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Our club meeting last fall at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum was so much fun that we're going back!  Arrive around 11:45 for a self-guided tour of the museum and a buffet lunch.  Executive Director Ken Buehler will regale us with stories about the museum and the rolling stock.  We'll then have an opportunity to tour a train car not normally open to the public.

Parking is available behind the Depot off 4th avenue.  We need a head count so please be sure to sign up.

 

The City of Duluth received one of eight Love Your Block grants from the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation to support collaboration and caretaking in neighborhoods. This includes repairing structures, nurturing relationships, addressing solid waste, and centering resident voices to identify solutions for blighted spaces. In 2022, the Love Your Block team collaborated with residents on thirteen projects across Central Hillside and Lincoln Park. Heading into 2023, there are opportunities to further the impact and investment in our community. Join us to explore causes, symptoms, and impacts of blight – along with opportunities to improve our community block by block.

 

LCDR Gary Black is a retired Naval Aviator who attended TOPGUN in 1980.  He will share stories of ejections, lightning strikes, emergency aircraft carrier landings and flying against MiGs.

Chair of the Day Jim Landwehr

While the world shut down in 2020, Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Operation Inherent Resolve continued to work by, with, and through regional partners to militarily defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, in order to increase regional stability.  Lt. Cmdr. Wencl served as the Force Protection Officer for the CJTF and was responsible for the plans, policies, and leadership initiatives used to protect our military force and allow the CJTF to execute its core functions, even in the face of Covid, asymmetric military threats, and severe natural hazards to defense installations, infrastructure, and troops.

Chair of the Day Mike Orman

 

Chair of the Day Tricia Bunten

Did you know that the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Duluth does more than Public Housing and Section 8?  This presentation will introduce you to the variety of rent subsidy programs, single family rehabilitation programs, development initiatives, and more that the HRA provides to the City of Duluth.  You will learn about the HRAs role in creating and preserving housing, supporting local developers, creating training programs, as well as discover the economic boost the HRA provides to our local economy.

Chair of the Day Barb Perrella

In early 2020, Northspan undertook considerable groundwork to determine the feasibility of welcoming community work. It conducted a survey of potential partners to determine interest and buy-in to the concept, conducted research on the potential benefits and pitfalls of such work, and worked with other regions in Minnesota. These background investigations revealed both a strong desire to address these topics and a clear empirical case that a more welcoming community is a source of growth for regional populations and economies. This presentation will inform you of the Welcoming Community activities now in action in northeast Minnesota.