Minot 2012 -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

If I remember, I will use this "page" to track Minot construction projects and other "events" in the Minot area for the calendar year 2012.

This is a great article with which to start, one that was posted the other day.

United Pulse Trading will be building a new facility at Minot's Ag Park Complex to process peas, beans, and pulses. The facility is expected to begin operations by "harvest season 2012" with an annual capacity of approximately 100,000 metric tons per year.

Minot-area: Berthold to get 60 percent bigger.

Mayor Alan Lee said that Five Stone Development is moving along with plans to place a subdivision just north of the city that in all likelihood will increase Berthold's population by 60 percent immediately.

Lee said the bulk of the development will be permanent housing subdivisions.

According to is website, Five Stone Ranch will have "200-plus" homes available in 2012.

January 27, 2012: BNSF opens $30 million yard, east of Minot, Gavin Yard.