DULUTH, MN (CBS-3) – On Monday night, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson gave her State of the City address.
In her speech, she touched on the pandemic, policing, and the city budget.
She also reflected on the past year. Larson said dealing with the pandemic has been tough on most cities and Duluth is no exception.
Mayor Larson said the city not only got through the last year together but got through it “stronger and more resilient than ever.”
Now, she is looking ahead and shared some new initiatives planned for the coming year.
The first initiative is what Larson calls Community Policing 2.0. It aims at creating a more community-oriented policing approach in which everyone feels safe.
The Mayor is directing the police department to engage with the community in a top to bottom Racial Bias Audit to identify problems and areas that need to be addressed.
The second initiative highlighted is a new service called 311. It’s a phone line aimed at taking all non-emergency city information or requests.
Mayor Larson announced that the city will commit $2 million to create the Duluth Housing Trust Fund to help create more affordable housing in the city.
The Mayor also touched on trying to bring more affordable and accessible internet to the Twin Ports.
(from CBS3-Duluth)
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