Gary/New Duluth Small Area Plan HIA
In 2013 the City will produce a small area plan for the neighborhood of Gary/New Duluth. The small area plan will augment the comprehensive plan by building on the goals, policies and implementation strategies in the comprehensive plan and providing a finer level of detail.
The Gary/New Duluth neighborhood is situated adjacent to a landfill and the US Steel Plant Duluth Works site, a Federal Superfund site. Conducting a health impact assessment (HIA) on the small area plan provides an opportunity to work with the community to identify existing strengths and weaknesses of the neighborhood and to provide recommendations to the City Council on improving the health of residents through community-based planning.The Gary/New Duluth Small Area Plan HIA is supported by a grant from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
