Planning for a Chester Ski Jump memorial is underway. From a City of Duluth press release:

The City of Duluth, in partnership with a group of volunteer committee members, is hosting a public meeting to collect public input and ideas on the vision for a Ski Jump Memorial at Chester Park. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the Central Hillside Community Center (12 W 4th Street) and we hope you can join us!!

The Memorialization Committee will be sharing the public's ideas from this meeting with artists who have been selected to develop concepts for the memorial. The City issued a Request for Qualifications for artists in October.   

Former ski jumpers and/or their families are invited to bring pictures, news stories, trophies and other ski jumping memorabilia for display at the meeting or to be shared with the artists. The artists will present their final proposals to the Memorialization Committee in early 2015, with installation of the memorial planned for mid to late summer.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please submit your ideas and comments online at www.duluthmn.gov/parks.  Please also feel free to share this information with others who may be interested in attending.