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Opened
2013

Minot Artspace Lofts

A Bit of Magic in Minot

3 Main Street South, Minot, ND, 58701

Construction May 2013

Rendering

Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking Shovels

Performance during Groundbreaking

Local Artist Alfred Decoteau

Construction

Construction May 2013

Tabs

Overview

Minot has been known as the “Magic City” since it first sprang up, seemingly overnight, in the late 1800s. Over the last decade, an oil boom has brought many new arrivals, generating a severe shortage of affordable housing. This shortage was compounded in 2011 by a flood of the Souris River, the worst in Minot’s history, which damaged more than 4,000 homes, many beyond repair.

Minot is committed to engaging its arts community as a core asset in its rebuilding process, deploying creativity and sweat equity to spur complementary development. Minot Artspace Lofts — the first new building in downtown Minot in 30 years — will be an arts anchor with 34 units of affordable live/work space where artists can create, increase their income and establish roots in the heart of Minot.

The $9.4 million project will include a gallery operated by the Turtle Mountain Tribal Arts Association for the exhibition and sale of works by Chippewa, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Sioux artists, including regalia, beadwork, quillwork and baskets. In recent years, some local artists have relocated to the Santa Fe area because there is no strongly identified Native arts center in the northern plains. Whether Minot can become “the Santa Fe of the North” remains to be seen, but this project will be a step in the right direction.

Estimated Project Cost

$9.4 million

Architect

LHB Architects

General Contractor

Loeffler Construction

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