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City staff recommends new lease with incoming Country Inn & Suites owner for Big Wood Event Center lobby

Fergus Falls City Committee of the Whole · January 29, 2026
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Staff told the committee the hotel lobby/desk at 921 Western Avenue sits on city property at the Big Wood Event Center and recommended drafting a new lease (identical to the prior informal agreement) to accommodate the incoming Country Inn & Suites owner; the committee voted to forward the lease to the full council.

City staff recommended the committee forward a proposed space lease to the full council that would allow the incoming owner of the Country Inn & Suites to continue operating the hotel lobby and desk within the footprint of the Big Wood Event Center.

Andrew Brensett, the staff presenter, said the prior arrangement with the existing hotel operator was followed in practice even though a signed lease could not be located. He told the committee the new owner…

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