At the Mandan City Commission's July meeting, the Bismarck-Mandan Musicians Association and the Art in the Park Committee were granted permission to construct a $20,000 brick stage at the west end of BN Park (now designated as Dykshoorn Park). The groups will be raising the funds to construct the shell with private funds.
NOTE: In October 2015, the band shell was named the "Vern Cermak Band Shell" to recognize all the contributions he has made over his life. He helped to organize Buggies-n-Blues for 22 years and assisted with a multitude of other activities and events in the park.
In August, members of Dakota Stage, Ltd. opened their 7th annual performance of the Walking Drama at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Key characters included Libbie Custer and the troopers of the 7th Cavalry. Pre-performance music was provided by a Northern Lights Chorus ensemble. Cast and audience members strolled along the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River near the actual location where friends and family of the soldiers killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn awaited the results of the encounter.
1993
In December, the Mandan School Board purchased from the Mandan Park Board for $1 the outdoor swimming pool property adjacent to Custer Elementary School. The pool was permanently closed after the 1991 season due to the high cost of maintenance and ongoing repairs.
The school board plans to convert the property to a parking lot or playground. Estimated cost to demolish and fill the pool is $45,000 which was completed in 1996.
1994
1995
1996
In April, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to start the reconstruction of Mandan's Main Street. Among the features removed in its deconstruction phase were the remnants of the trolley tracks between downtown and the southwest corner of the city. "The Syndicate" area of town included the former Missouri Valley Mill and Elevator along the Heart River (which today are the site of the Mandan City Shops and the baseball/softball complex.)
1997
1999
Davenport Hill Bike Trail was openned between the Mandan Community Center and Interstate in northwest Mandan. The 6.3 mile track was a joint effort among the Mandan Parks & Rec Department, the Dakota Roughrider Club and staff of Dakota Cyclery. The facility hosted the State Mountain Biking Championship in October.
A T-shaped groundoil recovery trench was completed in November, south of Main Street in the west 200 Street block. It was equipped with 11 recovery sumps and belt skimmers housed in what the city's engineer referred to repeatedly as "outhouses" and designed and operated by BNSF contractor ThermoRETEC to recover as much as 500 gallons of oil a day.
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