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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…)

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…)

NDDC Board Visits Professional Design Group

Friday, December 18th, 2009

NDDCBoardVisitsPDGMembers of the NDDC Board of Directors visited with Professional Design Group (PDG) yesterday.  It was an easy trip as their offices are just upstairs from the NDDC office.  In fact, the NDDC was born at a conference table in PDG’s office almost exactly ten years ago. (more…)

NDDC Board Visits Carlson Capital

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

NDDCBoardVisitsCarlsonCapitalThis week NDDC Board members visited with Justin Stets of Carlson Capital Management.  Pictured from left to right are Mark Quinnell Justin Stets, Keith Covey and Julie Bixby.  It was a pleasure to tour their beautiful facility and enjoy their scenic view of the Cannon River. (more…)

NDDC Board Visits Ace Hardware

Monday, December 7th, 2009

NDDCBoardVisitsAceHardwareThe NDDC scheduled a visit with Ace Hardware Store Manager Glenn Behrens for last Thursday.  It was the morning of Winter Walk and everyone was pretty busy.  That’s okay, Glenn, Keith and I had a heck of a good time. (more…)