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West Fargo commission extends Renaissance Zone for five years, adds blocks
Summary
The West Fargo City Commission voted May 19 to extend its Renaissance Zone program through a five-year abatement option and to add several blocks to the zone; no public speakers opposed the extension during the public hearing.
The West Fargo City Commission voted May 19 to extend the city's Renaissance Zone program and to keep its existing five-year abatement cap while adding additional blocks to the zone.
The extension, presented by Casey Sanders Bergland, West Fargo's director of economic development, preserves the program's current eligibility rules and five-year property tax abatement cap rather than adopting a state law change that would allow abatements up to eight years. The commission also approved adding blocks 34 through 40 to the Renaissance Zone map while maintaining blocks 1 through 33.
The Renaissance Zone program is intended…
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