September 2025

County commissioners want further discussion on the Sawtooth Bluff project

At the Cook County Commissioners September 23 board meeting Land Commissioner Tim Nelson and Mitch Travis, Parks & Trails coordinator, came before the board and asked commissioners to consider allowing Travis to put out a request for proposals (RFPs) to seek bids from landscape architecture firms to assist Cook County through the Greater Minnesota Regionals Parks & Trails Commission (GMRPTC) process so the County can apply for status as a Regional Destination for Sawtooth Bluffs, a 640 acre site owned by the County and the City of Grand Marais.

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