{"id":226227,"date":"2021-05-23T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=226227"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:44:38","slug":"new-name-suggestions-buffalo-city-park-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=226227","title":{"rendered":"New Name “Bison World – A Legendary Experience”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0The proposed new name , \u201cBison World, A Legendary Experience,\u201d is the favored name, after review by local planners and state officials, and has been officially trademarked.<\/p>\n

Several logos are being designed, and a statewide contest is being planned to determine the top choice of\u00a0 the public.<\/p>\n

The Jamestown\/Stutsman Development Corp. (JSDC)\u00a0 has sent requests for letters of intent asking citizens and businesses to express interest in Bison World, and sponsorship options for an attraction in return for a naming right, saying ” ‘Bison World, A Legendary Experience’ puts the attraction,\u00a0 “In a bigger perspective than a city park.”<\/p>\n

This summer, the letters of intent and support items will be presented to the North Dakota State Investment Board, by local officials, plus the\u00a0 cost estimates and revenue projections, with of 10-percent of North Dakota’s Legacy Fund , able to be able to be invested in state projects, effective August first this year.<\/p>\n

Buffalo City Park Report<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Jamestown Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund says the planned Buffalo City Park for Jamestown will be an \u201cEdu-tainment,\u201d venue, a combination of Education and Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Searle said Edu-tainment is the wave of the future for tourist attractions, and features interactive experiences, which is planned among other attractions at Buffalo City Park.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that distribution of the North Dakota Legacy fund dollars is still to be determined, and that at this point funding for Buffalo City Park is being looked at positively by the state.<\/p>\n

He added that around $150,000 has been raised local so far.<\/p>\n

One million dollars in financial contributions has been outlaid to start the project including organizing by Brian Lunde, and arranging assistance in planning by the Apogee Attractions LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0The proposed new name , \u201cBison World, A Legendary Experience,\u201d is the favored name, after review by local planners and state officials, and has been officially trademarked. Several logos are being designed, and a statewide contest is being planned to determine the top choice of\u00a0 the public. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":204485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=226227"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226317,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226227\/revisions\/226317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/204485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=226227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=226227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=226227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}