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Spring is in the Downtown Air!

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Mike Allmendinger

With rising rivers now a thing of the past (at least for awhile), it seems that spring has sprung in downtown Fargo. There's a lot happening over the next couple months, and we've highlighted a few events in this newsletter.

We're excited to welcome two new businesses to downtown Fargo: Art Materials at 300 Broadway and Polished Nail Spa at 102 Broadway. Welcome to the downtown scene! These businesses, scheduled to open in late May, bring something new to downtown Fargo. Take a stroll and pop into businesses new and old.. Things are changing in downtown Fargo!

The spring air certainly has had an effect on us! In conjunction with the upcoming Spring Parade of Homes, scheduled from April 24 to May 2, we're offering a Parade of Homes special on unit 202 at 300 Broadway. Regularly priced at $240,000, the Parade of Homes special--good only during the Spring Parade of Homes dates--is $219,000. That's a savings of more than $20,000! To learn more about taking advantage of this special, or to get a tour of unit 202, contact Carol Raney or Ben Schroeder of Park Company Realtors.

I hope you take the time to enjoy the wonder and beauty of spring by "unplugging" and going for a walk or run to take in the newness of the season. Here's to spring!

Mike Allmendinger
General Manager, Kilbourne Group

The Old and The New ...

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Doug Burgum

"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

With 2009 drawing to a close, we have much to celebrate, and much for which to be grateful.

Let's begin this gratitude round-up with a spotlight on our area youth!

In our last issue, we highlighted the remarkable youth-led Fill The Dome 2009 event. These enterprising young students blew away their "75 tons, 75 thousand" goal: they collected 101 tons of food and $106,000 to fight hunger in our community! And they gathered more than 3,200 signatures acknowledging that hunger is in issue in the Fargo-Moorhead area. It's not too late to add your name to the petition; click on the soup can at the Fill the Dome website for more info.

What an inspirational example of teamwork across more than 50 different schools! The collaboration of these students stands again as a challenge to all "adult-led" organizations to look creatively and collaboratively beyond their own borders and jurisdictions to find better solutions for our community. Kilbourne Group was proud to be a major sponsor of the regional event. Congratulations to these student organizers and volunteers, and to all who supported them!

During the 2009 flood fight, The Salvation Army's canteen trucks and staff were "on the streets" for 62 days straight providing food, beverages, clean-up kits and emotional and spiritual support to both flood volunteers and those families displaced by the flood. This is just one example of the tremendous service The Salvation Army provides our community and all those in need.

It is my great privilege to be this year's honorary chairperson for The Army's annual Red Kettle Campaign. As of this writing, we're at 60 percent toward our record goal of $650,000. You can check out our progress by visiting The Salvation Army Fargo - 2009 Red Kettle Campaign on Facebook.

Thank you to all who have dropped a donation in the red kettles sprinkled throughout the Fargo-Moorhead area. Your gift makes a difference! We are grateful that so many of you are choosing to give something back to the organization that gave so much to us all last spring!

Kilbourne Group had a number of cool accomplishments and accolades in 2009. You can read more about them here. Success on this scale requires a huge team effort. We offer our hearty thanks to all our customers, partners, tenants, vendors, service providers, team members and friends for helping us deliver on our mission of revitalizing downtown Fargo with Respect for the Past, Gratitude for the Present and Inspiration for the Future.

This holiday season, as a gift to yourself, make time to enjoy the magic this season holds ... the sights, the sounds, the smells, the joys. Ring a bell. Give your time and attention. Get together with friends, the old and the new. Emails and smartphones and text messages will wait. To truly enjoy the magic - to experience it, to feel it - one must live in the moment and be present to that moment. Here's to you being that "present". Happy Holidays!

A Few Minutes for Gratitude …

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Doug Burgum, Founder and Chairman, Kilbourne Group

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense out of the past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

Area youth are creating a vision for tomorrow through Fill the Dome 2009. The student-led, student-run event aims to raise $75,000, garner 7,500 signatures of awareness of hunger, and cover the Fargodome floor with 75 tons of food on November 23. Wow!

The annual event was created in June 2007 when area high school student council leaders decided they wanted to do “something big” as a way to show gratitude and give back to their communities. We’d say they’ve succeeded: Fill The Dome has raised $60,000 and collected 110 tons of food in the last two years. Again … wow!

