MAARJA: WELCOME TO "ALMANC NORTH."

I'M MAARJA HEWITT.

BRETT: AND I'M BRETT SCOTT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TONIGHT, WE'RE FOCUSING ONE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'LL HEAR FROM DULUTH POLE CHIEF MIKE CEYNOWA ON HOW U CAN HELP TRACK, MONITOR, AD PREVENT CRIME.

MAARJA: PLUS, NATIONAL NIGT IS AROUND THE CORNER.

THE EVENT BRINGS NEIGHBORHS TOGETHER ACROSS THE U.S. WE SIT DOWN WITH A LOCAL NON-PROFIT TAKING PART.

HEAR HOW THEY HOPE TO MAKEA DIFFERENCE.

BRETT: THAT'S JUST AHEAD.

BUT FIRST, NEWS MAKING HEAS IN OUR REGION.

WE BEGIN THIS EVENING.

ASHLAND RESIDENTS ARE BEING CALLED TO HELP LOCAL STUDES GET READY FOR THE SCHOOL YR THROUGH THE STUFF THE BUS L SUPPLY DRIVE, ORGANIZED BYD OF THE LAKES UNITED WAY.

THE DRIVE RUNS THROUGH AUGT 15, WITH DONATION DROP-OFFT PARTICIPATING LOCAL BUSINE.

LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 500 IS WERE DONATED, WORTH NEARLY $1,400.

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ERIN GRABINGER SAYS, “WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO HELP COLLECT THE SUPPLIES AND TE ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT FOS HELP GETTING THE SUPPLIES E STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM THE MOST.” MAARJA: A BLACK BEAR IN BAD COUNTY IS IN TROUBLE, AND E CHEQUAMEGON HUMANE ASSOCIAN IS ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITS HELP.

THE BEAR WAS SPOTTED NEAR E NAMAKAGON WITH A JAR STUCKN ITS HEAD AND HASN'T BEEN SN SINCE IT WAS LAST REPORTEDR IRON RIVER.

JAYME MOREY WITH THE CHA CD IT AN EMERGENT SITUATION, G THE GOAL IS TO SAVE THE BES LIFE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE T HEAT.

THE WISCONSIN DNR AND USDA WILDLIFE SERVICES ARE ACTIY WORKING TO LOCATE AND SAFEY HELP THE ANIMAL.

IF YOU SEE THE BEAR, DO NOT APPROACH IT.

CALL DNR WILDLIFE SERVICEST 715-369-5221.

BRETT: AWW, THAT POOR THIN.

FROM THE WOODS TO THE ROAD.

SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSUS ARE STILL IN EFFECT ON THE LAURENTIAN RANGER DISTRICT FOLLOWING STORM DAMAGE FROM JUNE.

THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FORES ISSUED A NEW CLOSURE ORDER IMPACTING THREE ROADS AND E BRIDGE IN LAKE AND ST. LOUS COUNTIES.

AS OF JULY 29, KANE LAKE S, HUSH LAKE ROAD, AND THE LAY ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE CLOQUT RIVER ARE CLOSED TO ALL TR, MOTORIZED AND NONMOTORIZED, THROUGH JULY OF NEXT YEAR R UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

THE FOREST SERVICE SAYS THE CLOSURES ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY DURIG ONGOING REPAIR WORK AND TOW ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICS AND LOCAL LANDOWNERS.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES, COT THE LAURENTIAN DISTRICT RAR OFFICE.

THAT NUMBER IS 218-453-865.

MAARJA: EARLIER THIS WEEK,R TEAM MET WITH CHIEF MIKE CA TO LEARN HOW THE DULUTH POE DEPARTMENT TRACKS AND MONIS CRIME IN OUR REGION, AND HU CAN HELP.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

CHIEF CEYNOWA: HI, MY NAMES MIKE CEYNOWA, CHIEF OF POLE FOR THE CITY OF DULUTH.

