Duluth, Minn.
Iron mining and production, shipping and heavy manufacturing, helped define Duluth's economic prowess for decades as the "Zenith City" helped generate wealth in northeast Minnesota. With reductions in employment in those fields over the last 40 years, the city had to, and is still, figuring out how to return the area to vibrance. Duluthians say you have to get past the cold to understand the soul of the community. But weather aside, the hilly landscape, four seasons, and natural resources are helping make the city a tourist destination. The city lost less than 1 percent of its population over the last decade, according to 2010 Census figures. But talk to area residents and city officials, more progress has to be made to get the city on Lake Superior's shoreline to grow.
RUST BELT RESURGENCE: Aiming to be 'Superior'
DULUTH, Minn. | While people may continue to fall in love with its pretty shoreline, Mayor Don Ness believes jobs are going to keep Duluth afl…
September 18, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
RUST BELT RESURGENCE: Tourism vision bolstering economic fortune of Northeast Minn. city
DULUTH, Minn. | If you can't run from the cold, then at least make it an economic opportunity.
September 18, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
RUST BELT RESURGENCE: Miners, workers strike gold in thriving iron industry
DULUTH, Minn. | Minerals and metallurgical engineer Don Fosnacht said having an "ungodly vast" array of natural resources is a good situation.
September 18, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Rust Belt Resurgence: Duluth, Minn.
View photos of Duluth, Minn. by Times photographer John Luke.
September 18, 2011 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
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