Today is Veteran’s Day and there’s a service this morning at 11 am at the Northfield Area Veterans Memorial in Riverside Park. (I can’t be there so if you go…
Category: <span>Civic Orgs</span>
See the album of 6 dozen photos from last night’s Northfield Historical Society auction, From Northfield with Love, at the Grand Event Center or this slideshow.
The very first time I used a web album of photos to chronicle a Northfield civic event was the Northfield Historical Society auction in the fall of 2003, held at…
Wayne Eddy was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame last weekend. I took this photo (left) of the plaque he received when I was at KYMN studios…
Jay Walljasper spoke at the Northfield United Methodist Church last Sunday, invited by Northern Letter blogger Bill Ostrem for their Sunday Morning Adult Forum. Jay’s a Senior Fellow at the…
I walked into the Northfield Middle School auditorium tonight and saw Northfield School Board member and NTV manager Paul Hager setting up his camera to tape the presentation by Carol…
See the photo album from Saturday’s NDDC 2007 Fall Festival. It featured, according to Ross, “… hayrides, pie-eating contests, pumpkin decorating, a haunted house, caramel apples, hot apple cider, Tony’s…
I took the left photo at the James Gang HideAway this morning of three guys who’ve been among the many citizens involved in the drug abuse-related discussions here on Locally…
Once again, another week goes by and I’m not sure where it went. I attended or participated in several meetings of various City and civic orgs this week, and I thought some of you would find this information both interesting and helpful.
On Tuesday, the NDDC had a meeting of the Retail Strategies group at the Grand, where they presented an overview of their Work Plan. The first slide presented the list of opportunities identified in the EDA’s Economic Development Plan, some of which are clearly within the purview of the NDDC’s:
Retail Support Strategies
Summary 1 – Economic Development Plan
Opportunity 1: Diversifying the Economic Base
1a: Land for Business Expansion
1b: Concentrate on Needs of Existing Businesses
1c: Implement a Targeted Recruitment Strategy
1d: Raise Awareness of Northfield within the Region
1e: Explore Options for Leveraging Existing Fiber Networks
Opportunity 2: Maintaining Northfield’s Quality of Place
2a: Maintain and Enhance the Existing Downtown
2b: Develop Coordinated Retail Strategy
2c: Redefine Northfield’s Relationship to its Neighbors
Opportunity 3: Attracting and Retaining Talent
3a: Increase Connections with Current and Former Students
3b: Continue to Engage the Leadership of the Colleges in Economic Development
3c: Increase the range of Housing Options
3d: Create Entrepreneurial and Innovative Start-Up Opportunities
3e: Take Steps to Integrate City’s Growing Latino Population