Friday, May 16 is Bike to Work Day in Duluth

Bike to Work Day
Friday May 16, 2008
Free DTA bus rides for bicyclists
Use of the YMCA for bike storage & showers
Events:
Rally:
Minnesota Power Plaza
(corner of Superior St and Lake Ave)
Refreshments, bike safety checks & bicycle info.
7:00am-9:00am
Bike in Duluth - Panel Discussion
Downtown Holiday Inn, Lake Huron Ballroom
Light, healthy appetizers will be served (vegetables, fruit, cheese, etc.)
2:00pm-4:00pm
Free DTA Rides [...]

Green Businesses Struggle to Find Talent

A new report in the Economist magazine talks about the great demand for executives and other top talent for companies responding to the Green movement.
In the article, Peter Rothstein, a venture capitalist, says “A lack of talent, especially entrepreneurial talent, was one of the biggest bottlenecks to growth we identified in the clean-tech industry.”
Read the [...]

Community Car Sharing Growing

One way of cutting the costs of owning a car, and finding ways to walk, bike, carpool and use public transit, is to create ways of having a car when you really need a car.
Now there are two operations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to do just that.  The Pioneer Press has a story today.
Even [...]

Cleaning the Great Lakes will have a huge economic payoff

A new report from the Brookins Institute says that efforts to clean up the Great Lakes will have a huge economic benefits for the cities that live alongside.  For Example, Duluth could see a benefit of $200 million.
See the press release here.
Or for more details straight from the Brookins Institute, read their report here.

Business North features Sustainable Twin Ports Project: See how the Natural Step has worked in other cities

Business North has a long feature story about the Sustainable Twin Ports “Natural Step” project and the roots of the program.
Wayne Nelson of Business North did some reporting on how using the Natural Step helped the economy of Canmore, Alberta reinvent itself after downturns in the mining industry sent the economy there into a tailspin.
Today, [...]

Downtown Brown Bag Tuesday March 4: Early Adopters of Sustainability and the Economy

Tuesday, March 4, 12 noon.
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works Economic Development Brown Bag
“Early Adopters of Sustainability: The Natural Step for the Twin Ports”
featuring representatives from the KCCI Sustainable Twin Ports Action Team.
Minnesota Power Building, Downtown Duluth.
Who Can Come? Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE!
How? Bring your own lunch and enjoy the show!
Sustainable Twin Ports is [...]

Next Downtown Economic Development Brown Bag March 4–Early Adopters of Sustainability and the Economy

Tuesday, March 4, 12 noon.  
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works Economic Development Brown Bag
“Early Adopters of Sustainability: The Natural Step for the Twin Ports”
featuring representatives from the KCCI Sustainable Twin Ports Action Team. 
Minnesota Power Building, Downtown Duluth.
Who Can Come? Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE!
How? Bring your own lunch and enjoy the show!
Sustainable Twin Ports is partnering with Sustainable [...]

An Update on Tallahassee’s Green Projects

The Knight Creative Community Initiative has three cities working with the Creative Class Group: Duluth/Superior, Charlotte, North Carolina and Tallahassee, Florida. Our friends in Florida are moving forward and making real progress with a couple of their projects, most notably a film festival and their Greenovation project. Here’s a link to their update.
The folks in [...]

Duluth Superior KCCI in the News

The Duluth News Tribune this morning ran an update on all of our projects on their front page. Read the story here.
The only other thing we’d add is that part of the excitement is the sheer number of people getting involved in all aspects of the projects: as volunteers on the teams, in brown [...]