The Duluth News Tribune report on a new St Louis County Development Director, interesting here because of his experience with broadband…

 St. Louis County has drawn from its own bench in picking the next director to lead its economic and community development department.

Brad Gustafson has worked for the county since 2019, most recently as planning manager for the community development division. In that role, a county news release says he led the county Housing and Redevelopment Authority, helped orchestrate Community Development Block Grant efforts, worked to expand broadband data service access and coordinated an incentive program to promote the shooting of films in the Northland.