For nearly 30 minutes on Wednesday, we spent some time with Harold Langowski, Ely’s clerk-treasurer and operations director, discussing an assortment of city issues and projects for the latest segment of the Ely Echo’s podcast The Pulse of Ely. That project was nurtured and certainly evolved over the course of a decade-plus, and Langowski brought it to completion. In a matter of weeks, state lawmakers will be in town to hear more about the city’s water line project. The hotel is a bit further along and could open as soon as next year, but Langowski shared some details about both projects. Nobody likes road detours, but the finished project, which should be unveiled within weeks, marks another major investment in Ely.