WE HAVE A ROBUST RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IT'S WHERE WHEN SOMEONE CAS 911, IT COMES THROUGH ST. S COUNTY DISPATCH.

THEIR COMPUTER AIDED DISPAH SYSTEM IS FILTERED TO OUR OFFICERS AND OTHER MOBILE .

FROM THERE, THAT'S WHERE PE REPORTS ARE GENERATED OR INCIDENT REPORTS.

THAT THEN COMES INTO OUR LR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,D WE ARE THEN ABLE TO PULL TT OUT OF THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CRIME MAPPING SOFTWARE THROUGH JS PROGRAMS, AND OTHER ANALYTL TOOLS WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK T PATTERNS AND TRENDS.

I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK T TRACKING IT IS HARDER, BUTE ARE CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIMET ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO PREVT THROUGH PROACTIVE POLICING.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE VIOLT CRIMES, SOME OF THOSE THINS THAT OCCUR.

THOSE ARE OFTEN CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY, RANDOM ACTS, R ACTS THAT ARE COMMITTED BEN KNOWING PARTIES THAT ARE AE OF EACH OTHER.

RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN AT EVE, VIRAL EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPD IN RECENT WEEKS, WE SHOULDL BE AWARE THAT WE ARE ALWAYN CAMERA.

THERE ARE LENSES EVERYWHERN OUR COMMUNITY AND ELSEWHER, RIGHT, FROM YOUR ATM TO YOR NEIGHBORS HOME.

GOVERNMENT CAMERAS, PRIVATE CAMERAS.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRIG THAT DATA IN TO OUR DEPART.

WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT THRH AXON, WHICH IS THE PROGRAME USE FOR BODY WORN CAMERA, T CAMERAS, INTERVIEW ROOMS.

BUT WE CAN SEND OUT A SYSTM LINK AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU E HAD AN ISSUE IN THIS AREA U HAVE INFORMATION RELATED TS CRIME, WE WANT YOUR VIDEO,D WE HAVE A WAY TO GO THROUGT QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE IS SH OUT THERE, RIGHT?

OR IF WE SPECIFICALLY KNOWR CANVASSING AN AREA AFTER AE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE CAM, WE WILL ASK THEM FOR THEIRO AND SUPPLY THEM WITH THE SPECIFIC LINK.

COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR NEIG.

YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.

ALL OF US LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE KNOW THE COMINGS AND GOINGS.

WE KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOO BE HOME OR WHEN THEY COME E FROM WORK OR WHEN THEY GO O WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL, OR WE HAVE EXTRA ACTIVITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO, YOU KN, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WH YOUR NEIGHBOR, KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE A, AND WHEN SOMETHING SEEMS ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DO'T SEEM RIGHT, SEEMS OUT OF P, SEEMS CONCERNING, YOU SHOUE CALLING 911 BECAUSE WE WILL RESPOND.

BUT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WN KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE IS HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION, KNOWING WHO LIVES NEXT DOOO US, BEING ABLE TO SAY THATR NEIGHBOR, HEY, I'M GOING ON VACATION, WOULD YOU MIND KG AN EYE ON OUR HOUSE.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT L COME BY TO MAKE SURE THE PS ARE WATERED OR THE ANIMALSE TAKEN CARE OF OR WHATEVER U HAVE GOING ON.

BY THAT SECURITY SYSTEMS AE HELPFUL, RIGHT?

IT DOES GIVE US A SENSE INR HOME OR BUSINESS THAT SOMES KEEPING AND I ON THIS ALL E TIME, WHETHER THAT IS THROH -- KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS L THE TIME, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH A CAMERA SYSTEM ORN ALARM SYSTEM TO LET PEOPLEW THERE IS AN INTRUSION, OR N IN LARGER VENUES OR BUSINE, HAVING THAT ON-SITE SECURIO GREET PEOPLE WHEN THEY COMO A BUSINESS, TO MAKE SURE PE ARE CREDENTIALS COMING INTR BUSINESS, MAKING SURE THATR EGRESS AND ENTRANCES ARE SD SO PEOPLE HAVE TO COME IN A CERTAIN WAY.

