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Maintaining Downtown: it takes a lot of work to look this good

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Even the iconic Fargo Theater sign on Broadway needs maintenance and restoration.

Samantha Rachuy, MSUM Mass Communications

FARGO, N.D. — Visitors to downtown Fargo will tell you: The downtown area is beautiful, from the sidewalks to the storefronts. These visitors, whether visiting just once or visiting daily, don’t often consider the amount of work required to maintain the beautiful downtown area.
However,  Fargo city staff are all too familiar with the workload required to beautify the once-grungy downtown area.

Community development department commits to a clean Fargo
Keeping an entire city beautiful is not the task of one person; therefore, the city of Fargo has an entire team, the Planning and Development Department, devoted to keeping the city looking great. The department focuses on the problems and solutions citywide with housing, neighborhoods, homelessness, land use, parking and downtown Fargo.

“My position with the city of Fargo is a senior planner of downtown/parking,” said Robert Stein. “ I am directly responsible for managing the maintenance of 11 parking facilities and any type of repairs within those lots.”

While Stein spends a majority of his time managing parking facilities, he also works hand -in -hand with the Fargo Community Development Team and the Downtown Community Partnership.

“I work with all Fargo neighborhoods, specifically on neighborhood improvement issues,” said Nate Bailly, community development planner. “We have utilized federal resources to help make building facade improvements in downtown.”

Even though the city of Fargo has dedicated departments, the effort to preserve the appearance of downtown extends outside city staff.

Business and property owners join the effort

While the city of Fargo is committed to maintaining downtown, business and property owners are making efforts as well. The combined public-private effort is known as the Business Improvement District.

“The Business Improvement District, BID, formed when business and property owners banded together and asked the city to access them,” Stein said.

The Business Improvement District can be specifically targeted to improve the following maintenance projects:

  • Recycling programs;
  • Litter removal;
  • Sidewalk and driveway cleanup;
  • Landscaping and
  • Creation of maintenance crews and clean teams

“The BID will allow us to improve downtown better than we ever have before,” said Stein.

With multiple projects happening simultaneously, expenses accumulate rapidly; therefore, the city must have federal grants in place before efforts begin.

Grant provides funds for downtown maintenance

The Fargo Planning and Development Department has had funds available for business and property owners who wish to improve their establishments since 2000. According to the city of Fargo website, the Storefront/Downtown Rehab Grant program developed from “allocated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.”

“The central goal of the program is to improve blighted areas of the downtown area through the restoration of building facades,” said Bailly.

The program has potential funds available to building and property owners for

  • Renovations to buildings other than facade work;
  • Demolition of buildings;
  • Parking improvements;
  • Landscape work and
  • Design projects.

Program qualifications, according to the city of Fargo website, state that applicants are eligible “for a 50 percent matching grant, up to $15,000 (depending on available program funding).”

To ensure that the Storefront/Downtown Rehab Grant funding is distributed strictly towards downtown improvements, the eligible property must be located within designated areas of downtown Fargo. The following map provides detail about locations that lie within are within funding eligible areas.

The above map provides interested applicants a detailed description about which locations are eligible for the Storefront/Downtown Rehab Grant.

Building and property owners who are interested in applying for the Storefront/Downtown Rehab Grant must complete an application available on the city of Fargo website (top link on the right-aligned tabs) and return it to the Fargo Planning and Development Department.

12 Broadway before rehabilitation began. Photo provided by the city of Fargo.

12 Broadway after rehabilitation began. Photo provided by the city of Fargo.

14 Roberts Street before rehabilitation began. Photo by the city of Fargo.

14 Roberts Street after rehabilitation began. Photo by the city of Fargo.

Department provides restoration while maintaining historic preservation
The Fargo Planning and Development department spends a great deal of  time restoring downtown Fargo to look fresh and new; however, historic preservation must be taken into consideration before any changes are made.

“Historic preservation is a central driver to updating downtown,” said Bailly. “All downtown/storefront projects must be in compliance with the (U.S.) Secretary of the Interior’s standards for the historic properties.”

