Month: October 2017

Dragons Provide Creative Solutions

  Students of Graphic Communications at Minnesota State University Moorhead spend the 2017 fall semester honing their skills in various multimedia design and have chosen World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park as the subject for their projects. The students are tasked with designing interactive digital experiences enhancing the features of World Garden Commons. They are…
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October 25, 2017 0

Fargo Featured in Field Guide for Creative Placemaking

  Of the eleven case studies featured in The Field Guide for Creative Placemaking and Parks, between the stories of a recreational path in Chicago and an urban wilderness in Huston, is a telling of World Garden Commons, the pilot site of The Fargo Project located at Rabanus Park. The Field Guide for Creative Placemaking…
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October 19, 2017 0

Students Practice Stream Restoration

  Members of the Natural Resources Management Club and Wildlife Society at NDSU spent an evening placing rocks in the water near the confluence of the two inlets under the advice of Natural Resources Management Professor, Jack Norland, PhD. The World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park is the stormwater pond restoration pilot for The Fargo…
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October 10, 2017 0

Public Art Master Plan

Fargo’s public art can be a catalyst for expansive thinking, cultural evolution, social openness and cohesion as demonstrated by the process and approach of The Fargo Project. “…Public Art is a growing contributor to the quality of life in Fargo.” The City of Fargo recently published the Fargo Public Art Master Plan, facilitated by Forecast…
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October 9, 2017 0

Take A Walk – New Paths

Much of the work planned for World Garden Commons at Rabanus Park is emerging during construction this fall. Today the most notable are the raised paths. Mowed and raised paths connect the features and encourage people to explore the urban prairie installation within the stormwater basin.  They are built on a rock bed that allows…
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October 9, 2017 0