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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

MN DFL takes House, Senate, and Governor!

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@TheJvandy

2 years

The storm was rolling in and I was running for cover but they stopped singing and dancing long enough to ask me for a photo. No clue who they are, but I appreciate their spirit. Maybe Twitter can make the connection.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Ok then Minneapolis go off.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

One of my best friends met Biden in Superior today. Here’s what she she said: “When Biden came in, he walked around and talked to all the people individually. I told him I was the crazy bike lady of Duluth and he said every project he funds will have a bike path on it 🤣”

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

3 years

Solo trip to Minneapolis and it turns out that in spite of the narrative in some places in greater MN the city has not been burned to the ground and is in fact somehow even nicer than I remember.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

Happy Weird Weather Wednesday

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@TheJvandy

1 year

New lake just dropped

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@TheJvandy

1 month

Minneapolis did not fall come to Powderhorn Park you cowards.

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@TheJvandy

2 years

Minneapolis and St. Paul generally kind of bleed together seamlessly, but the zoning differences between the two along Franklin creates a pretty stark boundary.

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@TheJvandy

2 years

Duluth mornings

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@TheJvandy

2 years

@WisDOTsoutheast Thankfully 5 minutes in photoshop can help fix this

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@TheJvandy

11 months

Downtown Fargo is nuts man how do they do this?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

This is such an unhinged spot for a golf course. Right in between Minneapolis and St. Paul. It’s not just infrastructure that can divide neighborhoods.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Every time my Minneapolis pics do well there are trolls. I love this city. It’s not perfect. There are ugly truths and big problems. But beauty exists outside of perfection, and if you can’t even see a pic of a sunset without incurring negativity, I can only feel bad for you.

Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Ok then Minneapolis go off.

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@TheJvandy

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Peak springtime in Minneapolis

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@TheJvandy

2 years

Four stills from Grumpy’s Bar

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@TheJvandy

3 years

Chilly late fall scene

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@TheJvandy

6 months

Where were you when you heard the news that the Minnesota flag committee killed starflake

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

I know I'm not breaking the news here - but it snowed an unexpectedly reasonable amount in Minneapolis this morning.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

23 days

In the late 1800s, H.W.S. Cleveland proposed a ring of interconnected parks encircling the growing city of Minneapolis. Today, this vision has been built out - minus one crucial link. Excited to share that I somehow made it on the team that gets to design the missing piece. 😅

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

5 months

A brief moment of sunlight this morning in Minneapolis.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Shoutout to everyone who’s been kicking ass in this building over the past few months. Feeling pretty proud to be a Minnesotan right now.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

As the North Loop continues to grow, it might make sense to look at replacing the 4th Street Viaduct with an at-grade street that can be used by local traffic. Here's an attempt at visualizing the possibilities if the viaduct came down.

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@TheJvandy

5 months

The two-pound salted nut log - it’s every Minnesota dad’s dream

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

9 months

In Duluth today to once again ask the question: do we really need this right here?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

“The United States is too big for passenger rail to work!” You only have to go back a couple generations to disprove that claim. Many of our grandparents grew up in a nation with an extensive passenger rail system.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Duluth waterfront without I-35

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@JulienRBW

1 year

📍 DULUTH, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Cold can feel warm, too.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

10 months

3rd Avenue West, Duluth.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

Sundown over Highway 61

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

The urbanism of Kalamazoo, MI. They invented both the pedestrian mall and curb cuts!

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

11 months

I’m at the har mar mall and this place might have the worst vibes?

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@TheJvandy

11 months

I mean the honest answer is that they’ve had leadership that cares about having a vibrant downtown working at this for literal decades. I’m just jealous. So many more downtowns should be like this.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

We all agree that the Stone Arch Bridge is the heart of Minneapolis right?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

My work friend who did his thesis on St Anthony Falls was saying in the 60s the river was high enough to damage the Stone Arch Bridge to the point that there was concern of its collapse. That was at 60,000 cfs. It’s currently at 75,000 cfs and water is hitting the limestone

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

5 months

Here are ten of my favorite photos I took in 2023. Stone Arch Sunset

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Personally I think putting resources behind creating a downtown that people want to spend time in is a better strategy than playing pretend downtown with people being forced there against their will but that’s just me.

