Boom Town Williston, North Dakota Mulls Moratorium on Oil Worker ‘Man Camps’ – Bainville, Montana residents express concerns over camp proposal

Williston, N.D., Mayor Ward Koeser says he believes the city will soon enact a moratorium on new man camps — the temporary, dormitory-style housing facilities for oil workers that dot the landscape of western North Dakota — as permanent housing in the region has expanded, the Williston Herald reports.

"I really think the city will in the very near future put a moratorium on man camps in town," Koeser reportedly said. "I think everybody’s anxious to say enough is enough of this."

Full Story: http://www.governing.com/news/local/gov-north-dakota-boom-town-williston-ban-man-camps.html

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Residents express concerns over camp proposal in Bainville

When MacBain Properties builds its 20-acre man camp a little ways outside Bainville, it’ll more than double the town’s population.

The site comes equipped with dormitory-style housing and multi-family apartments along with a recreation and dining facility, gym, movie theater, laundry mat and meeting rooms. It’s enough to accommodate 350 people, more than the 283 residents themselves.

By Louisa Barber Sidney Herald

Full Story: http://www.sidneyherald.com/news/article_8ca2c222-09c2-11e2-ad07-001a4bcf887a.html