Almost got hit into by oncoming traffic trying to take a right turn onto central, coming out of a Mister Carwash trip, due to a long line for 7Brew’s right turn onto Anderson. When is this enough of a hazard to be addressed, or not addressed at all? It’s crazy that people will actually wait in a line of traffic hazards that long just to waste money on coffee. Fans of 7Brew speak up and justify this behavior bc I am truly curious abt the hype. Any other thoughts are welcome!

If anyone sees a white VFR in the West Duluth Minnesota area please give me a shout! I’ve had this bike since 2013/14 and was bought with a $7.25 an hour job, it’s got about 16,000 miles on it and it’s in pretty good shape.My bike was stolen from the Observation Park area within 48 hours as of now 9/7/26.

Went to Home Depot and there was a cop and a huge line of cars in the turn lane by the light. Then noticed they were on the shoulder. We wanted to turn right but couldn't tell if we could/wanted to so we avoided it lol just curious why there was a million people waiting on the shoulder. I'm just wondering what could possibly be worth a wait like that lol

My in-laws are international and need to see a doctor for a rash. They are here visiting for 6 months on a visitor visa.

Are there any clinics that are reasonable out of pocket for uninsured?

TIA

Anyone have information on what is going on? Helicopter at the wayside, multiple fire trucks and police blocking the wayside entrance.

I lived in Duluth years ago, and worked at the Crystal Center, the owner Crystal was great with teens and stubborn acne.

I know that shop shut down years ago…is there anyone who’d you recommend for acne informed skin treatments, as well as working with teens?

Not all estheticians are into working with teens (of course parent would accompany), and not all have a specialty with acne.

Any reccs from personal experience would be appreciated!

It's very encouraging to see small businesses in the Duluth area show solidarity with our community that has been betrayed and deceived by our municipal governments and institutions like the Chamber of Commerce.

It’s been nearly a year since the veil was lifted on the corporate Data Center collusion and the City of Hermantown began to feel the instant frustration, anger, and feelings of betrayal by the overwhelming majority of our communities.
-A multi trillion dollar multinational big tech corporation entered the community under confidentiality agreements.
-Zoning and city policies were amended deceivingly in service of moving the AI Data Center Project forward.
-Public elected officials in Duluth and our Blackrock owned power company used their pervasive influence and control over regional institutions.
-The Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce and APEX helped launder a narrative that “NDAs” are normal and should be accepted in government.
-When residents and the region finally learned the details of the project and raised serious concerns, the changes were already made.
-Residents have be chastised, bullied, and talked down to by their irresponsible and undemocratic municipal government which is acting as if the project is a done deal.

Surrounding counties and municipalities are banning the production of data centers and there is no real proper guardrails protecting people from these rapacious multinational corporations and asset management companies that are robbing us blind. Those corrupt elected officials and the corporations and asset managers that seek to buy our democracy and exert enormous influence over us are now exceedingly desperate to maintain the track of their project. So much so that they’ve pushed the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce to pass a resolution of support for the project that no one wants without consulting their members, stakeholders, or the broader public while also presented biased misinformation in support of the Data Center.

It makes no sense that the Chamber would support this project given that they are an institution that is supposedly, at least according to their own propaganda and stated mission, “deeply invested and involved with the people, businesses, and community organizations” they claim to represent. 🤔

While businesses associated with the chamber have a very direct voice in this fight and should continue to be encouraged to separate from the institution, we the people can also contact the chamber board directly! The Interim Chamber President, Jim Roche, has no incentive to respond to any inquiries or emails and he's not even going to be around enough to care really, but the BOARD might hear us.

Send emails to the board of the Chamber of Commerce here: [inquiry@duluthchamber.com](mailto:inquiry@duluthchamber.com)

Use the subject line”: Concern with Board of Directors" and address it to the "Chamber Corporate Board of Directors".

Give them your concerns directly and ask them if they are truly being representative of their members and the region. Why hire an out-of-state interim president who was in New Hampshire during this chamber process for endorsing of the data center? Why can't he even make time to be in Duluth to work with chamber staff and the business community to know their real concerns regarding this horrific environmentally and socially unacceptable project? Why is the Chamber shredding its reputation while dragging its members through the mud by aligning with the big tech oligarchy and corrupt undemocratic means of governance? Tell them you are appalled and incredibly disappointed by their decision to accept this betrayal and corruption within our local governments. Tell them that is is not how “representative democracy” works and that we cannot accept having the “best democracy money can buy”. Tell them that we cannot accept a faustian bargain with rapacious asset management firms and parasitic firms like Google. Tell them exactly your contempt with how the city of Hermantown has deceived us. Tell them everything wrong with this Hyperscale AI project, from the social decline to the environmental destruction, to the the failure of to have responsible and honest environmental review, and everywhere in between.

