Duluth residents contribute 24 percent of tourism tax fund
On Dec. 9, 2019, the Duluth City Council considered a
$235,000 bailout for Spirit Mountain. The money was proposed to come from the
city’s tourism tax fund. Among the citizens who...
Parking Commission approves last-minute proposal to eliminate 46 parking spots on Second Street
On Dec. 6, 2019, the Duluth Parking Commission voted to eliminate 46 metered parking spaces on East Second Street, between 9th Avenue East and 12th Avenue East, adjacent to...
Officials seek home for harbor dredge material
Each year, the Army Corps of Engineers hires contractors to dredge about 100,000 cubic yards of sediment from 19 miles of shipping lanes within the Duluth-Superior harbor, and they’re...
Snow job: How Duluth was sold on Spirit Mountain
At the Duluth City Council’s
agenda session of Dec. 5, 2019, councilors were presented with a surprise resolution
granting an emergency bailout to Spirit Mountain. According to Spirit Mountain
Executive Director Brandy...
City gets creative in subsidizing zoo
On Dec. 9, 2019, the Duluth City Council will consider Resolution 850, a “Resolution Authorizing Agreement Amendment to the Line of Credit Promissory Note for the Arrowhead Zoological Society.”...
Struggling operations routinely max out lines of credit
In addition to providing direct subsidies and emergency bailouts to struggling operations, the city of Duluth has another financial tool at its disposal: line of credit (LOC) disbursements. These...
