Community organizations in the Twin Ports

The neighborhood councils, clubs, nonprofits and volunteer groups that run the events, the parks work and the local meetings.

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Carlton County Historical Society
historical society · Cloquet, Carlton

The Carlton County Historical Society holds the record of the defining event in this county's history: the firestorm of October 12, 1918, which destro...

Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce
business association · Cloquet, Esko

The Cloquet Area Chamber of Commerce covers the businesses of Carlton County's largest city and the surrounding corridor communities. Its most practic...

COGGS (Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores)
recreation nonprofit · Lester Park, Lakeside

COGGS is the volunteer trail organization behind most of Duluth's mountain biking. Working in partnership with the City of Duluth, it has built and ma...

Congdon Park Community Club
neighborhood association · Congdon Park

The Congdon Park Community Club is the neighborhood association for the Congdon Park area, part of Duluth's long-running community club system that gi...

Duluth Preservation Alliance
nonprofit · Congdon Park, East End / Endion

The Duluth Preservation Alliance advocates for the city's historic buildings and districts, which in a city built almost entirely between 1880 and 193...

Ecolibrium3
nonprofit · Lincoln Park, Denfeld

Ecolibrium3 is the community development nonprofit most closely associated with Lincoln Park's revitalization. It works on energy efficiency, housing,...

Esko Athletic Boosters
youth sports · Esko, Carlton

In a community with no city government and no commercial district, the school's booster organization does a large share of Esko's civic work. Athletic...

Esko Historical Society
historical society · Esko, Carlton

The Esko Historical Society documents a community that was built by immigrant homesteading families and named after a store. Its collections cover the...

Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
sovereign government · Cloquet, Carlton

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is a sovereign tribal government whose reservation borders Cloquet on the west, and it is one of the la...

Gary New Duluth Community Center and Recreation Area (GND REC)
community · Gary-New Duluth, Morgan Park

GND REC is the resident-led organization behind the redevelopment of Gary New Duluth Park at 801 101st Avenue West. It describes its work as a collabo...

Gitchi Gami Trail Association
recreation nonprofit · Two Harbors, Silver Bay

The Gitchi Gami Trail Association advocates and fundraises for the completion of the Gitchi-Gami State Trail, the paved non-motorized path planned to...

Hartley Nature Center
nature center · Woodland, Hunter's Park

Hartley Nature Center is the education and stewardship organization based at the main entrance to Hartley Park on Woodland Avenue. It runs environment...

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory
nonprofit · Lakeside, Lester Park

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory is the nonprofit that runs the raptor counts, banding research, and public education programs on the ridge above east Dulu...

Hermantown Amateur Hockey Association
youth sports · Hermantown, Proctor

Hermantown's youth hockey association runs the programs that feed one of Minnesota's most successful small-school high school hockey programs. The Haw...

Hermantown Area Chamber of Commerce
business association · Hermantown, Proctor

The Hermantown Area Chamber of Commerce serves the businesses along the US 53 and Maple Grove Road corridors and the surrounding above-the-hill commun...

Hermantown Youth Soccer Association
youth sports · Hermantown, Proctor

The Hermantown Youth Soccer Association runs its programs from the fields at Stebner Park on Maple Grove Road, and it is the summer and fall counterpa...

Kenwood Neighborhood Association
neighborhood association · Kenwood

The Kenwood Neighborhood Association represents residents of Duluth's Kenwood area, part of the city's long-running community club and neighborhood as...

Lake County Chamber of Commerce
business association · Two Harbors, Silver Bay

The Lake County Chamber of Commerce serves Two Harbors, Silver Bay, and the surrounding North Shore communities, and its visitor and business director...

Lake County Historical Society
historical society · Two Harbors, Silver Bay

The Lake County Historical Society manages several of the most significant historic sites in Two Harbors, including the Duluth & Iron Range Depot muse...

Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
research and education · Superior, Wisconsin, Billings Park (Superior)

The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve is the research, education, and stewardship organization for the St. Louis River estuary, the la...

Lakeside-Lester Park Community Club
neighborhood association · Lakeside, Lester Park

The Lakeside-Lester Park Community Club is the neighborhood association for Duluth's far east side, covering both Lakeside and Lester Park. Duluth has...

Lincoln Park Business Group
business association · Lincoln Park

The Lincoln Park Business Group is the business association behind the Lincoln Park Craft District, and its stated mission is to lead and promote the...

LISC Duluth
nonprofit · Lincoln Park, Denfeld

LISC Duluth is the local arm of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national community development organization. It has worked in Duluth for...

Park Point Community Club
neighborhood association · Park Point

The Park Point Community Club is the neighborhood association for Minnesota Point, and it carries more weight than most Duluth community clubs because...

Proctor Area Chamber of Commerce
business association · Proctor, Bayview Heights

Proctor's chamber and visitor organization promotes the businesses on 5th Avenue and the US 2 corridor and maintains the town's visitor information, i...

Proctor Area Historical Society
historical society · Proctor, Bayview Heights

The Proctor Area Historical Society keeps the record of a town that exists because a railroad needed flat ground. Its museum and archive document the...

St. Louis River Alliance
environmental nonprofit · Superior, Wisconsin, Billings Park (Superior)

The St. Louis River Alliance works on the protection and restoration of the St. Louis River estuary, the shared water body between Duluth and Superior...

Superior Hiking Trail Association
recreation nonprofit · Two Harbors, Knife River

The Superior Hiking Trail Association builds, maintains, and promotes one of the best long-distance footpaths in the United States, and it does it fro...

Superior-Douglas County Chamber of Commerce
business association · Superior, Wisconsin, Billings Park (Superior)

The Superior-Douglas County Chamber of Commerce is the business and visitor organization for the Wisconsin side of the Twin Ports, covering the City o...

Thomson Township
local government · Esko, Carlton

Thomson Township is the unit of government that actually runs Esko, and buyers moving out from a city should understand what that means in practice. T...

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