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Published August 06, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Minnesota WorkForce Center


Chris Owo of Knife River (right) is assisted by Justin Allen of Duluth in the resource area of the Minnesota WorkForce Center on Thursday afternoon as Oro looks for leads to a job in the customer service field. The center opened at its new location in downtown Duluth that day. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

  • Chris Owo of Knife River (right) is assisted by Justin Allen of Duluth in the resource area of the Minnesota WorkForce Center on Thursday afternoon as Oro looks for leads to a job in the customer service field. The center opened at its new location in downtown Duluth that day. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Duluth City Hall is reflected in the window of the Minnesota WorkForce Center. Six agencies that serve job seekers are now housed in the Duluth Athletic Club building, including some staffers who had worked in City Hall. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The Minnesota WorkForce Center has moved into the Duluth Athletic Club building at the corner of First Street and Fourth Avenue West in downtown Duluth.
  • The Minnesota WorkForce Center has moved into the Duluth Athletic Club building at the corner of First Street and Fourth Avenue West in downtown Duluth. The new location has private interview rooms for career counseling, which its former sites lacked.
  • Don Hoag, manager of Duluth Workforce Development, describes how most of the office furniture at the WorkForce Center was donated. The unexpected donation from the moving company, which got it free from Supervalu, provided most of the staff with nicer work stations than what they had before. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Rhonda Rutford, an employee with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, co-teaches a creative job search class at the Minnesota WorkForce Center. The new location at the Duluth Athletic Club building provides more classroom space, so more free workshops can be offered. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • A computer room at the Minnesota WorkForce Center will be used to teach job seekers beginning computer skills.