We the people can and will shut down this environmental monstrosity and we will take our democracy back. Emailing the board of business lobbying group that has a track record of violence against the working class may be a small drop in the bucket for our fight against this Data Center overall, but the Chamber’s board might take our comments and emails seriously in this moment of bad press for their organization. That could sway change.

Hello fellow Duluthians! Me and my lovely gal have been craving a French dip lately and aren’t quite sure where to go this time. Our default is Sir Ben’s for the British dip, I also noticed that Pickwick has a French dip as well. Is there anywhere else that comes to mind for you guys? Thanks!

**edit 10 hours after original post** Duluth chamber contacted Google to remove the reviews, Google has seemingly agreed**

As citizens of Duluth, we must attempt to make our voices heard. The chamber has completely lost touch with small businesses and Duluth citizens. Lets make it known!

Go leave a review.. and make a difference!,

What kind of bird did this feather belong to (first pic with white dot)? Second pic is all the feathers I found and how I left them for someone else to possibly find.

Looking for an auto parts store or service station that can put an OBD 1 diagnostic thing on a 1990 Pontiac for less than an arm and a leg.

What businesses in the area support the Hermantown Data Center? I’d like to know what businesses to avoid.

I’ll start: Sheraton Duluth Hotel. The GM (Karen P) spoke in favor of the data center.

Apologies if the wrong flair is applied— there isn’t an arts or painting one that shows.

Comfort systems came to turn on stuff at our new house. We have an old boiler that we've been planning to replace. But apparently unprompted (I wasn't there), he said that we absolutely should not replace the boiler, and just sign up for their maintenance program. He said that because the boiler's old it's a good boiler, and we'd spend a ton for a more modern, but also crappier, boiler. It'd be nice not to have to pay for a new boiler, but I'm not sure how much to trust Comfort Systems. I'd love to hear people's experiences with their anual maintenance program, and whether this is a good idea, or if he was just blowing smoke up our bums.

Hey folks, I need to get my dog to a vet in Duluth for a non urgent matter (very mild dermatitis). I’d like to her to see a vet before it becomes more urgent, but my current vet is telling me they have no vacancy until Oct 13th, and then asked me to pay double for her to be seen sooner.

I know Blue pearl is always an option for emergencies, so I’m just looking for a good reliable vet that’s not extorting me

Hi, we lost our cat. His name is Otis. Snuck out Monday night and he usually returns when we shake our snax but not this time.

I’d love to get some new family photos but I can’t afford the high rates I keep seeing! Are there any amateur photographers out there that do photography on the side for folks on a budget? I don’t need 30 photos just a handful!

Hey everyone, I’ve just moved back into the area after escaping domestic abuse. I have a job interview in a couple hours and more lined up, but in the meantime I need gas to get there. So I’m looking for any odd jobs. I can do simple yard work, dog walking, pet sitting, cleaning/organizing, anything really. Thanks in advance

Update: I got a job, still willing to do any work for gas money until that first paycheck comes around

https://www.wdio.com/top-stories/duluth-chamber-backs-hermantown-google-data-center-project/

Are we really surprised knowing the track record of these parasites that routinely seek to subvert democratic processes and the will of the people, workers, and labor through propaganda and pervasive monied influence?

The Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce is asking its members to stand with the corrupt city of Hermantown regime that is 1) rewarding corporate and antidemocratic collusion against the region’s citizenry and 2) 30 year tax breaks for a multi-trillion dollar corporations and 3) not passing a moratorium on data centers and maintaining the position of not pursuing adequate 3rd party environmental review for such a project. The chamber is standing with the irresponsible and corrupt regime in Hermantown over their actual business members interests and concerns of the vast majority of people in the region. They are also standing with rapacious asset management firms like Blackrock, whose interest in short-term profit maximization through the MNPower buyout and pushing data centers will negatively impact the region’s cost-of-living crisis.

This is the type of short-sightedness from the chamber that we will see even more of with a guy like the current interim president, Jim Roche, at the helm of the chamber. He is a Republican east coastal elitist that doesn’t live here that is directing a local chamber from New Hampshire. In fact he was in New Hampshire during this chamber process for endorsing of the data center process so he can't even make time to be in Duluth to work with chamber staff and the business community to know their real concerns regarding this horrific environmentally and socially unacceptable project.

The Chamber of Commerce has always run interference for corporate big business over local interests and is unapologetically against the working class (having historically funded and supported violent responses to labor movements across the country).

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We live under barbarism, from the federal regime to the local, where fascist entities and aligned institutions (like the National Chamber of Commerce, the National Realtors Association, Blackrock, Mining Lobbyists, and Google) utilize their pervasive influence, propaganda, and money to subvert democracy to the wills of capital rather than the people. They bend the knee and reflexively comply with the erosion of democracy under the fascist project.

Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -Benito Mussolini

I just drove by it on my way home and noticed the sign is gone as well as all of the menu stuff inside. Is it a renovation or is it closed for good?