DULUTH, MN (Northern News Now) – After much controversy, the Duluth City Council has approved an out-of-state firm for their next tourism marketer.
On Monday, the council approved Arizona-based Madden Media as the city’s new tourism firm for the next two years after an 8-1 vote.
Councilor Wendy Durrwachter was the lone vote against Madden Media’s approval. She said she was not confident in how the process played out.
While most of the members of the council expressed support for the idea of a Duluth-based tourism marketer, they voted that the process to select Madden Media was followed correctly.
The RFP process consisted of two rounds. The first round was a blind test. Which means the committee chosen by Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert blindly ranked the prospecting companies.
Duluth-based companies were given a 10% advantage during the first round just for being local but Madden Media still came out on top.
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