Category Archives: Downtown issues

Artspace and the Mystery of the Million Dollars

Sunday’s Star Tribune has a front page business section story about Artspace Projects, the Minneapolis-based developer that recently withdrew its proposal for the Historic Middle School complex in Northfield. People have started asking me, “if Artspace can do it on both coasts and many points in between, why couldn’t they do it in Northfield?” TheContinue reading “Artspace and the Mystery of the Million Dollars”

2005 Property Valuations

As downtown Northfielders are probably aware, there is concern about potential real estate tax increases in 2006. A number of downtown building and business owners have spoken with the NDDC about this issue recently. The statements of property valuations for the purposes of determining real estate taxes arrived last week and they include valuation increasesContinue reading “2005 Property Valuations”

Posting of Post-Its: Ad Hoc Task Force/Downtown Improvement Process

Thanks to Keith and Judy Covey, we now have a a posting of the ideas document (5 page PDF) generated by the group attending the NDDC’s recent Evening Forum. Some of the attendees merely observed; most of the attendees shared their ideas on post-it notes. Dixon Bond Those ideas on this list (PDF) that areContinue reading “Posting of Post-Its: Ad Hoc Task Force/Downtown Improvement Process”

Downtown Stakeholders Offer Input

The NDDC hosted a stakeholder input gathering session Wednesday night at the Upstairs Rueb. The purpose of the session was to give the NDDC’s representative to the Mayor’s Ad Hoc Task Force, Joe Grundhoefer, ideas to bring to the table for discussion and, hopefully, implementation. The session was professionally facilitated by Charles Skinner of FitContinue reading “Downtown Stakeholders Offer Input”