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Fargo, ND: A City Redesigns Stormwater Infrastructure as Public Space

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Unlike most places in the United States, the City of Fargo, North Dakota is essentially flat. When the nearby Red River Valley crests above its banks, as it did in 2000, the city must deal with the financial and human costs of a major flood catastrophe. In response, the city built a series of 20 drainage basins over the last decade to protect its urban infrastructure, paying little attention to the social and cultural impact on city inhabitants. The basins cut off and isolated neighborhoods, affecting mainly low-income and immigrant communities. To fix the problem, the city was recently awarded a NEA Our Town grant for its ‘creative placemaking’ approach to turn the basins from a public liability to a community asset. Creative States explains the innovative collaboration between artists and city planners on the Fargo Water Project.

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Maren Maier

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Maren Maier, graduate of the Design Management Program at Pratt Institute, is Founder and Editor of Creative States, a media platform that explores bold new creativity in the public realm. It highlights creative champions that challenge the political status quo, encourage new forms of civic engagement, and inspire citizen ingenuity in the making of a new America. Until a recent move to Germany, she oversaw the green business certification program at Green America. www.creative-states.org @Creative_States

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