ELY – The Ely Fire Department experienced a surging volume of fire and medical calls over the last three years, according to a report delivered by Chief David Marshall at Tuesday’s city …
ELY – This city’s Economic Development Authority wrapped up its activities for 2021 on Tuesday night with a summary and discussion of accomplishments for the year and a look forward into …
ELY – City officials here are getting creative in finding ways to fill at least one of the many open positions in the city’s public works department by looking to hire an equipment …
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Keith Vandervort
ELY – One of the clear and present roadblocks to economic growth in the greater Ely area is the severe shortage of daycare services. Former mayor Ross Petersen was recently empowered by the Ely Economic Development Authority to spearhead a wide-ranging exploration of potential solutions to the continuing dilemma of attracting a younger, vibrant workforce to the area while a dearth of childcare services here continues.
The move to form a working subcommittee by city council members acting as EEDA commissioners follows recent discussions by the city’s projects committee and the council.
“Ely has a great need for daycare, I think we all know that,” Petersen said last week. “Ely lost over 40 percent of its daycare (providers) during the whole COVID thing. We didn’t have enough before COVID hit. Now there is a huge need for it and it is a huge problem.”
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Keith Vandervort
ELY – The Ely Economic Development Authority gathered Tuesday night to discuss and plan their goals for the upcoming year to promote the economic growth of the business community.
The city’s economic advisor, John Fedo, initiated the discussion with a look back at the progress and successes of the EEDA’s efforts in the last year in the midst of the unique challenges of COVID-19.
“Which of these (goals) are still valid, and to what degree?” Fedo asked in reviewing the 2020 list. “Trailhead development, our number one priority, obviously has moved to our number one accomplishment. The realization that this project will see physical construction this year is pretty inevitable.”