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News, Upcoming Events, and AnnouncementsChad Vogel brings 20 years of mortgage experience to CommunityWorks North Dakota board
Chad Vogel of Minot joined the CommunityWorks North Dakota Board of Directors earlier this summer. Vogel is the branch manager of PRMI - The Dakota Group, a branch office of Salt Lake City-based national mortgage lender. Established in 1998, PRMI operates branches...
Couples purchase ‘The Hair Academy,’ once again use LCD Group’s services
The Hair Academy in Bismarck is under new management and the North Dakota Opportunity Fund helped make the purchase possible. Co-owning couples Colton and Samantha Shoults and Jordin and Andrea Birst officially purchased the business on August 2. The couples secured...
Financial Times: U.S. home prices worrying policymakers
Financial Times explores U.S. housing boom's impacts on smaller markets, affordability concerns, and how remote work is fueling demand. (Source: Financial Times) — A decade ago, the average house in Ohio’s leafy state capital Columbus would sit on the market for...
Several North Dakota communities may benefit from two special federal programs
Local and tribal governments are encouraged to learn more, contact LCD Group for advice and assistance. It’s the federal agency most Americans know little to nothing about. But it’s one agency that impacts almost every American in one way or another. And never...
LCD Group volunteers for Great Plains Food Bank, participates in annual United Way ‘Day of Caring’
Lewis & Clark Development Group employees continued their annual participation in Missouri Slope Areawide United Way's 'Day of Caring' on August 11. LCD Group team members Brent Ekstrom, Matt Burthold, Lyle Hogue, Erika Anderson, Dorothy Martin, Cheryl...
Finding a need and filling it. North Dakota Opportunity Fund is helping Bismarck’s Dream Center become a reality.
For the last 15 years, The Banquet has been addressing food insecurity in the Bismarck-Mandan community. The nonprofit organization has been providing hot meals and fellowship for individuals and families of all ages at Bismarck's Trinity Lutheran Church every...
American Bankers Association: U.S. housing market numbers by state and region; North Dakota home values rose less than 8 percent
(Source: ABA Banking Journal) — The COVID-19 pandemic created the deepest economic contraction in modern U.S. history and lead to considerable uncertainty. However, it also teed up the conditions that created the red hot housing market across the country. National...
Lewis & Clark Development Group lending tripled in 2020
For almost everyone, 2020 is a year to forget. But new numbers show that in the 52 year history of the Lewis & Clark Development Group, 2020 will likely go down as the organization's most important year. The numbers set to be released in the organization's Fiscal...
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency to host Multifamily Housing Forum, September 14-15
BISMARCK, ND – North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) will host a Multifamily Housing Forum on September 15, 2021, at the Radisson Hotel in Bismarck, ND. The event will be preceded by a Uniform Physical Conditions Standards (UPCS) training for the agency’s...
CDBG funds approved for housing and water projects in Steele, Carson, and Coleharbor
The Lewis & Clark Regional Development Council (RDC) Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) Scoring and Ranking Committee recently approved $311,678 in total funding for four projects in Kidder, Grant, and McLean counties. The approval concludes the annual...