The Fargo Historic Preservation Commission must approve each project before any work begins. According to the city of Fargo website, the historic preservation commission is responsible for

  •  “Identifying, evaluating and designating properties’ significance in the history, architecture, engineering and culture of the community, state and nation.”
  •  “Retaining and enhancing historic properties while allowing their adaptation for current use by assuring that alterations are compatible with their historic character.”
  •  “Assuring that new construction and subdivision of lots in designated historic districts complies with the standards of the Land Development Code.

Historic preservation and modern renovations provide downtown Fargo character.

Enjoy the following sequence of photos that  show the unique character and beauty of downtown Fargo.

 

Storytelling gains a new platform: Q&A with founder of ‘The Tell’

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Charly Haley, MSUM Multimedia Journalism

Laura Egland, founder of ‘The Tell,’ speaks at the first event, ‘Fear.’

FARGO, N.D. – While a project out of New York City may have sparked Laura Egland’s recent creative venture, stories and people from Fargo-Moorhead are what cultivated her inspiration.

The 39-year-old Fargo resident knows that people have stories to tell. She also knows that others will listen. A few months ago, Egland came up with a way to bring those people together and give them an outlet.

She started “The Tell,” a monthly story slam in October at Studio 222 at 222 Broadway in downtown Fargo.

The day after the November event, Egland told the story of “The Tell” to “Doing it Downtown.”

DoingitDT: Tell me about ‘The Tell,’ and how you came up with the idea.

Jacinta Thieschafer won the first ‘Tell’ with her story ‘Slice on slice.’

Egland: All right, well, do you want the long story or the short story?

Whatever you feel like.

Well, I’m feeling pretty wordy. So, about four or five years ago I got my first iPod Touch, and with that came with what I felt was a responsibility to start downloading podcasts even though I had no idea what a podcast was or what was good or even what was popular. So I cruised through the iTunes store and I found a logo that I liked and it was for “The Moth.” So I started downloading those and within, I would say, about two sessions of them I was hooked. “The Moth” is a story slam out of New York City and the sole inspiration for “The Tell.”

So, you could call it a rip-off if you want, that’s fine, but that’s exactly what I did. And I liken it to as a human being, you know, what a baby looks like, you know how to make one, just about anybody can get one by one means or another, but we all want our own, and that’s exactly how this happened. I saw “The Moth” as their baby, and I wanted to create my own. So I very purposely went about not learning anything about story slams because I wanted it to be very organic and I wanted it to come from a place of true learning, which to me involves mistakes.

Mark Anderson tells ‘Fear of public speaking.’

So the only background that I have in story slams or story competitions is listening to “The Moth.” That’s it. And I found myself so very inspired, and feeling so connected to people who, based on their names and knowing what part of the country they’re from and what sort of occupations they hold, thinking that I would have nothing in common with them to feeling this unbelievable connectivity with someone whose face I couldn’t even see. It was profound for me. So I wanted to bring that to Fargo.

We have such a great music scene. We have a great theater scene; we have a great bar scene. We have all kinds of great scenes, but we didn’t have a story scene that I knew about or that appealed to me. There are some really fantastic poetry groups in town, but that doesn’t appeal to me. Not everything is for everybody, like not everybody likes rap music, it’s that kind of idea. So to bring another way for us to connect as a community is really my sole purpose for bringing “The Tell” to Fargo.

There have been two events so far, right?

Maria Bosak tells her story, ‘Sixteen.’

There are six events in the season. The season runs from October to April, and this is the first season. We’re skipping December, and a finalist is chosen by a panel of judges from each event and all five finalists will go on to the Tell-Off in April.

How has it been going so far?

The first one was great. The second one was fan-f—ing-tastic. It was really great. For the first one, I would say 80 percent of people were my friends and people that I know on Facebook, and from last night, we did the math, and I knew 25 percent of the audience. And that’s what we want, right? I love it when my friends come to my stuff, love it. But I wanted to reach people that I otherwise would have really no knowledge of their existence. So we had a great gamut of ages; we had a great gamut of socio-economical happenings and it made me happy, happy, happy. And everybody had a good time. It was perfect.

So, the first one was ‘Fear,’ and the second one was about accidents?

Lawrence Vanderbush tells ‘Don’t believe them.’

It was “Whoops” and yes. In January it will be “First Time for Everything.” So how the night goes is, doors open at 6:30; you come in; you pay your five bucks, and there’s a cash bar for those of legal ages for wine and beer. And you stake out your seat, and if you want a chance to tell you fill out a media release, and you put it in the hat, and we pull 10 names out of the hat, one at a time, throughout the evening. And those people will get up and tell.

