Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce

Happy Birthday to the unrivaled and incomparable, Kathleen Privette, Director of Events, Board Operations, and Leadership Duluth! Thank you for pouring your heart and soul into our business community! We are all better because of your tireless efforts. Kathleen is currently out of town attending the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's Leaders Lab, but when you see her next be sure to wish her a Happy Birthday!

Meet Stacey G., current class member in this year’s Leadership Duluth class. “I moved to Duluth in 2022, and I’m fortunate that my employer, Minnesota Power, has a long history of being supportive of this program. Leadership Duluth benefits me in my role in economic development because I’m gaining connections that help me do my job better which, in turn helps the community.. I look forward to Leadership Duluth every month.” – Stacey Green, Regional Development Lead at Minnesota Power an ALLETE Company It’s been great having Stacey and over fifty other impressive community leaders as part of the Leadership Duluth 2024/2025 class. Time flies when you’re having fun, and this year’s LD program is flying by. Now that we’re already more than halfway through the 10-month program, we’re going to be highlighting a few members of the current class. More than 1,500 area professionals have completed the Leadership Duluth program since its first graduating class in 1988. If you’re ever considered applying for the Duluth Area Chamber and Chamber Foundation’s Leadership Duluth program, the application window for next year’s class will be open during the month of May. To learn more about be program, meet the current class and to read more testimonials from recent graduates, please visit https://lnkd.in/gqrY2yC7. #LeadershipDuluth #DuluthAreaChamber #DuluthChamberFoundation

Thanks for the space in the Duluth News Tribune OpEd page, Frederick, Chuck! The Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce and our Board, led by Chair Dr. Chiamaka Enemuoh, remains steadfast in our vision to put our region on the national map as a leader of the future. With committed partners (including Essentia Health and The University of Minnesota) and bold solutions, we have an opportunity to improve health care for all Minnesotans while reinforcing Northeastern Minnesota’s role as a national leader in innovation, economic growth, and cutting-edge technology.

Ready to take your leadership to the next level? ?? Join us on Tuesday, May 20, in Duluth for the Next Level Women in Leadership Workshop – a powerful one-day event designed to help you lead with confidence, balance and impact. ?? Presented by Flint Group & the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce. ?? Limited spots available. Learn more & register: https://bit.ly/3OKj1FH

We have a couple directions we can go. Option one helps fulfill the vision of NE MN being a national hub for innovation and technology. Option two is a death spiral. We need everyone on board with option one! 1. We have the capacity to have a lot of housing in the downtown and create more of an 18-hour downtown where you’ve got people who are working and then dining and recreating in that same area 2. The alternative is you continue to slowly erode at the number of office workers, at the number of retail stores, and then that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, where it just becomes emptier and emptier. https://lnkd.in/gt8-DfkX

Helium has been added to the critical list joining seven minerals by the U.S. Geological Survey. https://lnkd.in/gXwUbDfg

It was an incredible day of empowerment, learning, and togetherness at the inaugural Draw a Larger Circle: Expanding Inclusion in the Workplace Summit today at the College of St. Scholastica. Attendees began the day with self-reflection about their own identities and perspectives with Jesse Ross and unlocking the power of their own protagonism with Claire Branksy, followed by the Knowing Your Neighbors: Global Perspectives Panel led by Dr. M. Lue from the City of Duluth in which longtime and newly-arrived Duluth residents from countries around the world offered their unique insights as to how Duluth can become a more welcoming community to newcomers. Over the lunch hour, attendees engaged with an interactive discussion about Jodi Pfarr’s book The Urgency of Awareness led by Jaton White of Northside Achievement Zone followed by Raven & Cam from the Transgenda Podcast joining the group to talk about effective allyship. Sara Cole (Chamber Board Member), President & CEO of the Duluth Area Family YMCA, then took us home with a call to action and ideas how to continue this critical inclusion work in our community. Thank you so much to Lake Superior College and the The College of St. Scholastica for their partnership, our fantastic speakers for lending their time and talents, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for the grant funding that supports these events, and the 70+ local leaders and students who joined us today to show their commitment to this work. Our team is excited to offer this Inclusion Summit again in 2026!

The Duluth Chamber is proud to present the?Draw a Larger Circle: Expanding?Inclusion?in the Workplace?Summit?this Thursday, March 13 – Check out some of the amazing speakers we will be featuring! ? There is still time to join us - To register, click here: https://lnkd.in/gAvKdbHx ? Thank you to our sponsors?The College of St. Scholastica?and?Lake Superior College?for their support of?this event.

Join us on March 11th for the first Connect @ Clyde of 2025! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gXJsNCpR Unlocking Opportunity: A Deep Dive into True North Goodwill & Employment Challenges In this interactive session, Dodie Brown, True North Goodwill President and CEO, will share how they are offering more than job placement, but holistic support that empowers people to thrive in the workforce. Thank you to our friend, Chris Tiedeman, and Weber Johnson Public Affairs for sponsoring this event. Thank you our partners at the Clyde Iron Works for hosting the series!

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