Wimmer Meets With Residents Living In Park East Apartments About Flood Buyout

Tenants of a Fargo apartment building wanted relief, but the answers they got still have them concerned.

Fargo Commissioner Brad Wimmer sat down with concerned tenants at the Park East Apartment, who just found out they'll have to move to make room for an inner-city flood project.

Wimmer is backing that project and running for Mayor in June. Today he explained why almost 200 residents will most likely need to find a new home.

"We have only lived here one year, ya know, says Frank Bancroft, who lives in the Park East Apartment building, But we had plans of staying here much longer than that."

On Monday residents got a letter saying the building was most likely going to be bought out.

"This is a big loss, some for 20 years, there's one gal that's been here 30 years," says Bancroft.

And since then residents say it's been all rumors and gossip of what's going to happen.

"They just could not find a way to save this building from the flood control project," says Fargo Commissioner Brad Wimmer.

Wimmer says flood protection can be painful, so he's here trying to clear things up.

"You are really protecting the bulk of the downtown, and the residents on the north side," says Wimmer.

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Wimmer Meets With Residents Living In Park East Apartments About Flood Buyout