we were looking at, and gave us some direction to go in, which was really needed, with the rebuilding and the recovering." By 2007, the population of Grand Forks had resumed the same levels as before the flood. East Grand Forks mayor Lynn Stauss stated "We like to call ourselves the poster child of flood recovery because we think we showed how different governments working together could make it happen." Cultural references Grand Forks native Tom Brosseau's 2007 album entitled Grand Forks is a concept album about the flood of 1997. His 2005 album, What I Mean To Say Is Goodbye, references the flood during its opening track, "West of Town". Two months after the flood, alternative rock band Soul Asylum played at the joint prom held for Grand Forks high school students. The event took place in a hangar at nearby Grand Forks Air Force Base. In 2004, the band released a live album of the concert, entitled After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997. After the flood, the Summer Performing Arts Company produced Keep The Faith, a musical written by Summer Performing Arts staff and area composers and musicians about the flood and the recovery. In 2007 a 10-year anniversary performance of Keep The Faith was held and prompted James Lee Witt to suggest SPA bring the musical to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. See also 1950 Red River flood 1997 Red River flood 2009 Red River flood References Further reading External links R Red River Flood In The United States, 1997 Red River Greater Grand Forks Natural disasters in Minnesota Natural disasters in North Dakota Red River flood in the United States Red River flood in the United States +United States