Local View: Downtown, UMD can help end Duluth s era of stagnant growth
From the column: The populations of Fargo (124,662), Rochester (118,935), and Sioux Falls (183,793) all nearly tripled since 1960. Duluth’s (85,618) shrank by 20%.
Written By:
Doug Pazienza | ×
Construction on Superior Street and Lake Avenue on Thursday, July 9. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
Duluth is in trouble. Sixty years of constrictive and stationary population is setting the city up for disaster. Predictions are real of an acute labor shortage, as baby boomers retire from the workforce.
The populations of Fargo (124,662), Rochester (118,935), and Sioux Falls (183,793) all nearly tripled since 1960. Duluth’s (85,618) shrank by 20%.
Those other cities retooled their economies, balanced the books, retained their postmarks, lit their streets, filled job vacancies, maintained lower tax rates, raised per-capita incomes, and filled classrooms. Their insipid cityscapes can’
Fox21Online I never looked back, said Diane Kolquist, a student of the program.
January 28, 2021
DULUTH, Minn. – A University of Minnesota Duluth program is helping adults 50 and older continue the journey of lifelong learning.
University for Seniors is a program at UMD that offers intellectual and cultural development to promote learning among the older population.
The program is a peer-led learning program.
It is run in a study group format and volunteers like retired university faculty help teach courses.
The classes cover topics in areas like lifestyle, health, and more.
“I heard about the University for Seniors before I retired. I said when I retired, this is something I really want to do. When I did retire I got involved pretty quickly with the University for Seniors. In a sense you can use the phrase, I never looked back,” said Diane Kolquist, a student of the program.