Watford City has made a name for itself across North Dakota as being a community that, in spite of seemingly insurmountable challenges and roadblocks, has always been able to find a way to get things accomplished.
And last Wednesday, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem were in Watford City to help the community celebrate the opening of the Wolf Run Village, a 42-unit housing complex for essential school, city and county employees, as well as to break ground for a 200-unit daycare facility that will be open in the winter of 2014.
“This project is a perfect example of meeting the challenge for essential housing, as well as a daycare facility by hook or by crook,” stated Dalrymple. “You have found new ways that have never been done before to meet your needs.”
The $8 million complex, which will provide 24 one-bedroom apartments and 18 two-bedroom townhomes, as well as the daycare, was funded in part with funds from McKenzie County, the City of Watford City, the McKenzie County Public School District No. 1, as well as $1.5 million from the North Dakota Housing Incentive Fund with First International Bank & Trust providing a $250,000 matching grant and more than $500,000 through the state’s Law Enforcement Pilot Program, a program established to provide housing for law enforcement personnel. Watford City also received $125,000 in Energy Impact Grants to help fund the construction of the daycare facility.More at the link.
I am impressed. Lots of people should be very, very proud.
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