A Grand Way to Start the Year! Mark January 12 on Your Brand New Calendar Join DPPA on Saturday, January 12 for our first gathering of the year.... and a discussion of what (three or four?) main issues DPPA will focus on in 2002. Should it be trying to help Duluth's over-stretched City Councilors get staff? A review of the structure of the City Charter? A system for making sure that any questions asked publicly at City Council meetings are answered publicly as well? How to help women candidates run for office in 2003? Encouraging the city to protect until-now unprotected Duluth green space? The 2003 mayoral race? Please attend-and help decide. We'll focus that morning on one of these topics, with a presentation from a member of Duluth's Environmental Advisory Council (EAC), Kinnan Stauber. The Duluth city administration has recently recognized that much of the city's highly-prized green space has little or no formal protection. Working with the local office of the Nature Conservancy, the city is developing an ordinance that will allow Duluth to protect forever areas with high ecological value. Kinnan is chair of the EAC; she'll speak about the process that is underway, the role of the EAC in the process, and how DPPA members can help. Bring your skis! Following the meeting, DPPA board member Andrew Slade will lead a cross-country ski outing on the Piedmont Ski Trail and elaborate on Kinnan's presentation in relation to that particular piece of treasured green space. These articles are retained on the web for historical interest and do not necessarily reflect the views or goals of DPPA today.

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