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Fox21Online June 29, 2021 DULUTH, Minn.– Mayor Emily Larson and members of the City Administration announced their recommendations today on how the city should spend the $58 million dollars it received from the American Rescue Plan. The City of Duluth has now received half of the $58 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan, and today Mayor Larson proposed a way to invest that money, in hopes of creating a solid foundation for a strong recovery. The American Rescue Plan act allowed Duluth to receive these federal funds to help with losses caused by the pandemic providing some direction...

By Dave Strandberg Jun 9, 2021 | 4:50 AM DULUTH, MN (CBS-3) – Duluth Mayor Emily Larson is asking for $44.5 million in federal funding for five major projects in the city. The money would come from the Biden Administration’s Congressional Directed Spending program. Being the largest port in the Great Lakes, Mayor Larson is asking for $12 million for future repairs and restoration work on the Aerial Lift Bridge. Larson hopes Congress will also support a $4 million project to dredge the harbor behind the DECC to allow larger cruise ships to dock. Another project would give the Dulut...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) visited Duluth Wednesday to highlight tourism. She said, "Duluth is open for business," and she expects an "incredible resurgence" in the hospitality industry this summer. 

"Even if we don't ultimately choose the reinvestment plan that Mayor Larson put forward, it is clear based on what the SE Group has told us that we must choose reinvestment or we are by proxy choosing inevitable death for Spirit Mountain," Forsman said during Monday night's council meeting.  However, he ultimately supported the two-week delay because other councilors felt they had not gotten enough details to make an informed decision. "I do not think it is appropriate or responsible to ask the City Council to embark upon a venture of this sort, even if we're only looking at the first step i...

Duluth Mayor Emily Larson addressed the media Thursday afternoon to offer recommendations for making the Spirit Mountain Recreational Area a more financially viable entity in the years ahead. The press event, held at Spirit Mountain at 2 pm on Thursday afternoon, offered recommendations based on a report from the Spirit Mountain Task Force and consulting firm SE Group. The report explored how to bring better financial footing and improvements to the recreation area, which has amassed a sizable debt in recent years. While Spirit Mountain did post a profit last year, despite the pandemic, the ...