Northfield City Councilor Betsey Buckheit has a new blog post titled The cost of doing business: In the “try to lure business at all costs” department: Part 1 of the…
Tag: <span>economic development</span>
The space at 300 S. Water St., most recently a photography studio, is undergoing a build-out. Guess what current Northfield business is moving in there? Likewise, the space…
Randy Jennings has a guest column in yesterday’s Nfld News titled What is economic development? Yawn? Nosiree. It is a benign title for a hard-hitting piece. (I assume the headline…
In last Sunday’s Strib, Eric Wieffering’s business column was titled Vibrant economies aren’t found only in cities. Citing the recent Trade-Center Hierarchy in Greater Minnesota report by the University of…
When I was up at St. Olaf’s Buntrock Commons a couple weeks ago for the Eat Local Challenge, I noticed a big NDDC poster outside of The Lion’s Pause…
Strong Towns is a Minnesota-based non-profit that advocates "for changes in our pattern of development and a complete understanding of the full costs of our methods of growth." Their…
For the past year or so, I’ve been hearing bits and pieces about a group called the Northfield Roundtable (also referred to with three words–the ‘Northfield Round Table‘–making online searches…
City of Northfield Councilor Betsey Buckheit has a new blog post today titled What would an economically healthy Northfield look like? (More) Jobs and (increased) tax base are good things…
The results of this study are worth considering for Northfield and its economic development. What makes a community a desirable place to live? What draws people to stake their future…