I THINK THAT HELPS US ALL L MORE SECURE.

IN SOME RESPECTS, I THINK E IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY RIGT NOW, RIGHT?

WE HAVE SEEN THE PROLIFERAN OF AI TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS E BOARD, RIGHT?

EVERY TIME YOU ARE LOGGINGO YOUR COMPUTER, INTERACTINGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR ALL THESE THINGS, THESE ALGORITHMS AE PUSHING AT YOU YOUR INTERE, RIGHT?

AND IT IS SO DIFFERENT WITN CRIMINAL JUSTICE RIGHT NOWN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUN.

WE ARE SEEING COMMUNITIES O DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS, WHERE A 911 CALL HAPPENS, T DRONE WATCHES AUTONOMOUSLYS TO THE LOCATION THROUGH GPS DATA, AND GIVES OFFICERS REAL-TIME EYES ON THE SCENE PRIOR TO ARRIVING.

IT'S GREAT IN THE SENSE THT CAN INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY R OFFICERS AND GIVE THEM MORE TO BE PROACTIVE, BECAUSE TE ARE TIMES WHERE THAT DRONES OVERHEAD AND WHATEVER WAS G ON HAS NOW LEFT.

SO, YOU CAN CALL THE PERSOO CALLED IT IN, TALK TO THEMT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO.

BUT THAT GETS CONCERNING, ?

THAT BECOMES EYES ON US ALE TIME.

THERE'S AUTOMATIC LICENSE E READER DATA WHERE WE ARE AO SEE IF A VEHICLE IS ALERTEA STOLEN VEHICLE OR A WANTED PERSON OR A DANGEROUS PERS.

ALL OF THAT IS COMING IN.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO THEN PROTECT THAT DATA BECAUSE E IS A LOT OF DATA THERE THAS -- YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAE TRIED TO BE PRETTY TRANSPAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THERE'S STATE LAWS THAT GOVERN THIS FOR THE STATE F MINNESOTA.

WHEN WE LAUNCHED OUR DRONE PROGRAM HERE, AND W'T HAVE ONE AS A FIRST RESPON, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TOE DRONES, WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS RELATED TO THAT.

DEVELOPED OUR POLICY BASEDN BEST PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

WE DID THE SAME THING WHENE PUT OUT BODY WORN CAMERAS.

WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT.

AND WE HAVE HAD ALPR'S AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME IR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE ABILIO BE THERE.

BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING STATE STATUTES, BEST PRACTICES, D POLICIES A LOT OF TIMES THT WERE COPRODUCED.

FOR US, CURRENTLY, WE UPDAR CRIME APPS WEEKLY.

WE ARE HOPING TO GET TO A T WHERE IT IS A LITTLE BIT ME REAL-TIME.

BUT THERE IS DATA THAT NEEO BE SCRUBBED OUT OF THAT.

SO, MINNESOTA HAS A DATA PRACTICE STATUTE, STATUTE , THAT LARGELY GOVERNS CRIMIL INVESTIGATIVE DATA.

SO, THERE'S SOME THINGS THT JUST CANNOT BE PUBLIC BY L, AND THAT KIND OF RESTRICTST WE CAN SAY OR WHAT WE CAN DISPLAY.

THAT IS WHY WE WILL SOMETIS FACE CRITICISM.

WHEN I ZERO IN, I CANNOT SE EXACT ADDRESS.

WELL, THERE'S A REASON FOR.

BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO GET A GENERAL AREA OF WHERE SOMEF THESE THINGS ARE OCCURRING.

SO, IT IS OUR ABILITY TO BS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN WITHE LAW.

THERE IS ALSO A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CRIME AND CALLS R SERVICE.

