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Issues covered in episode #14 of Locally Grown, recorded Friday (April 21):

1. The proposed Dog Park, with guest Rick Estenson (0 to 17 min)
2. Analysis of the Northfield City Council’ repeal of 1306 last Monday night. (17:00 to 25:15)
3. An early look at the consultant’s draft report/recommendations for the library expansion. (25:15 to 29:00)

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Issues covered in episode #13 of Locally Grown (April 15), recorded yesterday with blogger Ross Currier, Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) Executive Director and member of the Northfield Planning Commission; and blogger Tracy Davis, local business owner, Northfield Planning Commission member and a member of the Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA); and me, business owner.

1. The draft of the Economic Development Plan: 0 to 26:45
2. Update on the Q-Block: 26:45 to 38:25
3. The Council vote on 1306 on Monday night: 38:25 to end

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I took the train to Cambridge in the UK yesterday to visit Northfielders Betsey Buckheit (former blogging planning commissioner), husband Justin London (Carleton music prof) and daughter Elizabeth who’ve been there since Sept. Justin received a Fullbright to do research there for the year. I took the opportunity to do another show for our podcast, Locally Grown, with Betsey as a guest and the two of us participating via Skype Out to the KRLX studios where Ross Currier, Tracy Davis and Cameron Nordholm graciously got up very early on Saturday morning — April 8 — central time to accommodate my schedule.

Topics:

1. Bike racks and the pros and cons of bike lanes in downtown Northfield;
2. the forthcoming economic development report from the consultants hired by the EDA;
3. an update on the Highway 3 & 3rd St. traffic light request.

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Issues covered in show #11 of Locally Grown (March 10), recorded in the KRLX 88.1 FM studio at Carleton on Friday afternoon:

1. The Very Short Play Festival with guest Brendon Etter (click photo to enlarge; taken at a karaoke event a month ago).
2. The proposed expansion/relocation of the Northfield Municipal Liquor Store (starting at the 19 minute mark).

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Issues covered in show #9 of Locally Grown (February 24), recorded in the KRLX 88.1 FM studio at Carleton on Friday afternoon:

Ultra high-speed broadband and Northfield’s economic development.

Guest: Milda Hedblom, adjunct professor at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and professor of politics and communications at Augsburg College.

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Issues covered in show #8 of Locally Grown (February 18), recorded in the KRLX 88.1 FM studio at Carleton on Saturday afternoon: The Northfield Area United Way fund drive with guest Elizabeth Schott, Executive Director.

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Issues covered in show #7 of Locally Grown, recorded in the KRLX 88.1 FM studio at Carleton on Friday afternoon:

1. Carleton’s Bursting the Bubble civic engagement series: 0-6:00
2. Economic development plan update: 6:00
3. Outdoor swimming pool update: 8:15
4. Clem Shearer Micro Grant decision: 9:30
5. Upadopting 1306: 13:45
6. Public utitlities/city-wide wi-fi: 16:00
7. Green businesses: 21:45
8. Jobs for/business startups by college students: 26:00
9. “Third” places in downtown: 35:45
10. Outdoor dining on public spaces in downtown: 38:15
11. Community media task force update: 49:00

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