They have a five-minute time limit with a 60-second grace period, and as long as it fits within the theme and it’s an original story – it needs to be a first-hand, true experience – then you’re well within the rules. The panel of judges is comprised of three people, and they grade based on whether or not it’s really a story, like does it follow the arch, does it have a beginning, a middle and an end? Is it compelling? Does it engage the audience? And how was the connection? Was the connection there?

Who are the judges?

It varies. I have different ones every time. Usually my friends or just people that I know.

So I pretty much understand what ‘The Tell’ is all about, but what do you do, outside of ‘The Tell?’

Hannah Andring tells ‘Gym class.’

By day I’m an office manager for a janitorial company, and then I have my own company on the side – I do work as a psychic. The psychic medium, specifically, and I have a company called Vision Architect, where I work with companies and couples and small businesses to get their vision out on paper so that they actually have a list of their values. It’s very value-based.

Do you have anything else you’d like to add about ‘The Tell?’

BIll Lucas tells his story for ‘Fear.’

The thing about “The Tell,” and about storytelling in particular, is that people don’t want to speak in public. I hear that over and over again, ‘I’d never get up, I’d never get up.’ But so far both of our winners for each event have came in thinking they weren’t going to tell, and then halfway through were inspired to get up and tell a story that they had not prepared, and yet they won. So “The Tell” and storytelling are about inspiration. It’s about showing your own vulnerability, combined with your own greatness, and giving somebody else permission to do the same. That’s what we do.

To listen to audio from October’s Tell, “Fear,” click here.

Schedule for the rest of ‘The Tell’ season:

Jan. 9: “First Time for Everything”

Feb. 6: “Love”

March 7: “Ingenuity”

April 4: Winners compete in “The Tell-Off”

All events: 7 p.m., Studio 222 in downtown Fargo, $5

For more information: thetellfargo.blogspot.com and Facebook.com/TheTellFargo

Photos by Frozen Music Studios Photography, courtesy of Laura Egland

Following her dream: Experienced retail worker opens new boutique

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Charly Haley, MSUM Multimedia Journalism

Violet Vintage looks out into the courtyard of the Black Building. Owner Pam Kinslow has stocked an eclectic variety of items from clothing, to jewelry, to furniture.

Pam Kinslow, 50, opened Violet Vintage on Oct. 16 in the Black Building on Broadway in downtown Fargo.

FARGO, N.D. – When Pam Kinslow was a little girl, she admired her Grandma Violet.

“She was like this movie star grandmother,” Kinslow said. “She always had this beautiful style of dressing, with her pearls and her beautiful heels. She was just stunning.”

Something about Violet’s fashion sense sparked an interest in Kinslow.

Years later, at about age 20, Kinslow started working in boutiques.

Violet Vintage owner Pam Kinslow keeps a photograph of her Grandma Violet, who is the store’s namesake.

“I grew up in Fargo, so I’m kind of an old Fargo girl, and I’ve worked all of my life in this town,” she said. “I spent many years working locally here for all sorts of beautiful boutiques that were owned by other women.”

This past summer, after almost 30 years in the boutique business, Kinslow, 50, decided to open her own store named Violet Vintage, after her grandma, Violet.

Vintage hats and dresses at Violet Vintage.

She made up her mind

Violet Vintage, located in the Black Building in downtown Fargo, officially opened Oct. 16.

Kinslow first noticed the open location this spring. It’s above The Red Door, a high-end art boutique owned by Janice Scott, Kinslow’s friend and former boss. Kinslow peeked into the windows of her own future store, and after a week, decided to call and ask how much the rent was.

Violet Vintage has knickknacks like candles and cards.

After another week, Kinslow’s sister and mother came to look at the space.

“They were just like, ‘Pam, you need to do this. You need to just open a little boutique already, you’ve talked about it for years,’ ” Kinslow said.

Scott and Kinslow’s other friends and co-workers encouraged her, too.

“This has been her dream,” Scott said. “She’d tell all her friends, and everyone knew.

Violet Vintage owner Pam Kinslow displayed this jewelry from a Chicago designer in a picture frame.

Everyone is so excited for her now.”

