CIVIC AUDITORIUM
2 downtown Grand Forks buildings to be razed 
Grand Forks Public Schools has acquired the YWCA building at 121 N. Fifth St. and the building at 211 N. Fifth St. Demolition of the YWCA building could begin this week.
By Christopher Bjorke , March 04, 2012
More downtown housing on the way
Construction of a new four-story building has risen out of the rubble of the former Civic Auditorium on the western edge of downtown Grand Forks.
July 17, 2011
Civic construction work closes First Avenue
The City of Grand Forks will be closing First Avenue North temporarily from Demers Avenue to North Sixth Street, starting Wednesday, to accommodate development on the former Civic Auditorium lot downtown.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , December 06, 2010
OUR OPINION: Civic/Aurora votes marked birth of ‘new’ GF
The flood wasn’t the first time Grand Forks showed this can-do spirit. That spirit also had surfaced a few months before. The earlier event has been overshadowed by the flood, but it stands out in hindsight as one of the first signs of the new Grand Forks.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , September 08, 2010
The Civic’s coming down
Auditorium demolition set for Sept. 7; knockdown begins this weekOwnership of the Civic Auditorium was officially transferred from the City of Grand Forks to Dakota Commercial & Development Co. on Monday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 31, 2010
City Council approves plan for Civic Auditorium apartments and parking
The Grand Forks City Council has cleared the way for new apartments at the Civic Auditorium site.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 16, 2010
DOWNTOWN PARKING: Developer seeks lower requirement
Issue on council’s agenda tonightA proposed apartment building at the city-owned Civic Auditorium is seeking a reduction in its parking requirements before the Grand Forks City Council’s finance committee tonight.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 09, 2010
GF CITY HALL: Council, mayor to study city’s committee structure
Grand Forks City Council President Hal Gershman is echoing Mayor Mike Brown’s suggestion that the council review its committee structure.
Gershman requested Monday night that the council discuss whether the Committee of the Whole is still useful at the next Committee of the Whole meeting March 8.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , March 01, 2010
GF City Council approves new downtown housing projects
Grand Forks City Council members gave the green light to two major downtown residential projects Monday. One is a 50-unit apartment complex on site of Civic Arena; the other a 14-unit complex for the chronically homeless on the site of the former downtown post office.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , February 01, 2010
Second apartment project aimed at GF’s Civic Auditorium
A second residential development at Grand Forks’ Civic Auditorium is coming before the City Council’s finance committee Wednesday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , January 15, 2010
Council OKs downtown projects
City to use federal funds to build apartment complex, homeless housingThe city of Grand Forks will be using federal funds to help build an apartment complex downtown near the Civic Auditorium and a home for the chronically homeless, City Council members voted Monday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , December 07, 2009
Hal Gershman, Grand Forks, letter: Alerus Center impacts ‘bottom line for city’
So many people from Grand Forks and outside of Grand Forks comment that they cannot imagine our city today without the Alerus Center. They are recalling the old Civic Auditorium and how it brought little more to Grand Forks than a cost to the taxpayer of $250,000 per year.
September 22, 2009
Civic plans move closer to reality
Grand Forks likely will see some construction to the Civic Auditorium site beginning next spring, but the development proposal still has some hurdles to go through before commercial space and two apartment complexes can be added to the downtown area.
September 09, 2009
GF leaders approve getting bids for Civic Auditorium demolition
Grand Forks leaders unanimously voted Monday to get bids for demolishing the Civic Auditorium.
June 08, 2009
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