Yesterday morning’s Alberta clipper dusted us with an inch or two of snow, prompting me to try my hand at another round of macro photos (see the autumn album) in the Carleton Arb. I’ll probably add to this album over the next week as a parade of snow ‘event’s’ are predicted to march through southern Minnesota.
See the album of 16 photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:
With a partial (pyrrhic?) victory (NY Times here or LA Times here) on climate change and a likely one on health care reform, President Obama’s escalation of the war in…
Prairie Creek Community School held a 25th anniversary party yesterday afternoon. See my album of ten photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:
Last night’s Beaux Arts Ball, part of Northfield Arts Guild’s 50th Anniversary season, was spectacular. I ratcheted back on the number of photos I took, once I saw that David Henke from the Northfield News and Steve Engler, NAG board member, were also taking lots of photos. I’ll link to their albums when they get them posted. If you were there and have photos, add a comment below with a link.
See the album of 3 dozen photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:
The “Friday Memo,” written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and various department heads and other City staff, summarizes the staff activities for the week. The Friday memos are published and archived in PDF form at the bottom of the City Administrator’s web page. The first memo of each month usually includes an update on the actions and activities of the City’s Boards and Commissions.
Friday’s memo can be found on the memo page for the week. Items of note include:
Former Northfielder Nick Benson abandoned us for life in the big city a while ago. I’ve pretty much forgiven him. He’s become quite famous for his railroad-related photos. Here are…
Ross stopped by my corner office at the GBM yesterday to show me a new NDDC poster that’s a variation on the Be Local…Buy Local campaign: Be Local… Rock Local!…
I received an interesting article this morning from Minnesota’s “Finance & Commerce” (via Twitter) titled Government policy and its effect on small business.
I found the following statements to reaffirm much of what I’ve learned in my almost thirty years in business development, real estate development, community development, and economic development:
We got this email today from Kelly Irvine at Carlson Capital Management. I’ve added some links.
Dear friends at Locally Grown – The 8th annual Northfield Jingle Bell Run/Walk was held on Saturday the 12th and was a great success. We had a super turn out and early numbers indicate that as a community we raised around $3,500 for the HealthFinders Collaborative. The 2009 planning committee sincerely thanks everyone who came out to run, walk or volunteer!