Kinslow was hesitant at first, mainly for financial reasons. At the time, she was a full-time employee at O’Day Cache boutique downtown, owned by Cindy O’Day.

“When I found out what the rent was,” Kinslow said, “I thought, ‘You know what, maybe I better do it because if I don’t, I’ll wonder my whole life why I didn’t try it,’ and I didn’t want to feel like I’d be 80 or 90 years old and look back and think, ‘Why didn’t I just do it?’ ”

She reflected on experiences

“I’ve worked for all these other fabulous women,” Kinslow said, “I feel like I’ve really pretty much had the experience and the knowledge to do this. It was just to find enough faith in myself, to believe that I could try doing this. So I kind of did some soul-searching for a week and then I thought, ‘Just do it, Pam, just sign a lease and give it a whirl.’ ”

Violet Vintage has lampshades made by an artists in Menahga, Minn.

Most of Kinslow’s retail experience comes from working nearly 20 years at Laurie’s, a high-end women’s clothing store in West Acres mall. There, she practiced one-on-one selling and waited on clients, many of whom she developed long-term friendships with.

Before Laurie’s, Kinslow worked at Little Women and Victoria’s Secret in West Acres, and the Plains Art Museum when it was located in Moorhead, Minn.

In the early 2000s, Kinslow met Scott in downtown Fargo. At the time, Scott owned The Red Shoe boutique on Broadway, near the then also recently opened O’Day Cache and Shannalee Boutique.

There are handmade paper diaries at Violet Vintage.

Kinslow loved The Red Shoe so much that Scott invited her to work there when she had a day off from Laurie’s. While working there, Kinslow fell in love with downtown Fargo.

“Something just came over me with the aura of downtown,” she said.

When she went back to her job at West Acres, something was missing.

“I just didn’t get the same enjoyment as I felt I did when I would be downtown,” Kinslow said.

She took a job at Shannalee, and eventually ended up in her job at O’Day Cache, which is where she’s worked for the past three years. Even with Violet Vintage opening, Kinslow still works at O’Day Cache once a week.

She decided on a style

Natural lavender products are for sale at Violet Vintage.

After Kinslow signed the lease in June for Violet Vintage, she then had to decide what kind of store it would be.

“I thought, ‘Well the high-end clothing thing would be kind of out of my price range,’ ” she said. “So I thought, ‘I’m going to go for the kind of old, true vintage mixed, with a little modern.’ And I thought, ‘That I could do.’ ”

Displaying merchandise was Violet Vintage owner Pam Kinslow’s specialty at her previous retail jobs.

She started collecting home decor items, clothing and art. As she planned, she connected with many local business owners and artists to help fill her store.

Vintage Violet has many original items, like handmade paper diaries, natural lavender products, new and vintage clothing, jewelry, prints and decor. There are several items by regional artists, including vintage lampshades and ceramic pottery. There are also a few furniture pieces.

“I’m going to bring in more interesting things as I go,” Kinslow said.

Now that she finally has her own store, she said, “It just feels like what I should be doing.”

Bras on Broadway impacting lives

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Katherine Beneby, MSUM Mass Communications

FARGO, N.D. – She has a strong zeal for her community. Whether she is volunteering at a retirement center or purchasing produce and meat from local producers.

She thinks about social issues often and creates opportunities for customers to contribute to causes like Riverkeepers and Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk.

Karen Stoker-HODO Owner

Karen Stoker, successful business owner of Hotel Donaldson, downtown Fargo.

As owner of Hotel Donaldson, Karen Stoker, 49, has a passion for building the Fargo-Moorhead community. Her major initiative is to bring breast cancer awareness through the Bras on Broadway fundraiser.

“You get so much when you give a little and I love that opportunity,” Stoker said.

Q: How did Bras on Broadway come about?

A: Well seven years ago a friend of mine and I were having lunch. Her sister had been at an event for breast cancer where the artist in this town made wearable work. And (her friend) said, “You know with all the art and the relationship you have with the artists, I thought it was a pretty cool idea, what do you think?” I said, “I think we should give it a try.”

So the first year we sold out and rose over $13,000 so were thrilled with that. The second year we had more people that wanted to make bras and since we sold out, you know we can only get so many people in the building. We had an idea from one of our sponsors about maybe collecting old bras and people can pitch in five bucks and that way more people could participate. So we added that element to Bras on Broadway and it has continued to grow.

