Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

20 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 hroughout Minnesota’s decades-long history, cities in our state have demonstrated resilience through tough times. Be it floods, tornadoes, or economic downturns our cities have bounced back and continued to survive and thrive. One of the ultimate tests of that resiliency, though, was the recent catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19 and its aftermath, which took its toll on the lives and health of thousands and temporarily brought our way of life to an abrupt halt. T LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CI TIES OUGH RESILIENCE, MINNESOTA CITIES HER CHALLENGING TIMES