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Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
Last Friday, State Senator Tom Neuville posted this to his blog: What Kind of Education Reform Do We Need? It was triggered by Gov. Pawlenty’s State of the State speech…
I was delighted to see in today’s Northfield News article about Monday’s City Council worksession that the reporter, Suzanne Rock, used the terms ‘councilors’ and ‘Councilor’ (italics mine): Excessive noise,…
The discussion is continuing in the Downtown retail: struggling, thriving, searching message thread (now up to 86 comments as of tonight). And with more downtown-related discussion on tap at next…
A draft of a municipal liquor store report was a late addition to the addenda for the council meeting on Monday. It’s called the “NORTHFIELD LIQUOR STORE MARKET ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS REVIEW” and it’s in two parts, both big pdfs. It was prepared by a consulting outfit in Mpls called the McComb Group Ltd (with a very interesting web site).
This report was prepared with the understanding that the results of our work will be used by the client to evaluate market and financial feasibility of a new liquor store.
The locations studied:
- current location at 5th and Water;
- 600 Division (just north of Lansing’s);
- three different sites adjacent to Econofoods;
- the Q Block (SW corner of Hwy 3 and 2nd;
- NE corner of Hwy 3 and Woodley;
- The Crossing (NE corner of Hwy 3 and 2nd
Which location do you like and why?
I favor the current location because it contributes to the economic vitality of downtown, parking is adequate, selection is adequate, and the City has plenty of other capital expenditure items on its plate.
FYI, I’ve copied/pasted the summary of the report (pages 23-25 of the Part II pdf) here.
First National Bank Northfield should be breaking ground soon on their branch facility across from Target. See their new branch web page for more details.
About ten years ago (I’m 57) I noticed I was starting to have trouble understanding people in places where there was a lot of background noise — pubs, coffeehouses, parties,…
The Rental Housing Study (PDF) that was handed out at Monday’s City Council meeting is on the city’s website. (I found it here.) I was unable to find the report…
Joe and Jodi Grundhoefer are celibrating the 25th anniversary of J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘N’ Stein this week. Grundy Burgers can be had for $1.65 (click center image) through Friday so…