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Thursday, July 28, 2011

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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    5 comments:

    1. dholmenJuly 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM

      Many communities got nothing. 95 million was requested by many communities. Look at the entire list and see how unfair this process was.
      http://northdakota.areavoices.com/2011/07/28/north-dakota-approves-nearly-54-million-for-oil-impacted-cities/
      "North Dakota Capital and Beyond" web site. dholmen

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    2. Bruce OksolJuly 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM

      The process has just begun. I see the folks from Grand Forks would like their fair share, also.

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    3. Bruce OksolJuly 30, 2011 at 10:17 PM

      Ground broken for 2,500-bed man camp in Tioga; maybe folks will now understand why Tioga got $8 million in impact money. To the best of my knowledge, there are no man-camps in Minot.

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    4. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM

      Bruce, so far Ward county has NO man-camps. The county commissioners rejected the one request from Target Logistics, and Target Logistics pretty much pulled the plug and said they will not persue the project since they are not wanted. The same company that broke ground on the Tioga mancamp said they are in discussions to locate in Minot to help with the housing situation due to the flooding...I think that could be a good thing for the flood victims in Minot... also indicated they were working on 2 similar camps one each for Watford City and the other for just outside of Williston. I believe they said Williston has nearly 7,000 man camp beds just outside of Williston. Williams county has by far the most mancamps of any of the oil producing counties.

      http://www.willistonherald.com/articles/2011/08/03/news/doc4e34a7081d968885883192.txt

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    5. Bruce OksolAugust 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM

      I forgot (if I even knew) that there were 7,000 man-camp beds outside Williston. But can you imagine 2,500 new workers coming to a town with a population of 1,200? It's as if a US Air Force military base moved in with minimal support.

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