In June of 2011, I blogged about how the new trees planted in Nov. 2010 on 4th St. downtown after the 4th Street reconstruction had died or become diseased. The…
Tag: <span>4th St. reconstruction</span>
The heavy rain on Saturday morning has collapsed part of the pavement at 4th & Division. Unlike the hole in the street that opened up on 6th & Division…
While biking on 5th St downtown late yesterday afternoon when it was very windy and 100+ degrees, I noticed that a young tree had blown down. I then looked at…
Workers began installing 19 trees on both sides of 4th St between Division and Washington this week, part of the 4th St. reconstruction project. The trees (Autumn Maples, I…
I saw this Fourth Street reconstruction chart in the downtown lobby of the First National Bank of Northfield this morning. (See the PDF of the top half of the chart…
The boys from Cannon River Tree Care took down the 11 trees on 4th St. between Division and Washington this morning, marking the start of the 4th St. reconstruction…
Our guest this week, Northfield City Councilor Kris Vohs (At-Large), with two of his grandkids in the audience.
We asked him to explain his vote in favor of the plan to reuse the existing Safety Center location for a new fire station and to build a police station at a new location. The surprising short version of his answer: getting ‘political’ support to build a single building would be difficult in this economic climate. More surprising: he doesn’t support going to the citizens on a referendum to fund the facilities.
The rest of the show we spent discussing the trees on 4th St. which again comes before the Council tonight.
Robbie and I had our first experience with bubble tea on Saturday. Yum. (The rumors continue to swirl around Northfield that’s a bubble tea restaurant that’s going into the into…
Local landscaper Leif Knecht, former mayor Keith Covey and I spoke at open mic at last night’s Northfield City Council meeting, asking the Council to find a way to incorporate…