal stamping and general machining. If you are such a vendor or supplier or know of one who may be interested, please contact Brian at the BMDA office ASAP at britter@bmda.org or (701) 222-5530.



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BMDA annual elections - The BMDA has begun the process of mailing notices of the annual elections which will take place at the Annual Meeting to be held on February 17, 2010. The three-year board terms for approximately one-third of the board members will expire at that time. The notices being sent out by the BMDA will advise those board members whose terms expire that their terms are ending and asking them if they are interested in running for another three-year term. At the same time, the general membership is being advised of the upcoming elections and the opportunity for any five certified members to nominate candidates for possible election to the board. All of the possible nominations by certified board members must be submitted to the BMDA office no later than December 11, 2009. The Nominating Committee, chaired by Jeff Ubl, BMDA Secretary, will then take the responses from the board members whose terms will expire on February 17, 2010 and any nominations from the general membership and develop a list of candidates for election at the Annual Meeting.



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Wall Street Journal articles on Congressional healthcare discussion - The November 19th Wall Street Journal had a series of articles on the expected showdown for the Senate Health Bill. Read the full WSJ story here if you are interested in following this critical discussion affecting everyone’s future healthcare. Stay involved and stay informed.


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Bismarck Waste Management Committee - Russ Staiger was recently asked to serve on the Bismarck Waste Management Committee. This committee will be responsible for considering the development of a Master Plan for the Bismarck Waste Management Program. This Master Plan will look for greater efficiencies in Bismarck’s waste management process.



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Recovery Zone Facility Bonds - Brian Ritter and Russ Staiger recently had a chance to meet with Jaclin Wike who is an attorney with the law firm of Cook, Wegner & Wike. The purpose of the meeting was for Ms. Wike to explain to Brian and Russ how the Recovery Zone Facility bonds might be used to fund various economic development projects. Recently, the Morton County Commission approved the use the Recovery Zone Facility Bonds and the Burleigh County Commission denied their use. Brian and Russ were trying to determine how these particular bonds might be used to help finance value added ag processing projects which the BMDA has been working with. If used right, these bonds would appear to be another financing tool to help finance qualified economic development projects.



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MSNBC Adversity Index - The Adversity Index is a joint project from msnbc.com and Moody's economy.com in which economic data from each of the 384 metro areas in the United States, including Bismarck-Mandan, is analyzed. The most recent update contends that one in four metro areas are in what the Index classifies as "recovery." However, Bismarck-Mandan is one of those metropolitan areas that has been classified by the Index as in "recovery" long before this most recent update and further analysis of the Bismarck-Mandan and North Dakota-specific data reveals positive economic data.



The Adversity Index can be found here. For more detailed information on Bismarck-Mandan, click on the State of North Dakota in the Index's map and then click on "Bismarck."



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Commission reports - This week, the BMDA made regularly scheduled presentations to both the Burleigh County Commission and the Mandan City Commission. These presentations are scheduled throughout the year with all four commissions the BMDA serves in order to keep them apprised of our efforts. The presentations provide an overview of BMDA’s current activities and ongoing projects.



Also addressed at the Mandan City Commission meeting was BMDA’s 2010 Mandan Work Plan, which lays out the scope of work for the upcoming year. This includes



Maintain communications between the City and BMDA
Continue work to identify potential retail and industrial land
Continuation of the BMDA’s attraction and marketing program
Continuation of BMDA’s Business Retention & Expansion program to include a visitation schedule of 25 primary sector businesses and 50 retail and service sector businesses
Assistance to the community to implement the Mandan Tomorrow strategic plan


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