page 1 market study for downtown mandan and the strip north dakota prepared city of may 27 2003 2 executive summary 3 methodology conclusions recommendations 4 overview 11 area site analysis 13 15 demographics economics 17 population morton burleigh counties 18 income 19 education employment trends major employers 20 transportation traffic 22 office institutional 23 bismarck environment potentials 24 32 residential 34 housing characteristics building activity 35 sale 37 rental 43 student 47 senior 48 51 wide home improvement strategy 54 retail 55 s 56 sales data 58 trade 60 national retailer coverage patterns by store type 61 64 convention hotel 68 meeting facilities 70 72 economic development tools 73 existing strategies additional 74 79 restrictions 81 appendix 82
