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Commissioners Mike Jugovich and Patrick Boyle will also be sworn this week following their reelections.
Jugovich will be sworn in at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the United Steelworkers union hall at 115 W. Lake St. in Chisholm.
Boyle will be sworn in by fellow Duluth Commissioner Frank Jewell in a low-key manner sometime prior to Tuesday’s board meeting in Duluth.
Grimm said she has big shoes to fill by following Olson, who served a single four-year term on the board, but asserted herself as a strong and compassionate voice.
In her final meeting last month, she urged commissioners to dedicate themselves to hearing from people not represented on the board, listing people of color, indigenous people, queer people, immigrants and refugees.
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Damiano Center Purchases Stalls to Help People with Personal Hygiene
Some of our most basic needs, such as having a place to maintain our personal hygiene, can be a struggle for those who are housing insecure. But now an organization in Duluth is making sure that essential part of daily life is taken care of for those in need.
December 31, 2020
DULUTH, Minn. – Some of our most basic needs, such as having a place to maintain our personal hygiene, can be a struggle for those who are housing insecure. But now an organization in Duluth is making sure that essential part of daily life is taken care of for those in need.
Duluth s Damiano Center will install six portable lavatory units. Written By: Peter Passi | ×
The Damiano Center Executive Director Seth Currier locks the door to one of the six separate shower/bathroom units of a new $68,000 trailer Wednesday. After last-minute details are taken care of, the trailer will be available for homeless people to use. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
It s the little things, like a hot shower and the chance to freshen up that can make a big difference in the quality of life for a person experiencing homelessness.
That s why public hygiene facilities have been high on the wish list for homeless advocates in Duluth for a long time. And the Damiano Center, at 206 W. Fourth St., is just days away from finally being ready to fulfill that need.