YOU KNOW, WE ROUGHLY HAVE BETWEEN 85000 AND 95,000 CURRENTLY CALLS FOR SERVICA YEAR.

BUT CRIME, WE ARE USUALLY B 10,000.

ACTUAL CRIMES THAT HAVE OCD WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT PEOPLE CALL 911 FOR ALL SORTS OF REASONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL RE, OR MAYBE JUST MAKES THEM FR FEARFUL OR.

SOMEONE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.

IT IS REALLY OFFPUTTING ANT IS SCARY, BUT IT IS NOT CRIMINAL.

THAT IS KIND OF THE DISTINGUISHING LINE BETWEEN CALLS FOR SERVICE VERSUS C. BRETT: STICKING WITH OUR TC OF SAFETY AND SECURITY THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY WILL SOON COME TOGETHER FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WITH A L TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES A R PLACE TO LIVE.

ZEITGEIST IS A NON-PROFIT N DULUTH PARTICIPATING THIS .

TO LEARN MORE, WE HAVE ANDA CROUSE HERE TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

ANDREA: MY PLEASURE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

MAARJA: IT IS GOOD TO SEE U AGAIN.

HOW IS ZEITGEIST GETTING INVOLVED WITH NATIONAL NIGT THIS YEAR?

ANDREA: A LOT OF PEOPLE KNW ZEITGEIST AS A RESTAURANT R MAYBE YOU HAVE GONE TO SOMF THE PERFORMANCE THEATER, OR MOVIES.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNIY DEVELOPMENT AND PLACE MAKIG DEPARTMENT.

AND WE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO HELP ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN DECISION-MAKID TECHNICAL ENGAGEMENT, EDUCN AROUND ACTIVE LIVING, AND E DESIGN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TE THEM SAFER, MORE REPRESENTE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO, AN EVENT LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT BRIS ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER, THINKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, COMMUNITY CONNECTI, PROVIDING A SPACE WHERE PEE CAN MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS AD HAVE A GOOD TIME AND CELEBE IN A PUBLIC SPACE.

BRETT: IT'S SO EASY TO BE D AS A SPONSOR OF AN EVENT, T WHAT IS THE GOAL FOR ZEITGT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EVEG AND MAYBE MOVE FORWARD?

ANDREA: SURE.

FOR ZEITGEIST, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP NEIGHBS CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER ANO CONNECT THEM WITH OTHER LOL LEADERS, WITH OTHER RESOURN THE COMMUNITY, AND A CHANCO CELEBRATE ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR ENTIRE REGION.

SO, WE HOST THIS IN THE FAY FREEDOM CENTER'S FREEDOM F, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF H AVENUE EAST AND 9TH STREET.

WE HAVE FOLKS FROM THE CITF DULUTH, THERE ARE LOCAL LES WHO COME BY.

SOMETIMES THE FIRE DEPARTMT MIGHT BE THERE WITH A TRUCR FOLKS TO CLIMB AROUND IN.

BUT WE OFFER FOOD AND MUSID FAMILY ACTIVITIES.

BUT IT IS REALLY A CHANCE R PEOPLE TO SPEND TIME GETTIO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE MORE CONNED IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY FL SAFER.

WHEN THEY ARE FEELING SAFE, THEY ARE OUT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT HELS CREATE A SAFER NEIGHBORHOO, TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT AND WALKING AROUND AND FEELINGE THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO FIND A FRIENDLY FACE OR HEP WITH FOOD ACCESS OR HEALTHE OR ASK A QUESTION FROM A CY OFFICIAL, PROVIDE INPUT ONA PROJECT THAT MAY BE THEY CE ABOUT.

SO, WE OFFER A LITTLE BIT L OF THAT AT THE HILLSIDE NIT OUT.

BUT WE ARE JUST THERE TO HA GOOD TIME TOGETHER.

MAARJA: BRING PEOPLE TOGET.

SO, WHY HILLSIDE?

ANDREA: THE HILLSIDE IS ONF THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS IE CITY OF DULUTH.

IT IS HISTORIC.

BUT IT ALSO HAS BEEN DIS-INVESTED IN.

THERE'S A 20 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY DIFFERENCE BETWN FOLKS LIVING IN THE HILLSIE NEIGHBORHOOD AS COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING PAK POINT, OR 13 YEARS BETWEEN HILLSIDE AND THE CITY OF D. AND THAT IS NOT BY CHANCE.

IT IS OVER TIME IT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED I.

THAT IS PART OF WHY ZEITGET FOCUSES OUR ATTENTION ON TS NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEEKS WAYO ELEVATE ENGAGEMENT AND COMY VOICE IN CHANGE MAKING, AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND HELPING E FIND WAYS TO INTERACT WITH DECISION-MAKERS.

OF COURSE, WE USE AN ARTS D STORYTELLING LENS BECAUSE T IS A WAY WE CAN RELATE TO H OTHER.

BUT THE HILLSIDE HAS A LOTO OFFER AND PEOPLE HAVE A LOF PRIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,T IS GOOD TO COME TOGETHER AD ALSO CELEBRATE WHAT PEOPLEE AND HOW BIG THOSE CONNECTIS ARE.

BRETT: HOW DOES THAT INSPID SPARK THE IMPROVEMENTS IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS?

ANDREA: IT'S A GREAT QUEST.

IT CAN HAPPEN ON DIFFERENT LEVELS.

I THINK ON ONE HAND, WE'VED ART AS A WAY TO KIND OF SUY RESIDENTS.

SOMETIMES, PEOPLE GET SICKF TRADITIONAL SURVEY METHODS.

BUT WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH E LEADERSHIP OF FOLKS FROM TE HILLSIDE THAT IF WE HAVE AT SUPPLIES OUT, PEOPLE ARE -O PUN INTENDED -- DRAWN TO IT AND WILL DROP RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT PROMPTS.

SO, WE CAN SEE VISUALLY WHT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE USED THOSE FOR AT OF DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT EV.

IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, U CAN SEE IMAGES THAT COMMUNY MEMBERS HAVE DRAWN FOR WHAY WANT TO SEE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE CAN THEN TAKE THAT D APPLY A TECHNICAL LAYER TOT AND ADD ENGINEERS AND DEVES AND OTHERS AND BRING IT TO FRUITION WITH THEIR SUPPOR.

BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WE DN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL L PROJECTS RIGHT NOW IN THE HILLSIDE AREA, ONE THAT WIE ON THAT 6TH AVENUE EAST CORRIDOR.

AND PEOPLE AT HILLSIDE NIGT WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN AD DRAW AND BE PART OF WHAT TT MURAL WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN S DONE.

WE ARE ALSO DOING SOME BUS SHELTER ART THAT WILL BE GG UP ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

IT IS A MAJOR TRANSIT CORR.

ALL OF THIS IS DONE BY LOCL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IT IS FOLKS ILLUSTRATING SE HISTORIC CONTENT FOR THE FUTURE.

MAARJA: IT WILL BE SO INTERESTING TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE MURAL SUGGESTION IDE, JUST TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMING UP WITH AND THINKIN.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TUES. YOU HAVE THE EVENT.

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT SUCS LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT EVENT,R ZEITGEIST?

ANDREA: I WOULD SAY SUCCES, PART OF IT IS BUILDING IT D BUILDING IT WITH COMMUNITI.

SO, WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP H THE PROPERTY OWNER, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY FRM CENTER, WITH THE DULUTH CER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO T TOGETHER THE MIX OF VENDORD LOCAL RESOURCES, WITH THE Y OF DULUTH BEING THERE TO BE TO TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT PROS THEY ARE WORKING ON AND GET FEEDBACK.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN ITS SUCCESSFUL IS IT SOUNDS LIE LAUGHTER AND LIKE CONVERSAN HAPPENING, IT SMELLS LIKE D THAT IS BEING COOKED AND SD AND HANDED OUT, AND IT LOOS LIKE SMILING FACES WALKING AROUND AND PEOPLE SITTING TOGETHER AND TALKING OVER A TABLE OR IT MAY BE LEARNING SOMETHING NEW FROM ONE OF E FOLKS THAT WILL BE AT THEIR TABLE.

MAARJA: IT IS CLEAR THAT CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

BRETT: OUR WINTERS ARE SO , TOO.

I FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T SEE R NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MES FOR A FEW MONTHS.

IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

GIVE US THE FINAL DETAILS.

IT IS AUGUST 5.

WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE KNOW?

ANDREA: NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTT IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TUESDAN AUGUST.

OUR EVENT IS HAPPENING FRO0 TO 8:00 P.M. AND WE WILL BT THE FREEDOM FARM ON 6TH AVE EAST AND 9TH STREET.

FOLKS CAN FIND OUT ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUTS INR NEIGHBORHOOD BY GOING TO TE CITY OF DULUTH'S PAGE AND A SEARCHING NEIGHBORHOOD NIGT OUT.

THEY ARE HAPPENING ALL OVEE CITY.

MAARJA: AND ANYONE CAN SHO?

ANDREA: ANYONE IS WELCOME.

WE WILL HAVE FOOD AND MUSID A LOT OF FUN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A HILE RESIDENT TO JOIN US.

BRETT: WE WILL HEAR THE LAR AND SMELL THE FOOD.

[LAUGHTER] MAARJA: IT SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US A. ANDREA: MY PLEASURE.

MAARJA: TIME NOW TO HEAD OO DENNY'S DESK FOR SOME NEIGY INSIGHT FROM DENNIS ANDERS.

DENNY?

DENNY: THANK YOU, MAARJA.

WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOR TO FIND STORIES ABOUT CRIME THESE DAYS.

SCROLL YOUR TELEPHONE, TURN THE EVENING NEWS, OR GLANCA GAS STATION TV, AND YOU'LLE HEADLINES THAT MAKE IT SEEE THE WORLD IS SPINNING OUT F CONTROL.

AND, YES, CRIME IS REAL.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IN WAYS THAT HES UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CHANGINGD WHY.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THOSE HEADLINES DON'T TELL US.

THEY DON'T TELL US ABOUT TE RETIRED SCHOOLTEACHER WHO VOLUNTEERS EVERY WEEK MENTG KIDS AFTER SCHOOL.

THEY DON'T TELL US ABOUT TE OUTREACH WORKER WALKING THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DULUTH, HANDING OUT SOCKS AND SANDWICHES, AND SOMETIMES .

THEY DON'T TELL US ABOUT TE JUDGE TRYING TO GIVE SOMEOA SECOND CHANCE INSTEAD OF JA SENTENCE.

THEY DON'T TELL US ABOUT TE PASTOR WHO GETS THE CALL A0 A.M.

WHEN A YOUNG PERSON NS HELP OR WHEN THE NEIGHBOR O STILL LEAVES THEIR DOOR UNLOCKED, NOT BECAUSE THEYE NAIVE, BUT BECAUSE TRUST SL MEANS SOMETHING WHERE THEY.

IF YOU ONLY LISTEN TO THE T STORIES, YOU START TO BELIE THAT THE WORST IS ALL THER.

BUT UP HERE IN THE NORTHLAE KNOW BETTER.

WE KNOW THAT SAFETY ISN'T T ABOUT ARRESTS AND HEADLINE.

IT'S ABOUT CONNECTION.

IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT SOMEONE BELIEVIN YOU BEFORE YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

SO, YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT .

BUT LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT E PEOPLE PREVENTING IT QUIET, EVERY DAY, WITHOUT A CAMERA BYLINE.

BACK TO YOU, MAARJA.

MAARJA: THANK YOU, DENNY.

WE'RE CIRCLING BACK TO SOME REGIONAL HEADLINES NOW.

FIRST, RESIDENTS AND BUSINS OWNERS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY CW REVIEW UPDATED FLOOD INSURE RATE MAPS RELEASED BY FEMA.

THESE PRELIMINARY MAPS OUTE REVISED FLOOD RISKS AND COD AFFECT FUTURE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

A 90-DAY APPEAL AND COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS AROUND AUGUS.

DURING THAT TIME, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN REVIEW THE MAPS ONLINE AT MSC.FEMA.GOV/FMCD SUBMIT TECHNICAL APPEALS OR GENERAL COMMENTS IF THEY FD ERRORS.

APPEALS MUST INCLUDE DATA E HYDRAULIC OR HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION, WHILE COMMENTN ADDRESS NON-TECHNICAL ISSUS SUCH AS MISSPELLED ROAD NA.

FEMA ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FLOOD RIS.

MORE THAN 40% OF FLOOD INSE CLAIMS COME FROM OUTSIDE HIGH-RISK ZONES, AND MOST STANDARD INSURANCE POLICIES DON'T COVER FLOOD DAMAGE.

FOR QUESTIONS, CALL 1-877-FEMA-MAP OR VISIT FLOODSMART.GOV TO LEARN MO.

BRETT: THE CITY OF DULUTH S FACING A MAJOR HOUSING CRU.

A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE CITYS RENTAL VACANCY RATE IS JUST UNDER 2%, AND EVEN TIGHTERR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AT JUSR 1%.

HOMEOWNERSHIP IS ALSO A CHALLENGE.

THE MEDIAN PRICE OF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME HIT $290 LAST YEAR, UP NEARLY 60% E 2018.

AND NEARLY A THIRD OF RESIS ARE CONSIDERED COST-BURDEN, PAYING OVER 30% OF THEIR IE FOR HOUSING.

EXPERTS SAY ONE SOLUTION CD BE MORE SENIOR HOUSING.

THE CITY'S POPULATION AGEDO 79 HAS GROWN BY 26% SINCE .

BUILDING FOR SENIORS COULDE UP OTHER HOMES, AND DULUTHY NEED MORE THAN 3,800 SENIOR UNITS BY 2035.

MAARJA: AFTER A FIVE-YEAR HIATUS, DRAG RACING IS ROAG BACK TO GARFIELD AVENUE IN DULUTH.

THE DULUTH DRAG RACES RETUN SEPTEMBER 27 AND 28, WITH T 125 DRIVERS RACING HEAD-TOD DOWN THE ONE EIGHTH-MILE S, SOME REACHING OVER 150 MILR HOUR.

THE EVENT LAST RAN IN 2019, PAUSED DUE TO THE TWIN PORS INTERCHANGE CONSTRUCTION.

ORGANIZERS FINALLY GOT THEN LIGHT FROM MNDOT JUST WEEK.

IT'S THE ONLY LEGALIZED EIGHTH-MILE DRAG RACE ON A PUBLIC STREET IN THE U.S., DRAWING UP TO 7,500 SPECTA.

MAYOR ROGER REINERT SAYS IS ANOTHER BOOST TO THE CITY'S PACKED SUMMER OF EVENTS, AO ITS ECONOMY.

BRETT: WE DO HAVE SOME FUN EVENTS HERE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

BEFORE WE GO, LET'S TAKE AK AT WHAT YOU MIGHT BE UP TOS WEEKEND.

LAST WEEK, WE HAD SPECIAL , MIMMU SALMELA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINNFEST, JOINO TALK ABOUT THE FESTIVAL.

WELL, THE TIME IS NOW TO GT AND CELEBRATE FINNISH HERIE IN THE NORTHLAND.

THIS FOUR-DAY CELEBRATION IS HIGHLIGHTING FINNISH AND FINNISH AMERICAN CULTURE WH MUSIC, FOOD, ART, AND SEMIS ON EVERYTHING FROM POLITICO SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AD SAUNAS.

THE FESTIVAL FEATURES GLOBL ARTISTS, INTERNATIONAL GUE, AND EVEN MOOMIN CHARACTERS, BLENDING TRADITION WITH A N TWIST.

ADMISSION TO THE TORI MARKETPLACE IS FREE, SHOWCG NORDIC ARTISAN GOODS, ALSO TRADITIONAL FOODS LIKE PULLA AND MOJAKKA, LIVE PERFORMANCES, WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, AND FUN FOR KI.

FOR PASSES AND THE FULL SCHEDULE, VISIT FINNFEST.U.

MAARJA: I WILL HAVE TO GO .

MANY FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TOY MY NAME CORRECTLY.

[LAUGHTER] A JAM-PACKED WEEKEND OF FUD FESTIVITIES STARTED EARLY S WEEK.

SPIRIT VALLEY DAYS KICKED N WEDNESDAY WITH THE MISS WET DULUTH PAGEANT AT MR. D'S,T THE FUN CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 WITH THE T RAFFLE SCHEDULED FOR 5:00 .

AT THE VALLEY YOUTH CENTER.

THE CELEBRATION INCLUDES TS LIKE A GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER, LIVE MUSIC, FOD TRUCKS, VENDORS, A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, AND A PANCAKE BREAKFAST.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO CHECK O, HEAD ONLINE TO SEE A COMPLE LIST OF EVENTS AND ACTIVIT BRETT: PART OF SPIRIT VALLY DAYS IS KIDFEST.

HAPPENING SUNDAY FROM 10:0O 3:00 P.M. AT THE WHEELER FD COMPLEX, THIS KID-FRIENDLY FAMILY FUN EVENT FEATURES , LIVE MUSIC, CRAFTS, FACE PAINTING, AND BOUNCE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY PROVIDED BY THE IRVING COMMUNITY CLUB.

OPEN TO ALL AGES, YOUNG AN, THE FEST IS FREE TO ATTEND MAARJA: IF ROCK HUNTING ISR THING, THEN THE 2025 GITCHE GUMEE AGATE FESTIVAL IS FO.

HELD AUGUST 1 FROM 5:00 TO0 P.M. AND AUGUST 2 FROM 10:0 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. AT URSA R BREWING IN DULUTH, THE EVET FEATURES A VARIETY OF ACTIS RANGING FROM LIVE MUSIC, AE POLISHING, A SHOW AND TELL, Q&A'S WITH A GEOLOGIST, ANF COURSE, A BRING YOUR OWN AE SHOW, JUDGED BY A REAL GEOLOGIST.

MORE INFO IS AVAILABLE ONL I WANT TO GO TO THAT JUST I CAN LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY AGATES.

I LOVE LOOKING FOR SEA GLA.

THAT IS VERY EASY TO IDENT.

AGATES I STRUGGLE WITH, SOE THEY CAN GIVE ME THE POINT.

BRETT: I SAY, THAT IS IN A, AND SOMEBODY SAYS NO.

BUT I USUALLY LICK THE DIRF AND I SEE IT DOESN'T SHINE.

SO I KNOW IT IS NOT AN AGA.

MAARJA: IS THAT A THING?

DO MOST PEOPLE DO THAT?

BRETT: THAT'S WHAT I DO.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GARDN TOURS TONIGHT.

THE WEST END GARDEN TOUR.

THERE'S A POLLINATOR GARDEN TOUR.

IT WILL BE EXCITING.

MAARJA: A LOT TO CHECK OUTD HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER IS G. BRETT: LESS SMOKY, TOO.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S .

GO OUT AND ENJOY YOUR WEEK.

I'M BRETT SCOTT.

MAARJA: AND I'M MAARJA HEW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

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