Mayor Lee Lansing has called a special council meeting for Thursday night, 7 pm at City Hall. Agenda items: Discussion of city leadership issues based on the current lawsuit whereby…
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Yesterday’s NDDC Fall Festival featured a scarecrow contest among Division Street retailers but the voting by the public didn’t get done. So I suggested to one of the organizer’s, Ally…
See the photo album from Saturday’s NDDC 2007 Fall Festival. It featured, according to Ross, “… hayrides, pie-eating contests, pumpkin decorating, a haunted house, caramel apples, hot apple cider, Tony’s…
Council Member Scott Davis’ comments on the Locally Grown Radio Show were thought-provoking, at least for me. In particular, his discussion of the 14 issues, the Select 6 and Leftover…
I took the left photo at the James Gang HideAway this morning of three guys who’ve been among the many citizens involved in the drug abuse-related discussions here on Locally…
Northfield Police Chief Gary Smith has posted a detailed response on his blog to all the recent discussion about the community drug problem, as well as information about his medical leave.
The photo is cropped from a 2004 National Night Out photo I took of him.
[Full disclosure: He contracted with me to help him get his blog started back in the summer of 2004.]
I’ve included the text of his post here to make it easier to facilitate discussion about it since he does not have comments enabled on his blog. If anyone does want to contact him directly, use his Contact form.
Echoing Ross’ and Tracy’s call for ‘more light, less heat,’ I’d really like to have any discussion on this thread be A) extremely civil; and B) inquiry-based in tone — which means, instead of exchanging charges and countercharges, we all try to make our comments with a genuine desire to understand and explain.
Ross was asked to give an update to the Northfield Chamber of Commerce board regarding the status of the Comprehensive Plan revision process. The Chamber, as you might expect, seemed most concerned with the Economic Development and Transportation chapters of the Comp Plan. Since I was fresh off the previous day’s meeting with the Land Development Code advisory group, I offered to tag along and report on that as well.
It came as a surprise to me to learn that the Chamber is proposing a 320-acre business park rather than the 120 acres recommended by TIP Strategies in the Economic Development Plan.
As an EDA member during the process, I was able to watch TIP Strategies in action, and they did an excellent job of viewing our economic development situation in both a regional and global context. I believe their recommendations are solid. From the Plan: