MN State Senator Grant Hauschild Roundtable

Hosted by North Shore Health, Oct 26, 2023

MN State Senator Grant Hauschild Roundtable

 

October 26, Grand Marais, MN:

North Shore Health was proud to host the MN State Senator Grant Hauschild Roundtable.

A wide variety of community leaders from Cook and Lake Counties discussed key issues within Senator Hauschild’s “Northland Strong Initiative” including:

- Strong Families
- Safe Communities
- Outdoor Heritage
- Innovative Economies
- A State That Works


Around the room a host of priority topics were addressed by Senator Hauschild and attendees:

- Coast Guard closure
- Gitchi-Gami Trail
- Housing (affordability, timing, planning, funding)
- Broadband
- Staffing challenges
- Tourism
- Unique challenges of rural communities
- On-site staff training, apprenticeship and virtual education
- Outfitters’ challenges
- Family Leave program
- State agencies inability to get money out the door in a timely fashion
- How to streamline agency bureaucracy
- Mining regulation, pollution, recycling metals, and protecting natural resources
- New legislation re: requirements of screening patients for financial assistance
- And more


North Shore Health would like to thank Senator Hauschild and all of the attendees for their proactive participation in today’s roundtable.