Quickies: Bambi's coming and he's bringing all his cousins; Columbia Mall owner says it's doing great; The Herz's wedding photos
* The City Beat has a follow-up to the earlier story on Grand Forks' potential deer problem. North Dakota Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Marty Egeland said that, when it is done, the Greenway will definitely be an attraction for wildlife. "Build it and they will come."
One way to deal with deer overpopulation is the holding of an urban hunt, as is done in Bismarck and, on Sept. 1, in Fargo. There won't be any urban deer hunt here any time soon, though the idea isn't as dangerous as it sounds. According to Fish and Wildlife biologist Doug Leier, bow hunters usually shoot from about 20 yards out, he said.
* "The town really wants to shop at the mall now. Retail sales have increased in each of the last two years." That's Garo Kholamian, head of the company that owns Grand Forks' Columbia Mall, talking about the mall in The Great Falls Tribune. His company, GK Development, just bought the Holiday Village Mall in Great Falls.
* AP reports story on Fargo potentially tapping Lake Ashtabula if the Red River keeps dropping. I don't know how alarmed they are down there but it reminds me of how not alarmed Grand Forks water people are, as I mentioned in this story. Grand Forks gets water from the Red Lake River and the Red River and we're first in line for Lake Ashtabula water, too.
If you'll recall, we're still working out which city pays how much for that project to pipe Missouri River water to the Red River Valley. This is another a reminder of how much more Fargo appears to need an alternate water source compared to Grand Forks. (Of course, some think that when the big drought strikes we'd need the pipe almost as badly as Fargo.)
* Pictures from The Herz's wedding here and here. Bridesmaid Lisa took the picture so it's more like photos from "The Herryn's" wedding.
* Off topic: Anybody read Garfield this past week, the one with the amnesiac date? Garfield has been consistently unfunny for the past, what, 15 years? Is this the start of an era of non-suckiness for the Herald's suckiest comic? I sure hope so.
One way to deal with deer overpopulation is the holding of an urban hunt, as is done in Bismarck and, on Sept. 1, in Fargo. There won't be any urban deer hunt here any time soon, though the idea isn't as dangerous as it sounds. According to Fish and Wildlife biologist Doug Leier, bow hunters usually shoot from about 20 yards out, he said.
* "The town really wants to shop at the mall now. Retail sales have increased in each of the last two years." That's Garo Kholamian, head of the company that owns Grand Forks' Columbia Mall, talking about the mall in The Great Falls Tribune. His company, GK Development, just bought the Holiday Village Mall in Great Falls.
* AP reports story on Fargo potentially tapping Lake Ashtabula if the Red River keeps dropping. I don't know how alarmed they are down there but it reminds me of how not alarmed Grand Forks water people are, as I mentioned in this story. Grand Forks gets water from the Red Lake River and the Red River and we're first in line for Lake Ashtabula water, too.
If you'll recall, we're still working out which city pays how much for that project to pipe Missouri River water to the Red River Valley. This is another a reminder of how much more Fargo appears to need an alternate water source compared to Grand Forks. (Of course, some think that when the big drought strikes we'd need the pipe almost as badly as Fargo.)
* Pictures from The Herz's wedding here and here. Bridesmaid Lisa took the picture so it's more like photos from "The Herryn's" wedding.
* Off topic: Anybody read Garfield this past week, the one with the amnesiac date? Garfield has been consistently unfunny for the past, what, 15 years? Is this the start of an era of non-suckiness for the Herald's suckiest comic? I sure hope so.
posted by Tu-Uyen at 11:43 PM
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"The town really wants to shop at the mall now. Retail sales have increased in each of the last two years."
Comments like this have always amused me. There's a bit on the Simpsons, where someone is crowing about how something "contains a percentage of recycled material." When cornered on it, the spokesman says "Well, zero is a percentage!"
I can't remember the last time I went to the mall during the day (the only time I go,) and it was particularly well trafficked. Maybe Christmas. Generally, it looks like a ghost town. I'd thought that the food court might bring in more day time shoppers, but nothing in there (as of yet) makes it somewhere I was to go out of my way for for lunch.
Fill in those empty stores, get a couple more vendors in the food court, and maybe you'll see reasonable "year to year gains." Saying that this year sales were up 100% doesn't mean much when this years amount is $2 and last year was only $1
I slighty agree with Dale on this one. The Columbia Mall seems to have the same traffic since I can remember. There always seems to be vacant spots throughout the mall, especially near the old Target area.
As for the food court. If the mall doesn't see any new restaurants/fast food move in, thats going to fail within the next year.
It's weird, I can almost pin point every location in town thats going to fail for moving in a certain location. Or about to fail.
Mostly my opinion, though. :)
Makes me wonder how Minot, for being it's size (What? 34,000?), gets all these big named retail stores?
I'm not putting you guys down and saying you shouldn't get any of these stores. But what other surrounding communities benefit from this? Or what other "bedroom" communities surround Minot?
Grand Forks has of course, EGF, Thompson, Manvel, and the airbase. So essentially that makes around 70,000 people around the GF/EGF area. Oh, I almost forgot the Canadian shoppers.
Minot is semi-close to having all the same big-box/retailers now. And it's half the population of the GF metro.
Theres no jelously in my post if you think so. I am just merley curious.
Brooks, you said that all those stores such as Old Navy, Coldstone, Carmike, and Sheels under one roof? Well, thats the problem with our city. All those stores you named off, are not under the same roof. They're spread out. Although they're in the same general location of each other. So the Columbia Mall is not seeing the sales it should, imo.
To sum this up, something needs to fill the old Target spot, soon. It's been vacant for what now.. 6-7 years?
Has there been some consideration from any kind of businesses besides that theater and Herbergers?
I personally like seeing major chains like those mentioned have their own buildings and not just all gathered up in one mall.
I should point out that - other than the anchors - West Acres doesn't have big-box stores in it, yet it is very successful.
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