Holy Guacamole, Batman: Little Tioga Reels in $8 Million -- State Authorizes Millions To Cities Out West for Oil Impact -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Data points (regional links break early):

$54 million authorized in grants

• Watford City: $12.3 million
• Williston: $12 million
• Tioga: $7.7 million -- almost twice that of Minot
• Dickinson: $5 million
• Stanley: $4.1 million (received full request)
• Minot: $4 million
• Parshall: $2.4 million
• Killdeer: $2.1 million
• Plaza: $1.1 million (received full request)
• New Town: $869,000
• Crosby: $811,000
• Belfield: $200,000
• Wildrose, $100,000
• Grenora, $100,000
• Arnegard, $100,000
• Beach: $100, 000 
• Columbus: $75,000
• Kenmare: $50,000
• Berthold: $50,000
• Lignite: $50,000
• Mohall: $50,000
• Ross, $50,000
• Ray, $50,000

Most of the projects were for street projects, or water and sewer improvement projects.

Some numbers rounded. Some data was obtained from the Mountrail County Promoter, August 4, 2011. 

This give folks an idea where the activity is. Tioga receives almost twice that of Minot, and Watford City ekes out slightly more than Williston. I recently drove through the town of Parshall. The only evidence of Parshall was the highway sign saying you were in Parshall. There might have been two residential structures at that location.

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