Dickinson Leads the State in Single Family Home Building Permits

Link here to KXNET.

In 2012 Dickinson led the way in the state, with 554 single family building permits, according to the North Dakota Association of Builders.

Bismarck comes in second with 426 single family building permits, but areas with heavy oil development are towards the end of the list, such as Williston with 198.

This is quite incredible. It was just a couple of years ago when MDW was blogging all those stories coming out of Dickinson that the residents were anti-growth. 

Bismarck is not even "near" the Bakken in the minds of some people: look at the growth there. Lots of CPAs needed to manage all the money coming into the capitol. Also, a lot of lobbyists to help the state legislators spend that money.

And then this:

"We've identified that we need over 880 dwelling units per year for the next ten years to meet the demands of our population gain," Kessel said.