HCI’s Zach Pruitt has a blog post about the new Northfield Youth Micro-Grant Program being run by the Union of Youth. Five new business plans are being developed. In a…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
While composing the blog post for this week’s podcast, I tried to link to the City of Northfield’s 2008 Comprehensive Plan on the City’s website. AAARRRGGGHHH! (Save yourself the frustration.…
Our guest this week: City of Northfield Planning Commission member Alice Thomas. After our usual time-wasting fluff segment, we talked with her about the current process for revising the Land Development Code (LDC), AKA development ordinances, now that the 2008 Comprehensive Plan is finished.
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Yesterday’s Strib ran an AP article about how the Vermont Country Store catalog has started selling sex toys and related items. Target also sells a whole line of sexual health…
In the March ‘09 issue of Atlantic Monthly, urban theorist Richard Florida has a cover piece titled How the Crash Will Reshape America. It made me wonder what the long-term impact of the economic crash on Northfield will be. The lead-in to Florida’s piece:
The crash of 2008 continues to reverberate loudly nationwide—destroying jobs, bankrupting businesses, and displacing homeowners. But already, it has damaged some places much more severely than others. On the other side of the crisis, America’s economic landscape will look very different than it does today… Which cities and regions can come back strong? And which will never come back at all?
A peek at the old Nordic Jam old website indicates that there’s been a split among the musicians who conduct weekly Norwegian music jam sessions in Northfield. Nordic Jam can…
The Northfield Perkins is now open 24 hrs, Thurs. through Sat. Presumably, that means the wee hours of Sunday morning, too. Have other Northfield restaurants in times past been open…
While driving by the stores on Professional Drive today, I noticed that Laurie Brausen, owner of My Eyes… My Heart… (“scrapbooking, stamping and paper crafting”) has a sign on the…
Ed Lufkin, an increasingly active blogger for 3 Northfield area organizations, posted to the Rotary’s blog last week a photo of Jesse James Bike Tour (JJBT) chair Neil Lutsky presenting a check for $20,000 to Peggy Prowe of the Mill Towns Trail. Today I noticed that construction on the bridge has visibly progressed. The bridge was supposed to have been constructed last year. (continued)