After quite a few worksessions about the Safety Center and the Library and whether, when, where, and how we will replace or expand these facilities, it looks like the Council will finally take the first bit of action on Monday (Agenda, packet available on the City website, as always).
Although the Northfield News headline proclaimed the [...]
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CIP discussion continues, but action imminent
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Council meetings now streamed live on KYMN
Posted in Council agendas, Uncategorized on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now you can watch the Council in real time in the comfort of your own home – KYMN is now streaming Council meetings live (you can also watch the video later, too). Imagine the possibilities – not only can you see what we’re up to while folding the laundry, you could make it a social [...]
Go read Pressville
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps you’ve seen Pressville mentioned on Locally Grown, northfield.org and/or the Northfield News. You can read all it about it on those pages. I had fun attending a Pressville party on Thursday and talking to some of the students who are writing for Pressville. If the future of journalism and blogging depended on these students, [...]
Complete Streets study completed
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note that MnDOT has completed its Complete Streets study – all 136 pages (no, I haven’t read it all yet) of it are located here
“Maverickism” needed at City Hall?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As far as I can tell, “maverickism” was coined by or about Sarah Palin in the 2008 Presidential Campaign, but it showed up in the 10/5 this week’s Nation’s Cities Weekly for a Leadership Training Institute seminar being offered at the National League of Cities Congress of Cities in San Antonio in November. Apparently, maverickism [...]
Safety Center, again
Posted in CIP, Land use, Safety Center, Uncategorized on October 4, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Before the Council asks you to pay for a new Safety Center, it seems only fair to let you know what you’ll be buying. Trouble is, I don’t know.
Here are the options that have been discussed or mentioned:
Option 1: the Safety Center Task Force recommendation of June 22 is to build a new Safety [...]
Retrofitting suburban development
Posted in Land use, Uncategorized on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Skateboards – some progress
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Northfield Union of Youth, skateboards on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just sent off my completed “Skate Board Plaza Site Evaluation Matrix” ranking 10 Northfield parks according to 21 criteria to Joel Walinski, City Administrator. I guess this means we’re moving the issue along somewhat although I am cringing in advance about the next Council discussion.
But forget the Council’s next move. Mary Rossing and Joel [...]
Northfield in the news
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I blogged about Northfield’s forays into fiber optics awhile ago. While working to develop a partnership with a fiber provider, we were also waiting for the NOFA (that’s Notice of Fund Availability) for federal stimulus grant opportunities. The NOFA was published, but the bad news is that the grant eligibility requirements stipulate that the project [...]
Go Skateboarding Day is TODAY
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