Kilbourne Group is proud to sponsor Fill The Dome. Our support for hunger relief is long held: many readers will remember contributing canned goods at the Great Plains Holiday Wine and Cheese events. The issue of hunger in Fargo-Moorhead is real, and the Food Bank and area homeless shelters are to be commended for their part for helping ensure that food is available to those in need. To learn how you may contribute food, time, money and your signature of awareness, click here.

During this season of thankfulness and gratitude, it’s important to take a few moments every day to acknowledge our blessings … and our challenges, too. Challenges make us stronger, drive innovation and give us insight for the future. In our often hectic and “over-connected” lives, it’s easy to overlook gratitude. Set aside a few minutes every day this month for gratitude. Simply giving thanks can have a profound effect on your attitude, outlook and outcomes. Gratitude truly does unlock the fullness of life.

Enjoy the journey,

Doug Burgum

Founder and Chairman, Kilbourne Group

P.S. It is with gratitude that I can share info about Fill The Dome and other Kilbourne Group-related activities through this newsletter. As always, we welcome your feedback on our projects and on future topics for this newsletter; simply send us an email at info@kilbournegroup.com.

On This Harvest Moon …

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Doug Burgum, Founder and Chairman, Kilbourne Group

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

October … homecoming games, brilliant leaves, crisp apples, ripe pumpkins … and this year, a Full Harvest Moon.

Full moon names date back hundreds of years ago to Native American tribes of the northern and eastern United States. These tribes tracked the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon. The names were applied to the entire month in which each full moon occurred.

Traditionally, the Full Harvest Moon designation goes to the full moon that occurs closest to the Autumnal Equinox. While the Harvest Moon usually occurs in September, sometimes – as is the case in 2009 – it falls in early October (specifically, 1:10 a.m. CT Sunday, October 4). Usually the full moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night. And if the sky is unclouded, there is full moonlight almost from sunset to sunrise.

Like full moonlight, downtown Fargo shines brightly with opportunities, adventures and new businesses. This month’s newsletter highlights a few. As always, we welcome your feedback on our projects and on future topics for this newsletter; simply send us an email at info@kilbournegroup.com.

In October, take time to “disconnect” and truly enjoy the beauty and abundance of autumn. You won’t regret it.

Enjoy the journey,

Doug Burgum

Founder and Chairman, Kilbourne Group

Kilbourne Group Comments on Broadway Block Option Agreement

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Mike Allmendinger, GM of Kilbourne Group

As you might have heard, Kilbourne Group issued a press release yesterday announcing that we have reached a real estate purchase option agreement with U.S. Bank for property located between Second Avenue and Third Avenue North and along Broadway in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. The property is currently occupied by the U.S. Bank surface parking lot and plaza. It is owned and controlled by U.S. Bank.

I want to take this opportunity to address some of the outstanding questions that have arisen:

1. We have been in discussions with U.S. Bank for the last two years regarding this property.

2. We have not yet purchased this property. Rather, we have an option to buy the property within the next three years. It is the first step in the economic and design feasibility studies needed to establish possible development plans for the property.

3. We do not yet know what we will do with this property if we do indeed purchase it. This will take time to determine, and decisions will be based upon diligent economic and feasibility studies as well as input from the downtown community. Kilbourne Group will work closely with U.S Bank and the City of Fargo during the studies to determine how best to enhance downtown Fargo through the property’s potential development.

4. The property that Kilbourne Group has an option to buy does not include the parking ramp that the City of Fargo owns. The ramp is currently owned by the City of Fargo, and the City is looking at ways to build a new ramp.

Hip. Urban. Home. 300 Broadway Condominiums.

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Yvonne Denault

Welcome to the launch of the Kilbourne Group website. We are thrilled to share photo profiles of all our available properties, and keep the Fargo-Moorhead community updated on our efforts to help revitalize the downtown core.

One of many exceptional properties from Kilbourne Group, the 300 Broadway condos offer unrivaled living in downtown Fargo.

The condominiums are located on 300 Broadway’s second, third and fourth floors and feature granite countertops, reclaimed maple hardwood flooring, high ceilings, energy-efficient construction, numerous customization options and underground heated parking.

Unique to the 300 Broadway condos are porches facing Broadway as well as rooftop gardens for fourth floor residents. Pets are welcome; in fact, the building features a secure dog walking area. 300 Broadway is within Fargo’s Renaissance Zone, creating the potential for buyers to save thousands in personal income tax and property tax for up to five years.

300 Broadway condos combine creative architecture with functional design and offer low maintenance, contemporary living in the heart of downtown Fargo.

Now is the time to live, work and play in a 300 Broadway condominium!

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Posted on July 26, 2009 by Yvonne

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