Community organizations in Chester Park, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Chester Park neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Chester Park has 4 community organizations, including recreation nonprofits, nature centers and nonprofits. Where an organization has its own record in the guide, its name links through to it.
Runs the ski hill, chairlift and chalet at the top of the Chester Creek gorge, plus year-round youth programming, summer and fall camps and the annual Fall Fest.
Get involved: Volunteering, membership, the chalet capital campaign, and the Fall Fest.
Environmental education and stewardship of Hartley Park, the 660-acre urban wilderness just above the campuses.
Get involved: Programs, camps, and volunteer trail days.
Builds and maintains Duluth's mountain bike network, including the Duluth Traverse along the ridge directly above the neighborhood.
Get involved: Trail work nights, membership, group rides.
Advocacy for Duluth's historic buildings and districts, including the early twentieth century housing that makes up most of this neighborhood.
Get involved: Membership, building tours, and advocacy on demolition and reuse decisions.
Community next door
East along the hill, the city's benchmark historic neighborhood with the other creek gorge, at roughly double the price.
East HillsideWest across Chester Creek, the same era of housing at a lower price with the co-op and the Hillside elementary.
East End / EndionDownhill below East 4th Street, older housing closer to the lake and the Lakewalk.
WoodlandNorth past the campuses, newer stock and easier grades near UMD and Hartley Park.
KenwoodUp and west past the campuses, postwar housing, the Kenwood shopping center and the shortest run to the airport.