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Duluth’s Golf Course Future Locked In | Duluth News
Duluth’s future for the shuttered Lester Park Golf Course is locked in — no ballot vote this November, after a judge sided with the city’s plan to turn the 300-acre site into a mix of housing and green space overlooking Lake Superior. The golf course closed in 2020 due to high maintenance costs, and since then, locals have turned the overgrown land into a popular unofficial trail and dog park. A citizen group collected thousands of signatures to force a public vote, but the city council rejected it, citing state law that limits local ballot initiatives on land use. The judge agreed — though…
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