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Rising high in the air like the trees they are named for, the White Pine Apartment building in Cloquet is nearing completion. Created in response to a 2014 housing study that showed a serious shortage of housing, particularly for lower income levels, the 35-unit building will be entirely affordable housing.
Debra Shaff, executive director of the Cloquet/Carlton Housing and Redevelopment Authority, explained that the apartments will provide workforce housing.
"They're for people with some sort of income, but who are unable to afford a market rate apartment," she said. The idea for the building...