FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A former employee of what was known as the Convention and Visitors Bureau has been hired to replace Charley Johnson as Chief Executive Officer of Visit Fargo-Moorhead. Shirley Hughes will succeed Johnson, who’s retiring next week after heading the agency the past 13 years. Hughes has worked in marketing, organizational growth and brand development in travel,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Plains Art Museum and Visit Fargo Moorhead hosted their annual Indigenous Art Fair on Saturday. The event invited forty Indigenous makers from the Midwest and across the nation. From paintings, jewelry, blankets, dreamcatchers, and other indigenous crafts. Each vendor showcased their home roots within each of their pieces with high-level contemporary and traditional Indigenous art….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Change is coming to the leadership of Visit Fargo-Moorhead. Charley Johnson is retiring in August as president and chief executive officer of what was called the FM Convention and Visitors Bureau in August. A national search will be launched for his replacement. He was hired 13 years ago after decades in radio and television. Johnson says…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s the eighth annual Frostival festival in the FM metro area. This year’s Frostival has nine days full of activities ranging from coloring, hot cocoa, hockey, and more. Those events can obviously take place either indoors and outdoors – so they’ll keep you enjoying the winter weather that is set to get chillier over the coming…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Visit Fargo-Moorhead has been working to encourage potential visitors to bring their events to the city, and after Election Day they may have a new attraction. “If we had a larger space and could do more meetings, I don’t think it would take us more than three or four years to double the amount of visitor…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A presentation is planned later this month to give an overview of the proposed new convention center in Fargo. Voters will decide whether to approve a doubling of the city’s lodging tax from 3% to 6% for 25 years to pay for the center. Last December, a special election to fund Fargodome upgrades and a new…
