Jill Schramm/MDN A strip of green space runs through a parking lot newly acquired by Ward County. The Ward County Administration Building and Courthouse are the background.

Having acquired a parking lot in a lawsuit settlement, Ward County is making plans to spiff up the property and possibly give it an eventual makeover.

The county obtained the parking lot just west of its existing parking lot along Third Street Southeast from Project BEE. The asset came to the county as partial settlement in a legal case related to federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars that the county awarded and later determined were mishandled by the nonprofit.

The Ward County Commission heard Tuesday, Nov. 18, from county Facilities Management Supervisor Brian Vangsness regarding what it will take to optimize th

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