Brian Ruggle

Brian grew up in the small town of Newton, Iowa. After attending college at Drake University and then going to University of Iowa for medical school, he came up to Duluth for family medicine residency, where Brian became acquainted with the beauty of Duluth. During residency, he rented a house on Park Point with his partner, Missy, and spent free time exploring the local streams and chasing trout with a fly rod. Brian and Missy moved to Kansas after residency for a job for Missy, only to return 5 years later, in 2020. The lake lured them back! Brian was lucky to find and buy a home on Park Point across the street from where the two lived previously. Brian loves being part of the Park Point community, including being an active member of the Park Point Community Club, participating in the Lafayette Community Edible Garden, and chatting with neighbors whenever possible. Brian can also be found frequently running up and down the point. Brian and Missy plan to live here for a long time and know climate change is real and have seen its impact on the point. He is also seeing more vacation rentals in the Park Point neighborhood. Brian is on the MP50 board to be a working member of a group trying to ensure that Park Point is a place that continues to be a wonderful place to live, visit, and play.