Council Meeting Update, Remembering the Barry Family, Workforce Center, Leo the Lion, 20 Under 40, Homegrown Council Meeting April 25th Approved the AFSCME contract for 2022–2024 Issued a couple of liquor license Updated amendments to various job duties within the City of Duluth Established the programs for the City of Duluth Affordable Housing Trust…

Meeting 3, April is Sexual Assualt Awareness Month, Support for the 148th, Habitat Restoration for St. Louis River/Hartley, Parks Planning, Coffee Requests Rolling in Council Meeting April 11th Approved contract for our law enforcement officials of Local 363 Approved $222,588 in sidewalk repairs for where water mains have disrupted the sidewalks Authorized application for…

As a country, we face a huge housing shortage. This shortage is made even worse by a national hot real estate market, leaving millions locked out of the homebuyer market. A lack of housing inventory is preventing people from achieving homeownership and the benefits it provides, one of the most…

Buckle up, this will be the most exciting thing you read today. Traffic deaths are some of the most preventable deaths that occur. In 2020 we lost 38,680 people to traffic deaths. And as illustrated in the Sept. 1 “ Our View: Traffic Deaths needlessly on the rise in Minnesota,”…

Believe it or not, there are areas in Duluth that don’t have either a reliable or any internet connection- in 2020! One of the issues I explored while a councilor was, how to at the very least expand broadband but make an effort to provide fiber internet which is currently…

Recently the Washington Post wrote a great article highlighting the value and benefits of homeownership and how these values and benefits have not been extended to Black Americans. In the first quarter of 2020, 44 percent of black families owned their homes, compared to 73.7% nationwide. In Minnesota, these percentages…

I haven’t used this site in a while and I apologize. I will be more diligent but I have been busy (which as a public servant should be a good thing!) I wanted to give an update on my 100 cups of coffee project. …

Hey folks, I try really hard to be an accessible elected official. I have hosted monthly coffee meetings and happy hours at various locations all across the city. I am active on all the social medias (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium) and attempt to respond to all questions/interaction on those platforms…