Bras stung together

Bras strung together across Hotel Donaldson to create awareness about breast cancer.

Last year we raised over $100,000 so from $13,000 to $100,000 in six years is pretty phenomenal. We’re the only fundraiser that works with American Cancer Society so all the money stays in North Dakota and North Western Minnesota. It all goes to gas cards.

The average commute for a woman getting treatment is 140 miles because we’re such a rural area. So that doesn’t take very many trips for your treatment to make a dent in your monthly budget. The money goes, it doesn’t last a year. We hope to raise enough money to have it last a year.

Q: Who are some the big artists involved in this project?

A: We added non-wearable work. The first year was just bras and then there were many artists that wanted to contribute and are very generous, and we asked them to as well. Walter Heil donated a piece. His show is up in the restaurant right now. Carl Oltvedt, who is a professor at MSUM. Modern Man, a very well-known artist in the region, Punchgut and then there are people who name maybe not as recognized.

Bra designed by Punchgut

A bra designed by Punchgut for Bras on Broadway in 2008.

So we’ll have about 45 wearable (art pieces) and, based on last year, we had right around 90 pieces of art, both wearable and non-wearable.

Q: How does the auctioning process work?

That is the night of the event where we have a silent auction. So we’ll have 40-some women wearing beautiful pieces and then people write their number. They get a bidding number, and the amount of money they would want to bid on the bra. Next year we’re pretty sure we’ll be able to do that online.

Q: What has been the highest bid on a bra?

A: We’ve had bras go for over $800.

Bras on Broadway 2009

Bras strung together to create awareness about breast cancer in 2009.

Q: How is the Bras on Broadway party funded?

A: We have the lowest cost percentage of any fundraiser in the American Cancer Society. We do it for about 14 cents on the dollar. We get everything from toilet paper to wine contributed by people in the community. That’s really huge. We’re raising a lot of money and spending very little because everyone is so generous and helping us make this happen.

Those items I just mentioned are given to us to use for the party. So we’ll have one of our reps contact a vineyard and they’ll donate a case of wine. That night we have a drink list. One-hundred percent of the money you buy that drink for goes to Bras on Broadway because someone’s donated pink vodka, someone has donated pink champagne; we mix it up and make it cool.

Q: For people who do not know about the cause, has anyone ever complained about it being offensive?

A: Yes, almost once a year we get one call. We just listen to them and say we respect their opinion and that our efforts are helping hundreds of people and our neighbors. That’s why it is so successful.

Q: How is this year different from previous years?

A: This year we’ll have more survivors modeling than we ever had before. They’re excited to be three, four and five years cancer free. We have wonderful food, great live music and I think there may actually be a live snake that is involved in one of the bras. We’ve added body painting. One of our friends who is an artist comes in and paints the models according to if the artist that made the bra wants it.

Bra creating awareness

A bra being modeled at Bras on Broadway in 2010 reads, “Get screened.”

Q: How has Sanford Women’s (Health) contributed to the project?

A: They have been really wonderful to work with. They not only provide cash sponsorship but in working with the oncologist there she was instrumental in helping us get the gas cards faster and more directly to patients. So that was really great to work with them and they’ve also published a book this year. Sanford Women put together many stories and photos from survivors published in this beautiful book. We’ll be selling that at Bras on Broadway and Sanford is having an event at the Plains Art Museum, too.

Q: Are there any incentives for participants?

A: The team that raises the most money gets a party here at the Hotel Donaldson.

Q: What drives you to continuously host this event at Hotel Donaldson?

A: The power and energy of women coming together and making a difference in the world. It’s just that bonding of women coming together and getting stuff done.

If you would like to join the fight against breast cancer, click here for more information.

Downtown underground: A peek into what’s below downtown coffee shops and boutiques

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Charly Haley, MSUM Multimedia Journalism

FARGO, N.D. – It was curiosity that sent Alice down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Curiosity can spark all sorts of adventures, even in downtown Fargo.

Focused on their everyday activities, people often don’t have time to notice what’s happening next door or across the street, and they most certainly often overlook what’s happening below their feet.

