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Shop Local, Be Local, Love Local…You Get the Idea

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

NDDC-Nov-09I was recently asked how long the NDDC had been running the “Be Local” campaign and, futhermore, how long we’d been doing some kind of “Shop Local” theme.  Well, the first question was easy, we’ve been doing the “Be Local” ads for about two years, they came out of last year’s Abby Erickson and Ally Beyer-led Events and Marketing Committee.  These ads are designed through By All Means and published monthly in the Northfield Entertainment Guide. (more…)

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Draft of a New Idea

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

QuarterlyNEG4TheRegionA couple of weeks ago, I posted on one result of the U of M Extension Service’s MAP work, the “Top Ten Reasons to Make It a Weekend in Northfield“.  I hinted that there was more to come.

The so-called “Doughnut Group” had another meeting, this time over muffins.  Hayes Scriven of the Historical Society, Rob Schanilec of By All Means and I met to follow up on some ideas we had raised about a month ago. (more…)

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Local Developer to Invest $1 Million in Downtown

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Archer House Historic River InnA local developer, Northfield High School graduate and long-time community advocate Brett Reese, plans to invest over $1 million in downtown Northfield.  The goal is to complete a major renovation of the 1877 Archer House. (more…)

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Northfield Retailers Work on Market Area Profile

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

UofMNfldMapSession2.jpgThe Four Partners of Economic Development (the EDA, the NEC, the Chamber and the NDDC) are pushing forward on the Northfield Market Area Plan. Yesterday Northfield business people met with the University of Minnesota in the second phase of the work.

A dozen or so invitees, representing both of Northfield’s major retail districts, reviewed the geographic boundaries of our market, studied the characteristics of our primary customers, and analyzed area residents’ spending across 73 store categories. The group also brain-stormed product potential and key messages for our customer base. (more…)

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Partners Collaborate on Market Area Profile

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

CowsCollegesContentmentSign.jpgThe Four Partners of Economic Development, the EDA, NDDC, NEC, and Chamber of Commerce, are working together on a Market Area Profile. The Partners met with the U of M’s Bruce Schwartau last week to begin the process. The Profile represents a more comprehensive approach to market analysis, moving from a strictly geographic-based definition to include a characteristic-based definition. (more…)

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