Left: A late photo submission to the Girls Night Out album, featuring the Shop Local FM Dancers.Right: Next year, I think we should figure out how to work these contented…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
The Northfield Skateboard Coalition held an all-you-can-eat omelet breakfast at the American Legion on Sunday morning, raising money for the skate plaza. Left: FabLab owner Curt Benson gets his ticket…
The Northfield Hospital had a grand opening for its new Northfield FamilyHealth Medical Clinic on Saturday. (I missed the opening ceremony but see Ray Cox’s blog post here for photos.)…
Special Olympics Minnesota held their Region X competition on Saturday at Carleton’s Laird Stadium. \ Among the volunteers: Left: Pam Morlan and Nan ShumwayRight: the Northfield Union of Youth (L…
Construction of Kildahl Park Point (“Northfield’s first cooperative for active adults 55 years and above”) is further along than I thought. I took these photos on Saturday. The development is…
I took this photo of a group of peace demonstrators on Bridge Square on Saturday morning. Click to enlarge. L to R: Jane McWilliams, Gene Steenhoek, Mary Woods, Linelle Olson,…
I blogged last week (Dueling real estate guides hit the streets of Northfield) about the battle between By All Means Graphics and the Northfield News. A new front has opened…
The WINGS Oasis in Spring Creek park, adjacent to the Amerman Pavilion, is almost ready. I took the photo early last week.
The oasis will have three misting showers, a drinking fountain (provided by the Northfield Area Foundation), and two stone benches.
Northfield Rotary is providing project management and labor and WINGS (Women In Northfield Giving Support) is providing a major grant to purchase materials. The WINGS Oasis was designed by Spencer Jones and construction support is being provided by Doug Grove (Grove Landscaping).
Doug Grove wrote about the construction last week on his blog and he included photos of some of the volunteers who are helping to build it. There will be an inauguration ceremony in June.
Full disclosure:
I took these photos last week of local artist Joyce Francis who’s displaying some of her calligraphy on the walls of the James Gang HideAway in downtown Northfield. Joyce can…