Riverwalk Center

East Grand Forks

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During the flood, there was seven and one half feet of water in the Holiday Mall, destroying everything in the mall. The city of East Grand Forks decided to buy the mall and renovate it to provide a home to businesses displaced by the flood. At first, the mall was considered to be a temporary home for businesses, to be torn down after the rest of downtown was rebuilt. After Cabela's made a commitment to build downtown, the city decided to expand the mall. The expansion opened in the fall of 1999, along with a Crafts Direct craft supply store in the original part of the mall. The expanded mall was renamed the Riverwalk Center.

Some of the businesses in the Riverwalk Center:

• Crafts Direct - craft and hobby supplies
• Home of Economy Furniture
• Mikes Pizza
• Knick Knack Paddywacks - cards and gifts
• Upstairs Downtown - gifts, antiques
• TNT Outfitters - clothing, boots
• Great Expectations - maternity clothing
• Country Casuals/River Jordan - womens clothing, religious books and gifts

Construction begins on the mall addition, April 1999. Photo: Alan Draves Construction begins on the mall addition, April 1999. Photo: Alan Draves The mall addition under construction, Sept. 1999. Photo: Alan Draves
Mall construction as seen from Cabela's, Sept. 1999. Photo: Alan Draves New addition to Riverwalk Center, facing Demers Ave., Dec. 1999. Photo: Alan Draves Crafts Direct opened in the Riverwalk Center in Nov. 1999. Photo: Alan Draves

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