On Thursday morning, I noticed that these cars had been hit by an official PD tagger. Welcome to the Thursday 2am to 6am fundraiser! Notice my red arrow on the…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
This bur oak tree on South Hwy 3 across from Target/Cub/Applebee’s is on the agenda for Monday night’s council meeting. See p. 26 of the Packet (PDF).
I love oak trees like one but it seems pointless to go to such lengths to keep it when the whole south section of Highway 3 from Woodley/246 to Cty Rd. 1 is mostly a commercial strip with little thought to aesthetics/nature. (continued)
Dr. Mark Werner gave Northfield Mayor Mary Rossing and City Administrator Joel Walinski a tour of the 62,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility under construction that’s now attached to his…
Three trucks delivered the bridge girders for the Mill Towns Trail bridge over the Cannon River this morning. They’ll be put in place next week. (A tip-of-the-blogger hat to John…
Econofoods of Northfield has a new drive-through for its pharmacy. Instead of a window, they’ve opted for a tube system, similar to a bank, with a phone/screen for…
An article last month on NewGeography.com posited that farms, not golf courses, may be the more desirable suburban future.
. . . [S]tudies show that property viewing or abutting agricultural lands is as valuable as those overlooking the golf-course, maybe more so if residents can grow fresh, pesticide-free foods and reduce long-distance trucking.
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LoGroNo (Locally Grown Northfield) traffic for March was a mixed bag, according to Google Analytics. Site visitors set a record, with another 500 beyond last month’s record. Visits were up…
Our guest this week was Gunnar Swanson, Managing Director of the War Kids Relief project, updating us on their recently completed Young Ambassadors Pilot Program and plans for the future. (See our previous blog posts on the project.)
Click play to listen. 30 minutes. You can also download the MP3 or subscribe to the podcast feed, or subscribe directly with iTunes.
I happened upon members of the Northfield Mentoring Coalition having a working breakfast at The Tavern yesterday morning. They appeared to be having too much fun. 4/16 update – Names/orgs…