Tag results for: Tourism Tax
City proposes using capital money to fund Spirit Mountain operations
On Sept. 28, 2020, the Duluth City Council will consider Resolution 732, which would help Spirit Mountain reopen for the winter by essentially cutting them a check for $300,000....
“It’s all starting to snowball”: DECC worries about UMD lease, AMSOIL bonds
On July 29, 2020, at the board meeting of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC), Finance Director Caty Kaups delivered a grim assessment of the facility’s finances during the...
City Council fails to make hard decision on Spirit Mountain
At the May 26, 2020 meeting of the Duluth City Council, held remotely via Webex from Duluth City Hall, the Council was tasked with approving Spirit Mountain’s annual budget....
Visit Duluth made Spirit Mountain’s problems worse
When Spirit Mountain approached the Duluth City Council on Dec.
12, 2019, asking for a $235,000 bailout, their primary reason given was that a
blizzard had cut short their annual SnoCross...
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...
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...
