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Mayor Reinert appoints community members to lead Lester Park Recreation working group

[DULUTH, MN] Duluth Mayor Roger J. Reinert announced today the formation of a new Lester Park Recreation working group. This will be a group of community members charged with the evaluation of year-round recreation opportunities in Lester Park including, but not exclusive to, public golf.

Convened by Tim Meyer and Dennis Isernhagen, the group’s charge is threefold:

-to discuss and evaluate opportunities for recreation of all kinds for all seasons

-to evaluate nonprofit and alternative management models, similar to those used at Chester Bowl, Hartley Nature Center, and Lake Superior Zoo

-to find a path to some operational golf at Lester Park for this summer.

“I’m grateful to Tim and Dennis for volunteering to lead a new community conversation and find a workable solution for some golf at Lester this summer, along with other all-season recreational opportunities. This is the work that community members have been telling us they want to have a say in, and these two residents are putting themselves out there to build a coalition of voices and will do that work.”

Residents can self-nominate to participate in the working group by filling out the self-nomination form here: https://duluthmn.gov/mayor/lester-park-recreation-working-group/

Enger Park Golf Course is anticipated to open to the public sometime in mid to late March, contingent upon temperatures and weather conditions consistent with operational grounds and golf facilities. A separate announcement with details will be published in advance of the opening of Enger Park Golf.

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