Walkable City Community Read: BB Gallery

Learn about the importance of walkability for creating healthy and successful communities. Attend one or all of the events. Visit a different Duluth neighborhood each month and focus on a new section of the book.
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step At A Time, by Jeff Speck (10th edition)

Copies of the book are available to check-out for card holders at the Duluth Public Library and in the UMD Library. There are three circulating copies of the book and a Book Club in a Bag kit available for check out. This kit includes ten copies of the book and a discussion guide. Duluth Public Library cardholders can also request this book through the interlibrary loan service using this link: Holdings: Walkable city : :: MNLINK. Contact the library anytime with help on making requests.

Want to be part of the conversation but don’t have time to read? Check out the links on this document.

August event: In this session, the focus is on Introductory sections including “Do I need to remind you why?”, “The Interesting Walk”, pp.67-72, 238-261, 267-284. Conversation will be followed by a walking audit of Grand Avenue between Central and 59th Avenue West. Bring walking shoes and a water bottle.

Future events:
September 11, 10 a.m. -12 p.m.: Duluth Public Library Adventure Book Club (Congdon Park). Registration required: Join Duluth Public Library for a book club in the great outdoors. The event is held at a different city park each month with a discussion of a book with an outdoor theme, followed by a low-impact, optional hike led by Parks and Recreation

October 15, 5:30-7:30pm: Zeitgeist Center for Arts & Community, 222 E Superior St #326, Duluth, MN 55802

November 19th, 5:30-7:00: Dovetail Cafe & Marketplace, 1917 W Superior St, Duluth, MN 55806

December 9th, 5:30-7pm: Spirit of the Lakes Community Arts, 5401 E Superior St, Duluth, MN 55804

Hosted by the UMD Urban Excellence Institute. Funding support provided by the Knight Foundation Fund of Boreal Waters Community Foundation.