Our guest this week: Judy Code, president of the Northfield Garden Club. Never underestimate the power of a handful of gardeners determined to make their corner of the world a…
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Another week, another road trip.
Economic Development Manager Charlene Coulombe-Fiore and the EDA facilitated a field trip to Chaska, MN to talk with their City Administrator and other staff in charge of planning and development. Riding in a Care-Tenders van packed to maximum capacity were EDA members Rick Estenson, Dave Van Wylen, Victor Summa, Marty Benson; City Councilors Jim Pokorney and Scott Davis; Planning Commission members Ron Griffith and myself; and City staff Brian O’Connell, Joel Walinski, Charlene Coulombe-Fiore plus Kathy Felbrugge from the Northfield Chamber. Charlene prepared a comparison of the two communities, based on demographic and economic data, for our review before the trip.
There are many similarities between Northfield and Chaska in terms of size, history, relationship to the metro area, and other factors, as the above comparison demonstrates. There are significant differences, too, but I was interested in having the discussion because Chaska has managed to keep a consistent vision and approach to both planning and economic development for more than a decade, and it shows.
In yesterday’s Northfield News: Police investigate Riverwalk graffiti. Police are working to determine whether graffiti spray-painted on the downtown Riverwalk is gang-related. Capt. Roger Schroeder said the vandalism was discovered…
Left: Sweet Pea’s Loft is expanding into the old YMCA space across the hall in the Nutting Block. They’re calling it Sweet Pea’s Toys & Treats.Right: Sprazzo’s wood-fired pizza…
Late this afternoon, a motley crew assembled at City Hall and got on the Northfield Transit bus for a tour around the outskirts of our fair city. The purpose of…
Today’s Northfield News has an article by Jaci Smith and Craig Green titled How to build a better downtown with the teaser: “Small towns that have successfully revitalized their downtown…
A publication I didn’t know existed, Edible Twin Cities, has a feature on Northfield in its just-published spring 2008 edition. An anonymous citizen was passing around the issue at…
20+ people showed up at Froggy Bottoms earlier tonight for a F2F blogosophere social. Photos by me and host Susan Hvistendahl. Click thumbs to enlarge.