Comments on: A Better Northfield Starts With Flowers, Group Says http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/7428/ The people, issues, and events of Northfield, MN Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bright Spencer http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/7428/comment-page-1/#comment-74538 Bright Spencer Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:59:39 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/?p=7428#comment-74538 My dh and I have set up a site called Graffiti Contest.com. Because we believe and have seen that graffiti can be a wonderful art form we would be happy to offer the young artists of this community a place to express their talent and voice their discontent or on our site. If anyone wants to explore this idea, we'll be around to make it happen. Just so you know, the artists would submit their work digitally, and it would be graffiti work on cardboard, computer generated, or other non building type media. The artist can remain anonymous. Only one rule, all artwork must be family style. If the artists would not accept that rule, they would not be allowed to show their work on our site. We would like to set up a way to reward the best work that could be voted upon by all interested viewers. "Talents that are not shared are not talents"-old fortune cookie proverb. My dh and I have set up a site called Graffiti Contest.com. Because we believe and have seen that graffiti can be a wonderful art form we would be happy to offer the young artists of this community a place to express their talent and voice their discontent or on our site.

If anyone wants to explore this idea, we’ll be around to make it happen. Just so you know, the artists would submit their work digitally, and it would be graffiti work on cardboard, computer generated, or other non building type media. The artist can remain anonymous. Only one rule, all artwork must be family style. If the artists would not accept that rule, they would not be allowed to show their work on our site.

We would like to set up a way to reward the best work that could be voted upon by all interested viewers.

“Talents that are not shared are not talents”-old fortune cookie proverb.

]]> By: Lynn Vincent http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/7428/comment-page-1/#comment-74416 Lynn Vincent Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:42:14 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/?p=7428#comment-74416 I would echo Pat's comments, thanking all who were involved last summer. I had a great time working on AIB, and met some truly wonderful women and men. AIB is beginning to develop plans and recruit groups who would like to be a part of the beautification of Northfield. If you would like to be a part of the "Clean Team" that is working to reduce graffiti, keep streets and sidewalks clear of gum and debris, or if your neighborhood or any group would like to "adopt a park" or create a "pocket garden" please give me a call - Lynn - 664-9554. I can help get you started or link you with others. One of our efforts to help the city is to purchase a sidewalk and garden steam machine. Such a machine can be used to kill weeds with steam rather than chemicals, remove gum from the sidewalks and may even be able to be used to gently remove graffiti. If you would like to help with a financial contribution please give me a call. I would echo Pat’s comments, thanking all who were involved last summer. I had a great time working on AIB, and met some truly wonderful women and men. AIB is beginning to develop plans and recruit groups who would like to be a part of the beautification of Northfield. If you would like to be a part of the “Clean Team” that is working to reduce graffiti, keep streets and sidewalks clear of gum and debris, or if your neighborhood or any group would like to “adopt a park” or create a “pocket garden” please give me a call -- Lynn -- 664-9554. I can help get you started or link you with others.

One of our efforts to help the city is to purchase a sidewalk and garden steam machine. Such a machine can be used to kill weeds with steam rather than chemicals, remove gum from the sidewalks and may even be able to be used to gently remove graffiti. If you would like to help with a financial contribution please give me a call.

]]> By: Pat Allen http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/7428/comment-page-1/#comment-74392 Pat Allen Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:42:04 +0000 http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/?p=7428#comment-74392 Thanks to Allyson Herbst, reporter and her instructor, Douglas McGill at Carleton College for the insightful and informative article about Northfield's efforts in the America in Bloom competition in 2008. We will be continuing the work as Northfield in Bloom for the next two years and then will reenter the contest in 2011. We welcome the help of everyone in the community to beautify the town we love. We have many floral display and landscaping projects that need your help. Contact Judy Code at codeo@ll.net. In addition, we are forming a Depot Preservation Committee and ask that you contact me, Pat Allen, at learn7229@aol.com to volunteer to help. I would like to credit the beautiful garden shown in the photograph in the article as the work of the Seniors at the Senior Center. While the America in Bloom - Northfield group encouraged the efforts, this is a project of the Senior Center and its members. Thank you so much for the support of the Senior Center Board for this wonderful landscaping project. Thanks to Allyson Herbst, reporter and her instructor, Douglas McGill at Carleton College for the insightful and informative article about Northfield’s efforts in the America in Bloom competition in 2008. We will be continuing the work as Northfield in Bloom for the next two years and then will reenter the contest in 2011. We welcome the help of everyone in the community to beautify the town we love. We have many floral display and landscaping projects that need your help. Contact Judy Code at codeo@ll.net. In addition, we are forming a Depot Preservation Committee and ask that you contact me, Pat Allen, at learn7229@aol.com to volunteer to help.

I would like to credit the beautiful garden shown in the photograph in the article as the work of the Seniors at the Senior Center. While the America in Bloom -- Northfield group encouraged the efforts, this is a project of the Senior Center and its members. Thank you so much for the support of the Senior Center Board for this wonderful landscaping project.

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