Some downtown Fargo basements are fully functional, used as coffee shop conference rooms or boutique “bargain basements.” Others are used for storage. One basement is home to a skate park that’s used in the winter.

The following photos are from the basements of Babb’s Coffee House, Antiques On Broadway, Unglued, THIS Skate and Snow, Scan Design and One World Boutique.

When Alice went underground, she found Wonderland. Curiouser and curiouser.

Bicyclists: a moving population

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By: KRISTIN KIRTZ

A cyclist crosses Broadway in downtown Fargo.

FARGO, N.D. – As more and more people start looking to bicycling as a main mode of transportation, some Fargo community members are hoping to make Fargo a more bike friendly city.

Nicole Slaboch moved to Fargo from Chicago in August for a teaching position at the West Fargo Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Center.  She has also lived in Milwaukee, Wis., and has used her bike as her main source of transportation in all three cities.

Although Fargo is the smallest city on Slaboch’s list, she said it is also the hardest city to bike in.

“I have almost been hit by a couple cars and I feel like I need to be a little bit more cautious here,” said Slaboch. “I haven’t seen that many bike riders. Maybe the community isn’t accustomed to having to look out for them as much, like in Chicago or Milwaukee.”

Biking in Fargo

Driver passes me illegally on Broadway while I am following the traffic law
by riding my bike on the road on Broadway.

Now, more than ever you need to keep an eye out for bicyclists while traveling not only downtown but in the whole metro area.

Commuting by bike is becoming more popular and accepted globally.  Although many cities including, Amsterdam, Boulder, Colo., and Portland, Ore., are already well known for being bike friendly cities, cities like Fargo still have some improving to do.

Valley Bicycle Summit teaches bike safety

Bicycles locked to bike racks.

On Sept. 15 the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments (Metro COG), presented the Valley Bicycle Summit at Fargo South High School. It was a full day of teaching adults, children and families proper biking etiquette.

Dorian Grilley, the executive director of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, was the keynote speaker at the summit.  He beleives that Fargo is moving in the direction of becoming a great bike city.

“The streets are wide, there are sidewalks, it’s flat. It’s really easy to get around here,” said Grilley.”

Getting smart equals getting safe

A designated bike lane in downtown Fargo.

In reality, a big reason biking in Fargo can be difficult is drivers lack of education, both in motorized vehicles and on bikes.

Shelly Gunderson, an avid Fargo bicyclist, notices a difference in riding downtown vs. riding in other parts of Fargo.

“When I’m downtown, generally I think people are pretty respectful. They make a lot of room for bicyclists and let us take the lane,” said Gunderson.  “In other parts of town I think it’s a little scarier… downtown I think there is a lot of bike traffic and people are expecting it. Other parts of town (people) are not as patient.”

Gunderson also thinks community education would allow for a safer biking community.

“I wish that people who were irritated by bicyclists would attend things like this (summit) and get educated in how to navigate through traffic,” said Gunderson.

Fargo has become a bike city: rules apply

Many signs like this line Broadway to let bicyclists know they are not allowed to ride on the sidewalk.

With biking becoming more popular in the F-M area, knowing the rules of the road is a must. These are some things the city of Fargo thinks you should keep in mind as a driver or a bicyclist.

  • Bikes are vehicles. They have just as much right to the road as a car does.
  • Obey the laws. Just because you are on a bike doesn’t mean you can ignore stop signs and blow red lights.
  • Act as though you are a vehicle. Watch out for cars as well as pedestrians. This also means that you should ride your bike using the same laws and courtesy you would if you were driving a car.
  • Be polite. You’re correct Mr. Driver, the bicyclist is going slower than you. But give the bicyclists space and wait till it is OK and legal to pass them. Being polite goes for bikers as well. Don’t cut off traffic, use hand signals and let other bicyclists and pedestrians know when you are coming up on them so you can safely pass them.
  • Pay attention to where you should be. Bicyclists, make sure you notice if there is a designated bike lane. Always be aware of your surroundings. Cars, make sure you don’t drive in the designated bike lanes and before making a right turn be sure to look and see if there is a bicyclist in the bike lane.
  • Drive in the same direction as traffic. Again, treat bikes as vehicles. So don’t drive against traffic.

 

You can learn more by visiting the city of Fargo’s website. There you can learn facts, tips and rules about road safety in Fargo.