In this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, had a land use article which caught my eye. Suburban style development with single family homes on relatively large lots – offering lots space privacy and home maintenance chores, but not much connectivity and community – is not so great for an aging population. In order to help folks [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Retrofitting suburban development
Posted in Land use, Uncategorized on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More work – Capital improvement discussion starts
Posted in CIP, Council agendas, Safety Center on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Northfield’s finance director, Kathleen McBride, deserves a lot of credit for dragging the Council toward a capital improvement planning process where projects are assessed rationally, scheduled sensibly, and funding sources are identified…instead of listing possible projects with largely fictional “placeholder” dollar amounts and hoping for the best. The 2010-2014 CIP discussion begins Monday at the [...]
Back to work on the Council: Fees and taxes
Posted in Council agendas, Policy problems on September 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t exactly stop working on City issues over the summer, but my interest in blogging about them evaporated entirely. Why sit at a computer when I could tend my green roof (planted some little bluestem grass up there today), run with my dog, pick tomatoes, go to the State Fair or do just about [...]
