PPCC Meeting 3/18: MMIWR presentation, youth program, City Transportation guest & more!

PPCC meeting Tuesday 3/18, 7pm; come over to Lafayette at 645pm to check in with neighbors and have a cookie and a coffee. If you have not joined or rejoined for 2025, bring the form and see the president or vice president to pay your dues and get on member roster.

March 18 Meeting Agenda in person, volunteers are offering a Zoom link to hear what is happening at the meeting, details below and on the agenda notes here.

5/18 meeting will include information on MMIWR and how Park Pointers can show support on May 5 with the Red Dress Campaign. Neighbor Lisa M. is rescheduled from last month and will be sharing information with us on how Park Pointers might engage with this movement. Resources here, check back for more details.

Zoom link for the meetings, third Tuesdays of the month. Meeting will be held in person at Lafayette with limited participation via Zoom. Thank you to volunteers who facilitate this access.

Topic: Park Point Community Club Zoom

Time:07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87486932151?pwd=UttxbM5XIaMF71YBrWtYq5a2H1R3Xe.1 Meeting ID: 8748693 2151. Passcode: 524055

Camp Lafayette 2025 is looking like a go! Neighbor Carolyn K. will lead the program and share her plans for this summer’s camp. The details on signing up for camp will be posted after this meeting. PPCC membership will vote on supporting tuition scholarships for this program. Want to volunteer to help with the summer program? Email parkpointcc@gmail.com. Questions on the program? Call Rory Strange.

James Gittemeier, City of Duluth Senior Transportation Planner, will join us to talk about a Park Point Walking Audit we are planning for late April, tentative date is Saturday, April 26. We will talk about what data we will want to collect and what we want to accomplish, have neighbors sign up and participate.  We’d also like to talk about the possibility of painting the recreation lane and the next steps we can take to move forward with this project. We have invited James to come back to the May meeting on 5/20 to talk about Railroad Street Project, Lift Bridge Project & traffic calming ideas. There will be public informational meetings to attend re. the projects.

The March Breeze is here.

Membership Form

2/24 Skating season is wrapping up with the warm temps. Please removes items from the rinks after use!

2025 Summer Youth Program at Lafayette: We are finalizing the details for Camp Lafayette 2025! Registration details will be posted soon! Check back for more information.

Emergency services questions and what can Park Pointers do to reduce risks and promote safety?Letter for the city is here.

From neighbors Lisa and Otto on an opportunity continuing at Lafayette on Sunday mornings- starts 2/23, $5 donation per session (or $60 for the whole 13 weeks), contact Lisa at lulu@cpinternet.com to learn more, share ideas and sign up.

“Mindfulness Meditation:Sunday Practice Is Back for Spring. I will be leading, drawing from my 2-year training in Insight Meditation with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. Otto Johnson will be co-leader, helping support our gatherings. Join us! Please share this information, classes are open to the public.

Sundays, February 23^rd – May 18^th

9am-10am at Lafayette community center on Park Point,3026 Minnesota Ave., Duluth, MN
 Each session will include:

• a teaching from within Insight Meditation tradition
• meditation practice
• dialogue with others

The first three weeks we’ll cover the foundational lessons of mindfulness of breath and body; mindfulness of thoughts; and mindfulness of emotions. Then we can move on to new territory—equanimity, self-forgiveness, pain, joy, anger, right effort, and more.”

Lisa McKhann and Otto Johnson, lulu@cpinternet.com

MPCA Mercury Seminars 2/26 and 2/27

Hello,My name is Lisa Weidemann, and I am a community affairs specialist with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).The MPCA is hosting public forums on mercury in the St. Louis River Watershed, and I thought your groups may be interested in attending.MPCA researchers will talk about how mercury moves through the watershed and fish, and we’ll have time for Q&A. This work supports a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study that is in-progress.

The first date will be February 26^th, from 3 – 5 p.m. at Minnesota North College – Eveleth Campus Atrium, at 1100 Industrial Parkway, Eveleth.

The second date is February 27^th, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Amphitheater, at 2101 14^th St. in Cloquet.

Content for the two event dates will be the same, so no need to attend both.I’ve also attached a flyer with event details that you are welcome to print and share.

Please feel free to reach out with questions.

Thanks,

Lisa Weidemann| Community Affairs Specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)525 Lake Avenue South, Suite 400 | Duluth, MN | 55802, 218-302-6637

lisa.weidemann@state.mn.us  | www.pca.state.mn.us

Rinkfest: Thank you to the Kuzel family, Bob Boynton, rink crew plus event planners and volunteers who worked on & hosted at Rinkfest 2025 on Sunday 2/2. Thank you to Club members who donated the food and beverages plus a big thank you to the Lafayette Community Edible Gardeners for providing the delicious treats! Photos are here. Great to see neighbors connecting and enjoying a return to winter with the snowfall arriving just in time for the celebration. A shout out to neighbors who brought over snowblowers and shovels and helped get ready for the event!

2025 Summer Youth Program at Lafayette: Please contact Rory Strange with questions. A Request for Proposals with details and contact information is here. Volunteers to serve on the Youth Committee & support the program are needed. Contact VP Tom Griggs if you are willing to help! We are planning to have a decision in early March on whether or not a summer program will start in June!