Bill Ostrem, pedestrian/bike advocate, blogger, and chair of the Northfield Area Task Force on Nonmotorized Transportation, alerted me to the new white stripes (no, not The White Stripes) on Lincoln…
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As construction continues on the access to and from the new Peggy Prowe Pedestrian Bridge (AKA DNR Bridge #66549) for the Mill Towns Trail in Northfield, it’s not clear where the trail will go as it enters downtown Northfield. And then what? It’ll be years before there’s a connection to the Cannon Valley Trail in Cannon Falls, so it would seem that getting bikers into downtown at the Riverwalk / Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza would be ideal. But how? (continued)
The Friday Memo, written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and many of the department directors, managers, and supervisors, summarizes many of the staff activities for the week. The Friday…
On Thursday morning, the boys at Witt Bros. were replacing tires on cars that had their tires slashed in vandalism spree in the Sibley School neighborhood the night before. In…
In 2005, SpeechGear moved from downtown Northfield into the old Montessori school building on Hwy 19 (across from Malt-O-Meal) under the state’s Job Opportunity Building Zones (JOBZ) program, promising to…
Last week the Northfield City Council heard a presentation from staff and an attorney re: Piper Jaffray’s request to amend the tax increment financing (TIF) note for the Mendota Homes development called The Crossing. Some Councilors keyed in on the opportunity this might provide for site improvements and others expressed big picture concerns. I understood very little of it all so a conversation here might help. (continued)
The Northfield Task Force on Nonmotorized Transportation invites bicyclists, walkers, telecommuters, transit riders and car/van-poolers to stop by Bridge Square Thursday morning between 6:15 and 8:00 for coffee, juice, tasty…
This big banner in Ames Park is promoting this Saturday’s Car Care Fair at Econofoods. If your business need advertising signs then you can order online. Participating businesses are all…
The Friday Memo, written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and many of the department directors, managers, and supervisors, summarizes many of the staff activities for the week. The Friday…