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Monthly Art Event Begins Saturday Night

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Downtown retailer Oolala is holding the first of what is planned to be a series of monthly art events this Saturday, February 27th, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday’s event features paintings by Emma Closser and pottery by Eli Szydlo, with music provided by Madelyn Hartke & the Dumbfingers (Greta Kaul, Joe Dobrow, Tim Hollinger) and the Two Beat Band (Andrew Wilson and Jordan Taylor).

Actually, the NDDC was conducting a board visit with Jessica Prill, owner of Oolala.  The art event was just icing on the cake. (more…)

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Catching Up with the NDDC Communication Committee

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

One of the NDDC’s standing work groups is the Communication Committee.  The group takes responsibility for staying connected with downtown stakeholders and for quite some time has consisted of Dan Bergeson from Carleton College, Greg Kneser from St. Olaf College, and Mark Quinnell from State Farm Insurance. (more…)

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NDDC Board Visits Monster Games

Friday, February 5th, 2010

NDDC Board President Keith Covey and Vice President Joe Grundhoefer paid a visit to, let’s face it, maybe the coolest business in all of Northfield…Monster Games.  Company founder Richard Garcia generously shared some of his internationally-allocated time to tell us how much he likes downtown Northfield. (more…)

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Four Local Bands…and a Whole Lot More

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

NDDCBirthdayPartyRafflePrizesHave I mentioned that we’ve got Four Local Bands, Scandium, Matt Arthur & the Bratlanders, Meredith Fierke, and T. V. & the Bellered Yellers, performing at the NDDC’s 10th Birthday Party this Saturday night (January 23rd) at The Grand?

Well, there’s also free hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, friendly people and…a raffle.  Here are the raffle prizes, generously donated by downtown businesses: (more…)

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…and Now a Word ON Our Sponsors…

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

WinterWalk09WigleyPhotoYeah, NDDC 10th Birthday Party, this Saturday (January 23rd) 6 to 10 p.m., Grand Event Center, corner of 4th and Washington Streets, in historic, scenic, authentic DOWNTOWN Northfield…

…free admission, four local bands, free munchies, cash bar, free fun… (more…)

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