Funding for Department of Employment and Economic Development programs Because it s a budget year, we re asking for some consideration of these bigger, broader issues that are important not just to Duluth, but the state of Minnesota, thinking it could be a good year to get some of these things done, Larson said.
For more Duluth-specific asks, the city is looking for money for upgrades to the Aerial Lift Bridge and for the Port Development Assistance Program. Typically in a year, we would have visits, right? We would go down and advocate. People would come up and tour projects. This is just really different this year, Larson said. And so we re trying to be assertive and flexible, planful but able to adjust course as needed. And we ll just wait and see how it all goes.