Esko examined under comp plan study

About a dozen people gathered at Thomson Town Hall Thursday evening for a brainstorming session on both the present and the future. On Tuesday, at the National Night Out celebration in Esko, community members of all ages were standing in line to voice their opinions on the place where they live, go to school, play and maybe even work.

It’s all a part of developing the township’s next Comprehensive Plan, an effort that last happened in 1999.

A lot of things have changed since then. The township is now the second-largest community in Carlton County, after Cloquet. Its business park didn’t exist...