On Aug. 2, 2019, City Parks Planner Lisa Luokkala, Parks Director Jessica Peterson and representatives of the Duluth Climbing Coalition (DCC), the Lake Superior Disc Golf Community, and the...
In September, Duluth city planners
will propose zoning changes to the Planning Commission which are intended to
make it easier for people to build tiny houses in the city. A tiny...
On July 31, 2019, City Engineer Cindy Voigt and consultants with Toole Design held an open house to gather public input regarding the creation of a Cross City Trail...
Much has been said about the great benefits that mountain biking brings to Duluth. In promoting the activity, however, boosters often fail to account for the environmental impact. The...
On August 4, 2019, I visited Quarry Park and shot some video of the new mountain bike trail, which climbs the east rim of the quarry and continues up...
No one can deny that the Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores
(COGGS) have done a fantastic job of achieving their goals: In twelve years, the
small group of dedicated volunteers has...
Dedicated to preserving the memory of environmentalist Sigurd Olson, an Ely nonprofit group has commissioned a local artist to create a mural of Olson,...
In the summer of 2025, while navigating through the City of Duluth’s Parks & Recreation webpage, I encountered the administration’s startling claim that Duluth...
On June 2, 2026, Duluth’s Homegrown Music Festival (HGMF) Co-directors Cory Jezierski and Dereck Murphy-Williams resigned their positions, leaving behind “years of unreported income”...