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Maada’ookiing grants awarded to Native American individuals leading two exciting grassroots projects in region

Northeast MN and traditional, ancestral & contemporary lands of Ojibwe, Dakota, Northern Cheyenne & other Native people – The Northland Foundation is pleased to feature the two individuals and projects receiving recent Maada’ookiing grant funding.

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Two Harbors takes steps to sell waterfront-adjacent property to hotel and event center developer

In a property deal that has been under closed-meeting law for months, the city of Two Harbors made the decision to negotiate for the sale of two parcels of land to commercial developer NAI Legacy.NAI Legacy representative Garrett Farmer presented his ideas for the development of a hotel and event center to the council Monday night.

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Two Harbors council rejects grant-funded project to clean up E.coli in Agate Bay

A project that has been more than four years in the works to reduce E.coli in the waters of Agate Bay was voted down at Monday night’s city council meeting.Fully grant funded at $750,000 and readied to be let for bids in order to be completed yet this year, the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (LCSWCD) had developed the project and received approval by the council several years ago.The biochar project would use ditches, some of which already exist, and basic landscaping changes to cause the flow of stormwater runoff to move more slowly through natural areas for filtration.

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