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@nickhaltermpls

4 months

Mayor Frey speaking at Mpls Downtown Council event, talking about people who work from home when they could go into an office: "You become a loser!"

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 months

East 38th Street Minneapolis, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

Meanwhile in Fargo news: Olive Garden wins reader’s choice for best Italian restaurant. For some reason the “Location: Fargo and more” is really sending me

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

@nickhaltermpls I thought it was satire but I have confirmed this is legit with someone in my office who attended. Apparently Governor Walz jumped in after and said “I guess I am a nasty cat blanket person”.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

9 months

New protected bike lane just dropped

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

5 months

In everything, a heartbeat

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 months

This afterthought snowstorm is more legit than the original one

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

I’m pretty sure this isn’t a real place a tourist can visit?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Running the backroads. Wright, Minnesota Post Office

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 month

I went to Ben’s in Duluth and Castle Danger is giving out white pine saplings with their beers. Winning combination in my book!

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

Okay I went outside. Here’s the glow from Marcy Holmes.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

7 months

Life of a river city

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

7 months

Hi everyone! I’m Jordan and I think this flag is suuuuuuuper boring.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

Now it’s dark

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

16 days

Looking towards the lakes, IDS Center Minneapolis, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

At work I’ve been helping on a plan to convert a twin cities mall into a mixed use neighborhood. It also includes converting an adjacent highway into an urban-scaled boulevard. It’s nice to have a job where I can do this work - hope to share some more specifics/graphics soon.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

9 months

Nothing screams “bike safety” like the unprotected University bike lane full of car shrapnel.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

If the shape on this is supposed to be Minnesota, the star is on Saint Cloud. How do we feel about that?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Sunrise over the Mississippi

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 months

TIL the Eleven on the River tower in Minneapolis is just a squished version of another tower in NYC. Same architect.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

7 months

How does Minneapolis not have a late nite hot dog cart?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

I’ve been passively brainstorming on design ideas to pursue that are focused more locally for me now that I’ve moved to Minneapolis and this is one I keep coming back to. I haven’t given it much thought, but I think it could be cool.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Morning in Marcy Holmes

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

I was in a bit of a photography rut but these foggy days have been resonating with the existential dread I’m experiencing due to the 50+ degree winter days so I’m trying to channel it into something creative.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

11 days

The Mississippi River Paddle Share is such an underrated gem in Minneapolis.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

When I lived in Duluth I would specifically go to Mpls to visit the businesses on Lake Street. It’s not a no-go zone, it’s a highlight of the community and state. Don’t buy into the bullshit of a few assholes, plenty of people outstate see it for the gem it is.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

More Riverside Plaza

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Yes I realize it looks fake but it is the real deal. If anything the actual sky in reality this evening may have been fake. Walking home across the bridge felt so surreal.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Pillsbury Scene

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Now entering Cromwell, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Unfamiliar celestial bodies

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@TheJvandy

4 months

I-35, downtown Duluth

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

If I started a series of threads on vintage plans for Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities would people be into that?

Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

Ok I found a copy of the full document here are some other graphics 1/

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

It’s not just about the freeway. Look at how the adjacent land use compares. The freeway is a gash through downtown but it also spawned a buffer of parking lots, parking ramps, and frontage roads. Is it really the best way to use some of the most valuable land in the city?

Duluth Waterfront Collective

@highway61duluth

4 months

Shown to scale: I-35, Duluth and Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis. Both carry a similar amount of traffic.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 month

Compositions of a railroad overpass NE, Minneapolis, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Duluth’s hillside is full of these “secret” sidewalk shortcuts that run where it’s too steep to build a full street. Always had fun discovering these when I lived there. Here are a few from my old neighborhood. Just be prepared to share them with a few deer!

