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FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Beginning in early spring 2023, the Planning & Development Department embarked on an effort to develop Fargo Growth Plan 2024 as a comprehensive update and enhancement of the 2007 Growth Plan.

During the last 16 months, the community has provided guidance through extensive community engagement opportunities that included open houses, online surveys and many meetings with City Commission, Planning Commission, Advisory Committee, Technical Committee and stakeholder groups to craft a plan that outlines how and where Fargo should grow in the future.

The process started by studying how Fargo has historically grown, and then identified a preferred growth scenario that set the foundation for the drafting of Fargo Growth Plan 2024, which outlines the community’s intentions for future growth. The plan that emerged includes guidance for new development as well as infill and redevelopment within the city core.

City departments including Planning, Engineering, Public Works and Utilities (Water, Water Reclamation and Solid Waste), along with czb LLC, reviewed how development and city operations interrelate to provide holistic citywide guidance for optimal growth in light of projections that Fargo may add 30,000 residents through 2045. The Fargo City Commission voted 5-0 on Monday to approve and adopt Fargo Growth Plan 2024. To read the plan, visit FargoGrowthPlan.org.

Looking ahead, Fargo Growth Plan 2024 outlines implementation steps that will lay the foundation to convert the plan’s aspirations into reality with a mix of future tool and policy updates.