Citizens are currently preventing the Hermantown city council meeting, where they are scheduled to vote on the permits and the development agreement, from beginning. The city did not let everyone sign up to speak, and we are showing them we won't let this happen tonight. Tomorrow there is a court hearing where an injunction could be issued. Come down to 5105 Maple Grove Rd to hold space and shut this down! We will be here all night!

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After hundreds of people showed up today at Hermantown City Council before a vote on the permits for the proposed data center, some were turned away from the building or not allowed to speak despite waiting hours for some. People began loudly asking to be allowed to speak and the City Council members did not come out and start their meeting or address the crowd's concerns, leaving a handful of police officers alone with the frustrated crowd. The police were respectful and handled the situation professionally despite apparently being abandoned by Hermantown leadership during this time. After almost two hours, the announcement was made that the meeting was adjourned and would be rescheduled to tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27th at 7:30. People reported that they didn't state whether they meant a.m. or p.m., but it is assumed that they meant p.m. The time of the meeting is not listed on their website as of the time of this positing.

Given that the Hermantown City Council didn't allow people enough time to sign up to speak or provide adequate space for all who wanted to attend, it is advised you come as early possible in order to get in line to speak. This project stands to not only destroy Adolph, but drastically reduce the quality of life for everyone and everything in this region. Google&friends aren't giving up and neither should you!
Whose town? Our town!

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Tomorrow night the hermantown city council is voting to approve the permits and the development agreement for the google data center. If they pass the agreement, google can sue to prevent the city from taking any action to block the project.

This Tuesday, there is a court hearing and a strong possibility of a long-term injunction that would halt any further agreements related to the data center. That means, if we can prevent this vote from happening on Monday, the project could fail entirely.

The best way to make this happen is show up at city council chambers at 5:30 and sign up to speak, use up meeting time, and create chaos.

We need to get to 10 pm without a vote, so even if public speaking isn't your favorite activity, anything you say or do will make a difference.

Hermantown city hall- 5105 Maple Grove Rd

5:30 picnic and sign up to speak

6:30 meeting

This is kind of random, but I have to get in 4 hours of volunteering for a class. I’m curious if anyone knows of anything I can do either this Thursday or Friday. I don’t currently have my car so preferably a place with decent bus access. I’d really appreciate any suggestions even though this is a super short notice question.

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The Hermantown City Council decided regular meetings were too slow (and the next fell after a court date), and so scheduled a special meeting for tomorrow (Monday) to pass the final permits and agreements. This would irreversibly comment our region to a Hyperscale Data Center.

There are a lot of concerns about this accelerated process: it gives the City Attorney and outside observers just four days in total to review two hundred pages of commitments, obligations, legalese, etc. To say that's reckless when dealing with a trillion dollar company is an understatement.

Everyone should be up in arms about this: even if you were pro-data center, this isn't the right way to put one in your community. You'd want your city to dot its i's and cross its t's!

And for everyone else, who is concerned about the process as well as the energy usage, stream impacts, future prospects of data centers, cementing Google as a political actor in the region, the slight benefits relative to total investments, AI bubbles, and so on -- this is just a spit in the face.

And while nominally, this is a "Hermantown" data center, practically it's a "Duluth-area data center." The huge energy infrastructure build-out, the increased energy use, the watersheds, all balloon beyond Hermantown.

There will be a protest rally outside the Hermantown City Hall at 4:30 on Monday. The Council Meeting starts at 6:30, but they have removed general speaking time. (Comment before agenda items, so they say, remain.)

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I am curious if Duluth has any local video game communities, events or clubs? I’m usually big into FPS games but open to any! Do any of the TTG/Card stores have events like this?

Thanks in advance!

Will be traveling to Duluth in a couple weeks will he hitting up Sam's Club, does anyone know if they have ghost energy in the large packs?

I’m wondering people’s thoughts on if West Duluth could support a planet fitness? Maybe in the old Kmart location? I don’t have the funds for this but maybe someone who sees this might :)

Hi! I volunteer up at the Harbor Theater in Two Harbors. It's a really cool renovated theater and they have showings and events mostly on weekends. You can also screen any from their 10,000 films selection, for a fee. Check out the site if you're interested.

This week, they're screening Ferris Bueller's Day Off on Thursday (10/29) at 7pm (free), A Clockwork Orange on Friday (10/30) and Saturday (10/31) at 7pm, and Altered States on Saturday (10/31) at 11pm.

The theater is at 616 2nd Avenue, just off Main Street.

Really recommend checking this place out and getting involved, if you love movies. Feel free to message me if you're thinking about a screening. I'm considering getting a group together in December to pick a film and run the night as volunteers.

Update: A down vote for being pro-active? And why wait until July when the event is in July? Does anyone know of how 2026 was for food? Thank you! Or maybe I am wasting my time and should just go elsewhere! :P

Why bother listing the food vendors if they are only going to list them in July, when the event is July 4th? Seriously? Are they that slow? Wow! And they want to ban all outside food on top of it all! And then, on a case by case basis, maybe, if you got the right letterhead and right food allergies, they'll make an exception?

I was wondering if the Fourth Fest has any Gluten free, dairy free options that are also peanut, tree nut, cinnamon free but is also real food? I mean hamburger, hot dogs, brats as opposed to sugar me this and sugar me that? Chicken and Turkey don't count for me, as I react to that too, but my sister can eat it if its gluten free and dairy free at least. I don't react to egg anymore, just everything else poultry. ROFL

I might be watching the fireworks from the hotel instead, but only because it is less headache. Technically, I also react to legumes and lentils, but amount matters. I'm hoping that if I keep my bucket low, I'll tolerate the guar gum or xanthum gum that the bun will have, because my reactions are only itchiness.

Thanks!

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Hello Duluth! I am currently looking for a roommate to sublease in a beautiful Duluth east hillside home. It’s a good sized 3 bedroom house with 2 female roommates and a cat. We are college students.

Rent is $567 a month plus $60-$80 additionally for utilities. The house is kept clean and quiet, making it an inviting space for anyone. I’m looking for someone who can move in ASAP.

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Hi so I’m fairly new to Duluth, and I’m going on a first date walk through Canal Park, and I’m feeling very nervous about possibly needing to pee and not have any idea where to go 😭

I remember visiting Duluth when I was young and not being able to find a public bathroom in Canal Park and having to run into the hotel. I really don’t want to ask my date to find me a bathroom, I’d prefer to just know where to walk to with them if I need to.

Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