Timeline and Schedule

LATE SUMMER - FALL 2024

Phase One: Project Discovery & Existing Conditions Assessment

  • Project initiation and kickoff

  • Understanding the local context

  • Mapping and analysis of existing conditions

  • Analysis of pedestrian and bicyclist experience

  • Public Engagement: Community Visioning

WINTER - SPRING 2025

Phase Two: Draft Recommendations & Concept Development

  • Creating the plan vision framework

  • Draft recommendations

  • Concept drafts of catalytic projects

  • Public Engagement: Draft Recommendations, Concepts, & Community Priorities

Get Involved

Through this process, thousands of Duluth community members-including residents, business owners, workers, and visitors-shared their priorities, concerns, and aspirations for the future of Downtown. The most commonly heard themes included:

  • Downtown should be a great and welcoming place for everyone.

  • Downtown should be a connected, walkable, and engaging place serving multiple interests.

  • Downtown should be an active, thriving place that is a social connection hub.

  • Downtown should be a place that highlights and celebrates Duluth’s distinct culture, history, and progress.

Interested in becoming a Project Ambassador?

As an Imagine Downtown Ambassador, you can support and share the vision within your network of community members and be part of change in our Downtown.

SUMMER - FALL 2025

Phase Three: Draft and Final Downtown Action Plan

  • Refinement of recommendations and catalytic projects

  • Public Engagement: Community Review of Draft Action Plan and Implementation