Editing Wahpeton, North Dakota (section)

==Economy==
Wahpeton is the home of several large manufacturing plants, including Woodcraft Industries, Inc., WCCO Belting, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, [[Cargill]], ComDel Innovation, Heartland Precision, Doosan/Bobcat, Masonite and Wil-Rich.

[[Imation Corporation]] operated a production facility in Wahpeton but it closed in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.wahpetondailynews.com/articles/2007/05/08/news/news02.txt|title=Imation closing its doors|location=Wahpeton|work=wahpetondailynews.com|date=May 8, 2007|first=Scott |last= Nulph |access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref>

On May 14, 1991, Wahpeton voters approved a 1% city sales and use tax, the proceeds of which were to be dedicated solely to economic development of the City of Wahpeton and Richland County, by means of business and industrial expansion including job creation, job retention, business and industrial diversification, and the creation, fostering and maintenance of business and trade activities and facilities. The tax would become effective July 1, 1991, and sunset in five years. On June 14, 1994, voters approved to extend the sales tax 10 years to June 30, 2006. On October 14, 2003, voters approved broadening the use and extending the 1½% sales tax to June 30, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Economic Development in Wahpeton |work=City of Wahpeton |url=http://www.wahpeton.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B792046D0-57D2-4AA9-9D91-ED61E6A2B304}}</ref>