What’s wrong with these prayers? “Let us pray for the safe return of our troops.” “And now let us bow our heads in prayer and ask God for a bountiful…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
There’s a relatively new non-profit organization in Northfield called Ice Now “promoting the need for a new, multi-sheet, multi-purpose, skating facility.” Many of the recent letters to the editor in…
St. Paul film director Ali Selim was at the Southgate Theater here in Northfield on Monday, introducing and then discussing the feature film Sweet Land for an audience of…
I took this photo of Hayes Scriven at the Community Volunteer Festival last Saturday. Click to enlarge. Hayes has been the interim executive director at the Northfield Historical Society for…
Elizabeth Schott, Executive Director of the Northfield Area United Way, stopped by my corner office at the GBM this morning and gave me a report on the current campaign —…
On Saturday Northfielder Millie Johnson and her daughter Jean Churilla (left) visited our house (which is for sale, in case you wondered if I was going to once again engage…
In this week’s show, Tracy, Mathias and I discuss mixed-use development as exemplified by The Crossing. This led to a discussion of the Comprehensive Plan which is about to undergo…
Since Ross is AWOL from Locally Grown today, I thought I’d fill in with a nice fluffy post. To some, the ratio of coffeehouses to population is indicative of a…
There’s a lot of talk about sustainability lately. I’m sick of the buzzword, but I love the concept; I’ve often run processes, projects, and goals through my own sustainability filter…