Our View: Duluth only gets one shot at doing Lester right

Our View: Duluth only gets one shot at doing Lester right

Two truths jump out when considering the future of the closed, former Lester Park Golf Course in far-eastern Duluth. The first is that nearly half our city is already tax exempt: 47% of lands within Duluth’s boundaries are either publicly owned parks, schools, trails, or green spaces; are owned by churches, government entities, or nonprofits that don’t pay taxes; or are tax-forfeited and no longer on the tax rolls, according to a 2018 “Open Spac…