Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski says no red flags were raised in a meeting with the FBI on Wednesday to discuss security concerns regarding the proposed Fufeng project.
The meeting was called to address questions raised by some opponents about the company’s ties to China and the proximity to the Grand Forks Air Force Base. Bochenski tells KNOX the briefing including things to look out for in into the future and to stress the agency is there as a resource and a partner.
At a recent council meeting City Administrator Todd Feland says they continue to check the boxes in the development agreement with the proposed corn milling plant. “We said this from the very start of the development agreement that if something is not right with the project we will come back and say this is a show stopper and we can’t move forward. There have been no show stoppers…yet. A lot of the due diligence we are still on the front edge at this time.”
The meeting with security officials was held behind closed doors at an undisclosed location. On Wednesday afternoon a handful of protestors gathered outside City Hall to voice opposition to the project.
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