Downtown Economic Development Brown Bag Lunch Series
Focus on Art Works’ Community Site Visits
Date: December 4, 2007
Time: 12 noon - 1p.m.
Location: The Duluth Depot - 506 West Michigan Street (in the Ruth Maney room in the basement)
What are some ways businesses and artists collaborate together to spur economic growth in the region? [...]
A persistent myth in the Duluth Superior area is that the welfare benefits available are a draw to poor people from further south. Sometimes the myth says we’re attracting people from Minneapolis, sometimes Chicago, sometimes even Detroit or Mississippi. But a lot of research in the last few years says that just isn’t true.An editorial [...]
In order to thrive, Downtown areas need to find just the right mixture of people, things to do, interesting buildings. And most experts on downtown say you need to make sure the streetscape is friendly to people.
But what to do in a climate that so far north that it gets pretty cold for a few [...]
Don Ness, the mayor-elect of Duluth, has talked for many years about the importance of attracting and keeping young adults in the region.
As he takes office, it’s clear that he wants the city’s economic development efforts to reflect that it’s as important to make the city welcoming to talented individuals as attracting companies.
In a forum [...]
What: A Brown Bag Discussion focusing on what Duluth’s Mayor-Elect, Don Ness, might consider about economic development.
When: Tuesday, November 13 at 12 noon
Where: Room 140 of the Minnesota Power Building, 30 West Superior Street. (Conveniently Located in the Downtown Duluth Skywalk)
As a city councilor and community leader, Don Ness focused a lot of attention on [...]
A new report shows that the Creative class has grown in Northeastern Minnesota in the last four years. Driven by growth in the number of people employed as Creative Professionals, the percentage of the Creative Class in our region grew from 27.3 percent of the workforce in the second quarter of 2003 to 28.9 percent [...]
The bicycle culture in Portland has grown so much that it has spawned its own set of bicycle-related industries. The New York Times writes about “In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels.”
In Portland, about 600- to 800 people work in the bicycle industry there now, compared to about 200 people a decade ago, according [...]
November 2, 2007
DULUTH, MN-Overwhelming local response to a survey conducted in late August emphasized the significant potential benefits of greater collaboration between Twin Ports artists and businesses.
A total of 320 people involved in the arts and business sectors responded to the survey conducted by Art Works, a Knight Creative Communities Initiative team which is [...]
