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Devils Lake, ND, is home to so many fun community events that everyone will enjoy, such as our Lake Region Arts Festival which is a day-long festival that features visual and performing artists, dance, music, and theater! Devils Run is an annual summer classic car and hot rod parade tha...Continue Reading

We are known for outdoor recreation, such as our nationally famous Devils Lake. Devils Lake is the largest natural body of water in North Dakota covering 200,000 acres with hundreds of miles of shoreline. This provides ample room for the people who come from all over the country to enjo...Continue Reading

The cost of living in Devils Lake, ND  is 80.8% of the national average! Wow! That’s an incredible savings if you move from nearly anywhere else in the U.S.! The many affordable housing options are few reasons why so many enjoy living in our area and one of the mai...Continue Reading

The city of Devils Lake, ND, has several high-quality healthcare resources, such as the well-known CHI St. Alexius Devils Lake Hospital. The Devils Lake region wants to ensure that everyone has access to safe and affordable healthcare for everyone in the community. Devils Lake residents, and anyone else, have eas...Continue Reading

Families appreciate the high quality of education offered by Devils Lake schools. Education is an important component for any family with kids. Devils Lake’s Public Schools is dedicated to offering exceptional education to all students. The teachers and staff are dedicated to ensuring that students have the best education options...Continue Reading

Most businesses have not escaped supply chain challenges over the previous 12 months. When everyone expected COVID-19 to slow demand, it accelerated demand to a point where supply chains were stretched to their limits. But it not just COVID — the winter storm of 2021 reduced Texas’ capacity to refin...Continue Reading

Forward Devils Lake has many incentives and programs available to help businesses here thrive, such as The City of Devils Lake’s Growth Fund. This fund is provided by taking a percentage of the city’s sales tax for job and economic development. This promotes local business success while keeping the fund...Continue Reading

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum unveiled his “Accelerate ND” plan containing his executive recommendations to the state Legislature for strategically investing federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). As part of the plan, the governor also proposed using a portion of the state’s near-record ending fund balance fro...Continue Reading

Forward Devils Lake is an organization dedicated to keeping the community up to date on new and existing business news here in Devils Lake, ND. This includes news on new economic development projects, resources available to new and existing businesses in the area, new or incoming businesses locating in th...Continue Reading

Employers in Devils Lake, ND, like Gessner Iron Works, make it possible for our residents and residents in the surrounding areas to find fulfilling employment. Forward Devils Lake is featuring the major employers in the Devils Lake area on our new website! Here visitors can learn about local companies lik...Continue Reading

Located in the heart of North Dakota, Devils Lake has many location advantages including having immediate access to the rest of the country through major highways 29 and 94! Devils Lake is the center of regional business and family needs! Locating here offers residents and business owners so many locatio...Continue Reading

Demographic data on the Devils Lake region, like our median age of 41, is available using our community profile tool. Forward Devils Lake offers this free online profile tool to anyone interested in learning more about the community here in Devils Lake, ND. Here visitors can learn detailed information o...Continue Reading

CHI Mercy Hospital and Nordic Fiberglass are two of the Platinum Level Members of Forward Devils Lake. They aren't alone! Forward Devils Lake is an organization dedicated to promoting and sustaining companies in the Devils Lake, ND, area. One major way this is accomplished is by utilizing the funds give...Continue Reading

A skilled workforce is the vital backbone of a community. With skilled labor considered to be one of the key drivers in site selection decisions, companies today are looking at more than just a dense labor pool; they need access to a workforce that possesses just the right skills t...Continue Reading

One could say that farming and entrepreneurship runs in Brian Engstrom’s blood. A fourth-generation farmer, Brian’s family farming history dates back to the late 1880s. Nearly 20 years ago, he began raising dry beans with his father. Since then, he has started Engstrom Bean and Seed; transformed Jack’s Bean, a bea...Continue Reading

Invest in the Devils Lake region and become a member of Forward Devils Lake. Join other local businesses, like North Dakota Telephone Company, in promoting regional economic growth! Devils Lake, ND, is known for its vibrant community and is full of potential for businesses looking for an ideal location! Becomin...Continue Reading

Forward Devils Lake is inviting you to follow our social media pages to stay updated! Devils Lake, ND, has so much to offer everyone! Devils Lake is located in the heart of North Dakota just three and a half hours away from Winnipeg, Canada. It is the regional hub fo...Continue Reading

Home is where the heart is. And for millions these days, it is also where the job is. Even as the economy reopens, many companies are revising work policies to incorporate permanent work-from-home and hybrid work models. Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg announced in June that all full-time employees can continue working fro...Continue Reading

  The Project of the Year recognizes a project that has made a significant contribution to the economic health of the community or region in terms of job creation, partnerships and overall economic impact. The 2020 recipient in the urban community division is Forward Devils Lake Corp. for its work on CoJac...Continue Reading

Thankfully, the “New Normal” I wrote about here in the May 2020 issue did have an expiration date after all. There may not be a specific calendar date to point to. But rush hour traffic resembles pre-pandemic volumes, people are traveling in droves — even if masks are still require...Continue Reading

With the rapid increase in natural gas production and over two million miles of natural gas pipelines throughout the U.S., many corporate officials expect accessing gas infrastructure and service to be simple. Unfortunately, many prime industrial sites lack adequate pipeline infrastructure, and project managers have found it increasingly difficult an...Continue Reading

If a visitor steps into CoJACK Snack & Pack on just the right day, they’re hit fi rst with the smell of freshly air-popped popcorn, and then enveloped in the sweet, butt ery bliss of warm caramel. On one of those recent “just right” days, the packaging portion of th...Continue Reading

This is not your father’s veggie burger — if he was ever near one. Today’s meat-alternative burgers and other foods are based on plant- or cell-based alternative proteins, and the global market for such products is exploding. According to analysis from Meticulous Research released in March, the alternative proteins marke...Continue Reading

The challenges facing rural America are well-known and exhaustively documented. Chronically shrinking populations beget shrinking tax bases and shriveling public services. Town squares board up. Hospitals close. The most promising youth light out for elsewhere, just as lack of reliable internet now helps to quash most any notion of winnin...Continue Reading