2014-11-132014-11-132014-11-131976https://hdl.handle.net/10365/24276Future coal resource development projects in western North Dakota could have significant socioeconomic impacts, especially for the towns and cities near the project sites. Some of the cities could have relatively rapid and large increases in employment and population, especially during the construction phase of the projects. The likely result is for local units to have increases in public costs that exceed the increases in their public revenues. The reverse is true for state costs and revenues associated with the projects, and the state's fiscal surplus is projected to exceed the deficits of local units of government.North Dakota State UniversityArticle