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Consultants present draft five‑year "Imagine Downtown" action plan to city council
Summary
Consultants for Downtown Duluth presented a draft five‑year action plan focusing on safety, housing, connectivity and economic development to make downtown a "neighborhood of vacation." The plan recommends catalytic projects, focus areas, and working groups to move toward implementation; a final plan is expected by July.
Consultants from MIG and Downtown Duluth staff presented a draft Imagine Downtown five‑year action plan to the council in a briefing before the regular meeting. The work, which began the previous summer, organized public input into a set of foundational elements and recommended "big moves" around safety, housing, infrastructure, and economic development.
Jay Rankins, lead consultant, described a three‑phase process of discovery, testing ideas and drafting an action plan that focuses on catalytic projects and prioritized focus areas. Rankins said public engagement included surveys, walking tours, focus groups, six…
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