<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3lrFIe_1Cpipj9900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3lrFIe_1Cpipj9900" width="1200" height="600" ><p>DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Duluth City Council unanimously approved a plan Monday to spur development in the city’s downtown corridor.</p><h2>The plan</h2><p>The organization, Downtown Duluth, recently unveiled its five-year plan, called ‘Imagine Downtown,’ aimed at revitalizing the city’s core. </p><p>One of the plan’s goals is to build more than 1,000 new housing units.</p><p>Under the plan, the city and its partners must identify, prepare and market vacant spaces, then transfer those spaces to developers for construction.</p><h2>Climate amendment</h2><p>The council’s vote also includes an amendment to incorporate climate emergency and resilience language into the strategy.</p><p>“Duluth Council passed a climate emergency resolution about 7 years ago and has passed various other measures regarding climate change and the need to factor this into governance and development,” David Clanaugh said. “Councilor Desotelle offered an amendment to make their approaches explicit in the DDS.”</p><h2>What’s already underway</h2><p>While new housing construction remains a work in progress, some elements of the Imagine Downtown plan are already active, including First Street Fridays, a summer event series highlighting downtown businesses.</p></div></body>

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DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Duluth City Council unanimously approved a plan Monday to spur development in the city’s downtown corridor. The organization, Downtown Duluth, recently unveiled its five-year plan, called ‘Imagine Downtown,’ aimed at revitalizing the city’s core. One of the plan’s goals...

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DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Duluth City Council unanimously approved a plan Monday to spur development in the city’s downtown corridor. The org

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