DULUTH, MN (CBS-3) – Almost $850,000 is coming to Duluth’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to address economic, educational, and health disparities in the community.
A Lincoln Park nonprofit, Ecolibrium3 (Eco3), received the grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
The first of three projects the grant will address is a lack of food sources in the area.
Eco3′s current space will be re-made into a small grocery store.
Another project will focus on developing the Lincoln Park Community Center to include a community computer lab, workforce resource center, and office space.
The final project includes doubling the size of the Duluth Children’s Museum and expanding it to the building’s second floor by creating a STEM lab and CreateSpace focused on expanding educational opportunities for local children.
While Eco3 is leading the project, several other community organizations are partnering with them.
Leaders said they hope to have most of the project completed in the spring or summer of 2023.
(from CBS3-Duluth)
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