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Big Weekend Downtown Starts Tonight

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

It’s a really big weekend in Downtown Northfield.  You might say it’s “book-ended” by events related to the historic, scenic, authentic…hundred year-old…Carnegie Library…starting tonight.

Thursday, April 22nd, Exhibit Opening Reception: Carnegie Library, 7 p.m., Northfield Historical Society, State of the Watershed Address, 7 to 8 p.m., Just Food Co-op, Norwegian Cowboy, 8 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge, and God Save Norman, 9 p.m., Contented Cow. (more…)

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Big Week for the Carnegie

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

As I’ve mentioned at least a couple of times recently, the Northfield Carnegie (Public) Library is 100 years old this month.  This week, in downtown Northfield, there are a number of events recognizing this important milestone. (more…)

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New Moon Trio Highlight of this Weekend

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Well, at least for Justin, Lance, and me.  Or maybe just me.

Thursday, April 15th, Ole and Lena (Uncensored) Joke Night, 7 p.m., Froggy Bottoms, Gardening Talk – Eric Johnson, 7 p.m., Carnegie Public Library, Assassins, 7:30 p.m., Kelsey Theater on the St. Olaf College campus, Todd Thompson Trio, 8 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge, and Study Hall, 9 p.m., Contented Cow. (more…)

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NDDC Board Visits Aquatic Pets

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

A delegation of the NDDC Board visited with Liz Messner, owner of Aquatic Pets.  I tease with the use of the word “delegation” because at the end of our visit, Liz revealed that she is a leader in the community of Waterford Township and we chatted a bit about Northfield’s recent annexation efforts.

Aquatic Pets has been serving Northfield for 20 years, or since 1990, offering a wide variety of products for pets while focusing on the aquatic variety.  They’ve occupied three locations in downtown during that time, on the west side of Dahomey Avenue (Highway 3), at the corner of Dahomey and Second Street, and now right in the heart of Northfield on Division Street. (more…)

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Bike Trails as Drivers of Community Economic Development

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

At the Downtown Forum on Tuesday, April 6, Peggy Prowe and Glenn Switzer of the Mill Towns Trail Board and Joel Walinski of the City of Northfield updated the attendees on the progress of the Mill Towns Trail since summer 2008 and the many improvements that we can expect in 2010.

On deck are the completion of the link between Riverside Park and 5th St., the reconstruction of 4th St. and widening of the bike lanes on the resurfaced street, and the construction of a three mile crushed limestone trail south from the Peggy Prowe Pedestrian Bridge along the Cannon River to Dundas. This will create a six-mile loop when joined with the existing three mile segment of the Mill Towns Trail on the west side of the river from Dundas north to Sechler Park.

Peggy was particularly emphatic about the role that bike trails play in the economic health of a community and cited as evidence a chart from Fillmore County showing the growth in lodging tax of communities along the Root River since the beginning of trail development in the area.

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