We’re migrating our website for easier updates and adding blog posts. Some of you my recognize some of them from our monthly newsletter. The updated website will allow us to share information quicker, flesh out our FAQ page, and add more about us and our events!
Let us know if you have any issues with the updated website. We’ll be adding more as we go.
It has happened – the city of Duluth has removed the parking meters on Michigan Street. I had made a social media post with the same information as follows, and what do you know? It was our most viewed post to date. Parking is a hot-button topic in Duluth! We do love to talk about urban planning, but this is more for informational purposes only.
This update has a few ramifications for our clients.
We plan to get in touch with parking services to advocate for clearer signage, posting the enforcement hours, clearly mark parking spaces, and find out if they intend to install a kiosk on Michigan Street.
I’ve got to admit… sometimes I can’t stop doom scrolling. The other day I was like ‘Why is my wrist feeling so sore?’
Yeah, holding my phone too long flipping through a sea of yuck had tension building through my hand, wrist, forearm, shoulder, neck, etc.
Thankfully, COGGS volunteers have been doing their best to keep our trails in as good of condition as could be hoped for. Getting bounced along over the icy terrain may have also been rough on my wrists, arms, shoulders, and neck, but I feel a lot better afterwards!
I may need to get on the schedule this week to loosen up some of these tight muscles though!
If you are having trouble with your mental health and emotional processing, Sara Sheppard is amazing at helping us through it.
Happy Birthday to Wylie, who turns 2 this week! He is an energetic guy who makes sure hikes and time in nature around Duluth are a part of my overall well being.
Who is glad to be done with 2025?
A new year offers a fresh start and a time to refocus on intentions. I definitely understand the sentiment of leaving 2025 behind and looking forward to a better 2026. However, there are many things both positive and negative that I don’t want to forget about 2025.
I hope to cherish those good memories and learn those tough lessons only once! We’ll see about that…
Our Open House was so much fun! It was great to meet some new folks and chat with familiar faces. Although, our pup Sunny had decided to help herself to some chocolate cookies the night before so I went straight from the vet to the open house with no sleep! She’s fine and may have learned her lesson?
I feel excitement for this time of year where social gatherings start happening indoors. There is a renewed sense of investing in inner growth, whether it be reading a book, enjoying a deep discussion with friends, focusing on a hobby, making treats or gifts for others.
Take care of yourself and check in on your friends. It is a time to build community connections.
Who has been enjoying nature walks this fall? It is such a treat to witness the the change in colors, smells, and feeling in the air.
While we do our best to get out and enjoy the many hiking and biking trails as often as we can, I can’t help but notice that sometimes it’s a challenge to make the time and effort to get out for a more “proper” hike or bike ride. Sunny (our pup) reminds us to walk several times every day, but often they are shorter than she or us would like.
One of my commuity-building and social well-being activities I have not been able to regularly attend this past year or so is volunteer trail maintenance with COGGS. I’ve been feeling a little guilty about that! So let me thank everyone who has been putting in the time doing trail building and maintenance this year!
