Grand Forks Herald

The Heartland Development Bank, which was conceived by Delore Zimmerman, president of the Grand Forks-based Praxis Strategy Group, and Joel Kotkin, a senior consultant with Praxis and an New America Foundation senior fellow, is designed to encourage investment in the Midwest and would use public and private funds to improve emerging population centers through investment in education, public infrastructure and research and development. LINK

The numbers ought to halt your coffee cup's rise in midair: The coming drawdown at Grand Forks Air Force Base could end 650 to 950 to 1,000 indirect jobs, plus 800 to 1,200 jobs lost on the base itself. That adds up to a regional loss of $38 million to $56 million a year, a base realignment impact panel last week declared.

But go ahead and keep sipping your brew, because all is not lost. For one thing, Grand Forks… more