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…
Category: <span>Civic Orgs</span>
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)
Our guest yesterday was Hayes Scriven, Executive Director of the Northfield Historical Society. He’s leading a group of Northfield institutions (so far, they’re collaborating) that’s creating an audio walking tour of historical Northfield using some new-fangled technology called podcasting. In true Jesse James fashion, he stole the idea from New Ulm and their video podcast.
The Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) has a newly revamped website for VisitingNorthfield.com. At first glance, there’s a lot to like. A second glance, however, makes…
At last week’s Union of Youth open house at The Key, I met Kevin Krein, Addy Payne, and Dan Zenner, co-hosts of the KeyMN radio show which airs on Saturday mornings at 9am on KYMN 1080. The show now has its own web site where each episode is blogged with a clickable Flash player. They started podcasting in early December. (continued)
I just found about about the “soft launch” of the new Ron Griffith Young Leaders Fund. I hope it’s not to early to blog it; the hyperlinks are active, so here goes.
The Fund, developed in partnership with the Northfield Area YMCA, was initiated by Just Food to honor Ron’s service on the Just Food Board of Directors and his leadership contributions to the Northfield area community as a whole. (continued)
See the album of photos from last night’s open house or this slideshow. (I’ve turned off comments here. Continue discussion on my blog post from earlier this week on the…
Three youth board members from the Northfield Union of Youth joined us yesterday to discuss the organization on its 15th anniversary. L to R in the photo with me and Jesse James: Maisie, Hattie, and Ruth. They’ll be at tonight’s open house at The Key. See my blog post from earlier this week on the event. There are over two dozen comments attached to it, many by young people talking about what the organization has meant to them. (continued)
In a ceremony at the Archer House this morning, the Northfield Area Foundation (NAF) distributed checks totaling $25,680 to ten different Northfield area organizations. See my NAF blog post (they’re a client) for the list of projects receiving grants. (continued)