Bakken Economy: Updates On Two Hospitals -- Watford City, Minot; Other Projects In The Bakken Area-- August 6, 2016

From The Williston Wire.

Minot:  a new $250 million medical park for Trinity Health.

Crews in Minot are continuing site work for the $250 million medical park for Trinity Health, taking advantage of dry weather to ensure the campus is built on a solid foundation. Dave Kohlman, vice president of facilities, said in a statement that contractors have been busy conducting soil tests that will assist engineers in planning the new construction. Initial groundwork should begin in the Fall, with serious digging and concrete work beginning in mid-2017. The 76-acre site southwest of the Minot Family YMCA will be home to the new medical park, which will fulfill a strategic goal of Trinity Health to design a more modernized regional care system.

Watford City: a new $75 million health care facility.

Construction on the long-awaited new health care facility in Watford City is getting underway. According to Dan Kelly, McKenzie County Healthcare Systems, Inc. CEO, the ground breaking for the $75.4 million complex was given the green light when they received approval from the  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a $58 million loan for the project.

Other projects in the area.

Minot: $30 million ag processing expansion.

AGT Food and Ingredients celebrated its ribbon-cutting ceremony in Minot Friday. The agricultural processing company, which has grown to become one of the world's largest suppliers of value-added pulses, celebrated a recent expansion at its facility in Minot's ag park. AGT and Minot Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors cut the ribbon on a $30 million expansion. The 33,000-square-foot addition gives AGT the capability to increase from three processing lines to six lines, creating as many as 20 additional jobs and bringing total employment to 100.

Crosby: a $1.1 million daycare facility.

The new Crosby Kids Daycare facility is starting to take shape. The daycare committee purchased a pre-cast $1.1 million, 72,000 square foot steel building to serve 90 children, as opposed to the current site's 30-40.