Grant to expose Duluth’s Black youth to different careers

Called START — Skilled Trades, Arts, Robotics and Technology — the free program is launching with one full-time employee financed by a city grant. It’s housed in the Washington Center, where youth services have been offered for three decades. More space and staff are necessary to run the program in its entirety, Bell said, plus help from professionals in related fields, such as filmmakers and hair stylists. Styling hair is considered an art, he said, and a space to do hair was requested by youth.