Business View Magazine | March 2018

152 as a transfer point,abetted in themodern era,by its proximity to twomajor highways–Interstate 94,which runs east/west,and Interstate 29,which runs north/ south through Fargo–and two airports. “We’re centrallyconnected,”affirms Lisa Bode,Moor- head’s Director of CommunityDevelopment.“We’re an amazing location for a logistics companyor a distribu- tion center for that very reason–easyaccess to several interstates.Andwe not onlyhave the Fargo airport, Moorhead has its ownmunicipal airport for general aviation,and our industrial park is on the rail line.So when you talkabout multi-modal facilities,nomatter howit’s coming in or going out,Moorhead is verywell situated.” “We’re blessed inMoorhead that we have avery diversified economy,”adds CindyGraffeo,Executive Director of the city’s EconomicDevelopmentAuthority. “Everything fromagriculture to higher education.We have aviation out at the airport; the health sector is very large in our area; we have a strongmanufacturing presence out in our industrial park.So,we’re getting a lot of growth froma lot of different sectors.” Moorhead is also a cityof attractive,welcoming neighborhoods.“It’s a diverse housing stock,”says Dan Mahli,Assistant CityManager.“There are great places where residents can age in place,the children are‘free- range,’and access to amenities and services is a short walkaway.”“We have standards that everyresident should live nomore than half amile away froma park,” adds Bode.“So,whenwe lookat platting our subdivi- sions and putting developers toworkon that,we place a value on that public space and the qualityof life no matter where people live in the city.We’re investing in thewhole community.” Oneway inwhichMoorhead is investing in its neighborhoods is via a partnershipwith amajor finan- MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA