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Mayor discusses EDA woes

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At Wednesday’s Grand Marais City Council meeting, Mayor Sue Hakes told the council the group formed to look into alleviating the financial problems of the Economic Development Authority, of w


Tornado Cloud, Grand Marais Harbor by Travis Novitsky

Tourism groups join together to promote county

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Six tourism groups have joined together to lead a county-wide effort to market Cook County. The new organization is called the Cook County Visitors Bureau and will become official on May 1.


 

Lodging tax revenues start to climb back

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Lodging tax revenues for the month of January have increased over December 2009 numbers for all reporting tourism associations.


 

Broadband application passed over

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Cook County’s first round fiber optic stimulus grant application has not been selected for funding. The Broadband Initiative group received notice about a week ago.


 

County to begin 1 percent sales tax collection April 1

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It’s not an April Fools prank. April 1 is the day Cook County begins collecting an additional 1 percent tax on retail sales within the county.


 

County helps EDA and Superior National with finances

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On Tuesday, Cook County Commissioners agreed to advance the Joint Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) a portion of the first half of the property tax levy.


 

Local telephone service disrupted again Tuesday morning

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Local telephone service was disrupted this morning for about an hour around 8:30 a.m.


The Cedar Grove Business Park in Grand Marais, photo by Carah Thomas

Living on the Edge: Part 11

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One way communities often try and grow their local economy is through business development. It was in this spirit that the county and city first started talking about developing a business park.


 

House committee introduces broadband bill

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Last week the House Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bill that sets goals from the final report of the Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force.  Th