Benvie banned from border
Things aren’t looking too great for border vigilante Jim Benvie. The native Duluthian, as I wrote last week, had been making waves by posting Facebook videos of militia members...
City earmarks $10 million of new sales tax for Medical District, doesn’t tell anyone
EDIT, 2019-09-17. The $10 million in the headline will come from both sales tax and utility funds, not just sales tax. This article has been gaining renewed traction lately,...
Tiny houses
On
June 11, 2019, Deputy Planning Director Adam Fulton updated the Duluth Planning
Commission on the city’s efforts to develop standards for tiny houses.
According
to The Tiny Life, a website that promotes...
Planning Commission not impressed with Board of Trade TIF application
On
June 11, 2019, the Duluth Planning Commission considered an item to move an
application for tax increment financing (TIF) forward for the Board of Trade
Building.
The
Board of Trade Building is located...
From Duluth to the border: A vigilante’s progress
The video, posted to Facebook on March 31, 2019, starts out in the bushes. Twigs and leaves rustle in the breeze. “Yep, I got ‘em!” somebody says excitedly. The...
Western Waterfront Trail segment halted indefinitely
The
Western Waterfront Trail (WWFT), a graveled, wheelchair-accessible path along
the St. Louis River, currently runs from 63rd Avenue West to Riverside, a
distance of about 3 miles. In 2014, the city...
