Downtown
Update
May
11-15th is National Bike to Work
Week
Try a healthy, alternative mode of
transportation next week. Plenty of activities are planned around
Duluth’s Downtown area during
National Bike to Work Week including:
- May
11 at 10am: Campaign
Kick-off at Fitger’s with a celebrity ride and News Conference
- May
14 at 10am:
Artist-designed bike rack is to be installed at Grandma’s
Restaurant and news conference to unveil other locations
throughout Downtown
- May
15: Free DTA bus rides for
bicyclists, use of the YMCA for bike storage and showers and a
bicycle commuter break at Lake Superior Plaza from 7-9am (including bike safety
checks, refreshments from the Radisson and commuter
information. Fitger’s will also host a day-long celebration
from 7am-7pm which
includes gift bags for cyclists, free safety checks, refreshments
and prizes.
Recertifying
the DDWD
The Duluth Downtown
Waterfront District is moving another step closer to
recertification. Property owners are invited to an Input
Session on May 19th at 7:30am in the Lyric
Conference Center at Porter’s. If
you wish to provide ideas or hear more on the plans for keeping the
district services operating, please join us. Petitions will be
mailed to property owners in the coming weeks, with a petition
kick-off celebration event planned at the Blackwater Lounge in
June.
Calling
All Green
Thumbs
The 7th
annual “Dig in for the Downtown Waterfront” is scheduled for
Wednesday, May 27th at
Bayfront Park.
Volunteers are needed to help plant flowers in approximately 180
streetscape planters that will adorn the 
sidewalks of the Downtown area.
Gather up your colleagues and your neighbors and pitch in for a good
cause! Planting starts at 10am and typically wraps up in just
over an hour (depending upon the number of helping hands!).
Join us for a FREE lunch afterward, compliments of the Inn on
Lake Superior.
Downtown
Perk—
What
does the I-35 Reconstruction Mean for
Downtown
What happens when I-35
is faced with reconstruction and major repairs in the coming
years? How will this impact Duluth’s Downtown Waterfront?
Roberta Dwyer, MNDOT Project Manager will be our guest speaker at
the June
9th Downtown Perk Breakfast program.
This summer marks the start of a 4-year improvement project on I-35
from Boundary
Avenue to 26th Avenue
East. MNDOT states the project will
reconstruct 1-35 for the next 40 years, increase safety and reduce
maintenance. But, with that, comes lane closures, ramp
closures and congestion.
Downtown
Perk Breakfast Program
Tuesday
June 9, 2009
7:30-8:30AM
Radisson
Hotel
Cost: $15
member, $20 non-member
RSVP: kjohnson@downtownduluth.com
Rock the
Block Concert Series 2009
You know summer has come
to Duluth when the Rock
the Block concert series
kicks off. Make your plans now
to attend this
free outdoor summer concert series that
runs from
4:30-7:00pm.
June
25th, The Radisson Hotel
Duluth Harborview presents Don’t Panic
July
9th, ZLB Plasma presents
Brandon Scott Sellner
July
23rd, Score Sports Bar and
Grill presents The Acceleratii
August
6th, Grandma’s Saloon –
TBA
August
20th, Aces on First presents
The Centerville All Stars
September
3rd, Fond du Luth Casino’s
Block Buster – TBA
Sidewalk Days
Festival
Hit the bricks and enjoy
Downtown Duluth’s biggest summer celebration. The Sidewalk
Days Festival is scheduled to run July 8th, 9th &
10th.
Get in on great
shopping, mouth-watering food, toe-tapping music and fun for the
kids during this annual event in the heart of the city. More
than 50 different vendors will join our Downtown merchants to take
to the street. Superior Street will be closed
to vehicular traffic starting at 8:00AM each day between Lake
Avenue and 4th Avenue
West. So stroll the street and
experience how the community spirit really comes alive in Duluth’s
Downtown. Plus, the activity spreads outside the blocked boundaries,
from First
Street to Fitgers.
On
the lookout for: The GDC is always looking for more
vendors, artisans, musicians and entertainers. If you or
someone you know is interested in being part of the Sidewalk Days
Festival please contact Special Events Coordinator Darlene Marshall
at 218-740-3747 or email dmarshall@downtownduluth.com
