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July 21, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.– As the DECC continues to reopen following the pandemic, it’s getting more than three-quarters of a million dollars in federal aid to do just that.
Relief aid from the American Rescue Plan that passed back in march is being distributed to organizations across the country, including right here in Duluth. Now the DECC is getting a big boost from the money.
$751,743 is coming the DECC’s way through the shuttered venue operators grant. A program through the small business administration’s office of disaster assistance.
“Aid was really essential to our being able to come back and open our doors now,” said DECC Communications Director Lucie Amundsen.
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DECC sees busiest week since start of pandemic
Events this week include a free food giveaway, lots of hockey and both COVID-19 vaccination and testing sites.
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The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center and downtown Duluth. (Clint Austin / 2016 file / News Tribune)
This week figures to be the busiest week since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, with a host of events. But the iconic event facility is not turning a complete corner, given remaining state health limits on the number of people who can attend. This restriction of 250 people maximum at each event continues to present a financial challenge for the DECC, but seeing the increase in the overall use of our space is welcome, interim Executive Director Roger Reinert said in a news release Monday.