What started with a half-dozen antique vendors inside the Encounter building in 2012, the Duluth Junk Hunt has grown to 150-plus booths at Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
“We look forward to this event every spring and fall,” said Emily Broman, founder of the Duluth Junk Hunt. “We love watching shoppers come through the doors and marvel at all of our vendors' beautiful displays and incredible vintage finds.”
The library debate generated plenty of noise and no resolution. Skywalk conversations took up oxygen without producing a clear direction. The broader Imagine Downtown Duluth effort exists, but still feels like a $300,000 plan waiting for a moment when it becomes real in ways people can’t miss.
Arik Forsman doesn’t posture. He doesn’t spend his time trying to win the internet for a day. He leans into the unglamorous mechanics of governing — budgets, policy detail, stakeholder conversations — and does it with a steadiness that’s easy to overlook if you’re chasing noise instead of results.
The IFL said the shift in distribution represents a multi-thousand percent increase compared to its YouTube-only model from two years ago, when live audiences were significantly smaller.
