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Hermantown Set for City-Wide National Night Out Celebration Hermantown, Minn. – For the third time, Hermantown will celebrate National Night Out with a community-wide gathering held at the Hermantown Governmental Services Building. The Tuesday, August 2, event is open to residents and includes food, drinks, and a chance to visit with members of the Hermantown Police Department and Hermantown Volunteer Fire Department. “This is a great opportunity for our officers and firefighters to meet with members of our community,” said Jim Crace, Hermantown’s Chief of Police. “We are both still a small city, but certainly growing, so this event has really become an important for long-time and new residents to get to know each other.” In 2019, the HPD moved away from the traditional National Night Out design of doing short, inneighborhood visits with residents to bring the full Hermantown community together in a central location. The successful initial event led to a continuation of the city-wide approach in 2021, following a pause in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “While we certainly love connecting with residents in their neighborhoods, this format has really allowed people to get to know more of our officers and members of our volunteer fire department as we can all be together,” said Crace. “As our community continues to grow, it also allows for new residents to meet folks across different neighborhoods in our city.” The family-friendly event begins at 4:30 p.m. and continues until 7:00 p.m. ### For more information, contact: Joe Wicklund, Communications & Community Engageme