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Late December sunset over Minneapolis, happening later and later.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

Minneapolis Skyline

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

7 months

On Third Avenue SE

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

3 years

Really glad I’m not the only one talking about this in Duluth anymore. 🛣 ➡️🗑

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

3 months

Avenues of downtown Duluth

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

26 days

Blasted by space beams in Cedar Riverside

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

Duluth housing is on some crazy shit. So many old homes were reworked into duplexes in the craziest ways. This is literally the entrance to someone’s unit.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

Build streets for people

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

3 years

@LakeSuperior Are we doing “Cats of Lake Superior”?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

5 months

To hell with the “light dustings” we’ve got REAL SNOW here in Minneapolis today

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

The raised bike lane is the clear winner vs. the painted bike lane for winter riding, as seen here on Minneapolis’ Washington Avenue. 6” does the trick!

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

4 months

Taking 12 years to extend an existing passenger rail service 25 miles on existing tracks to existing stations is disappointing to say the least. The entirety of the first transcontinental railroad was built in 6 years.

UsesTransit

@UsesTransit

4 months

Northstar projections to extend to St Cloud. What do y'all think?

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

3 months

Reflecting on the journey from nearly being hit on the Lake Avenue overpass to my design thesis to a grassroots movement and now to a USDOT-funded planning project. I am thrilled by the opportunity presented to Duluth to reimagine this corridor. Here’s to what comes next!

Duluth Waterfront Collective

@highway61duluth

3 months

BIG NEWS! We are thrilled to share that the US Department of Transportation has awarded Duluth a Reconnecting Communities Grant to develop a community-led vision for the future of the I-35 corridor.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 months

Bye ✈️

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@TheJvandy

6 months

Quittin time

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@TheJvandy

11 months

Pre-storm magic on the Minneapolis riverfront. #mnwx

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@TheJvandy

4 months

Duluth’s mighty Alworth Building. Once the tallest in Minnesota, still the tallest in Duluth, will always be a favorite of mine.

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@TheJvandy

4 months

Me and my cat when we see the mayor on the streets

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

18 days

Front row seats Minneapolis, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

10 months

I just want to say that these events have consistently fostered the strongest sense of community I’ve experienced since moving to Minneapolis. They leave me better understanding and caring for the people and places that make this city what it is. Thank you @OurStreetsMpls

Star Tribune

@StarTribune

10 months

The future of Open Streets in Minneapolis is in question, after the city ended its partnership with the nonprofit that has orchestrated the pop-up festivals.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

My most unpopular Minneapolis opinion is that I love this building, especially from Target Field.

Jeff B

@spyboy1

1 year

@LaVelleNeal I’ve always been more disappointed with the ugliest building in the entire state blocking the view of the beautiful Wells Fargo Tower. That damn eyesore looks like an urban jail. 😠

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

As I’ve traveled more, I’ve realized how beautiful Minneapolis is compared to other similar-sized cities. I find it’s at its best during a morning walk across the Stone Arch Bridge (which has been my commute for almost a year now). It’s pretty hard to beat.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

23 days

Just before the smoke blew in Maple Lake, MN

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

Minneapolis when Boom Island was going to be full of apartment towers and I-335 was going to complete the freeway loop around downtown

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

The way the West River Parkway dead ends in north Minneapolis is kinda lame but the turnaround gave me this view so it’s not all bad.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

6 months

No more code-required parking mandates and two downtown parking ramps will be converted to mixed-use development. Huge wins for Duluth

Duluth lifts parking mandates, looks to sell pair of ramps

The City Council looks to jumpstart development by offering more parking flexibility.

www.duluthnewstribune.com

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

1 year

So long, 22.

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Jordan van der Hagen

@TheJvandy

2 years

“Hey Man, can you take my picture? We’re gonna do a before and after for when I get out of this situation and start winning again. Tell the people Ozzy’s gonna make it.”

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