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The Duluth Mayor's office plans to combat Duluth's housing issue with the proposed Housing Trust Fund. 

The decision has raised some eyebrows as it bypassed utilizing a local company in favor of hiring a Minneapolis firm.

The council still will need to approve individual expenditures. Written By: Peter Passi | × A pedestrian walks in front of Duluth City Hall on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Mayor Emily Larson proposes to spend $12 million — or just north of 20% of the federal pandemic relief funds the city is slated to receive through the American Rescue Plan — to update air-handling and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems at City Hall. The building currently lacks cooling. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com) After delaying action on a resolution in support of Mayor Emily ...

Fox21Online July 14, 2021 DULUTH, Minn. – The city of Duluth’s main tourism marketing arm since 1935, known as Visit Duluth, is a finalist for next year’s one-year contract, as Mayor Emily Larson looks to possibly go a different direction with a mission to “elevate the brand of Duluth,” according to the Request for Qualifications document put out by the city. The Mayor’s Office confirmed to FOX21’s Dan Hanger Wednesday that 28 marketing businesses (see below) applied to be considered as a finalist to handle the city’s destination marketing. The city’s attorney says a state s...

Fox21Online Community Crisis Intervention, City Hall Ventilation Among Proposed COVID Relief Spending Discussed by Duluth Council More than a dozen citizens spoke out in support of what they call a community crisis response team independent of law enforcement. July 6, 2021 Council unanimously tabled the resolution, to further discuss the Mayor’s following suggestions to allocate the money: Affordable Housing: $20,678,130 Job Training and Workforce Services: $550,000 Utility Infrastructure and Broadband: $13,850,000 City Hall Ventilation and COVID Mitigation Improvements: $12,000,000 Improvi...