On Friday, December 7th, the Northfield Downtown Development Corporation convened a Regional Summit on Real Estate Taxes and their impact on historic downtowns in Greater Minnesota. The purpose was to determine the geographic extent of the issue and to unite behind strategies for addressing it. Downtown Northfield has averaged thirty percent annual real estate taxContinue reading “NDDC Hosts Regional Summit on Real Estate Taxes”
Category Archives: Downtown issues
Downtown streetscape plan – final document
This is a 90-page PDF of the Downtown Northfield Streetscape Framework Plan that was discussed at last week’s NDDC forum. See Ross’ blog post here on the NDDC blog as well a blog post on our Locally Grown that discussed the issue. You can view the document via the slideshow below, though it’s better toContinue reading “Downtown streetscape plan – final document”
Big Project Rolling into Downtown Next Year
The City of Northfield, featuring Bonestroo consultant John Slack, presented the planning work to date and the project schedule as currently envisioned for the Water Street Parking Lot and 5th Street Reconstruction work this morning at the NDDC’s Monthly Downtown Forum. Slack opened the presentation by saying that the goal of the Streetscape Framework, theContinue reading “Big Project Rolling into Downtown Next Year”
Allies Assemble
The Block Heads witnessed a sudden increase in momentum on the Real Estate Tax issue this morning. New supporters joined the effort, with State Senator Tom Neuville, State Representative David Bly, City Councilor Scott Davis, City Administrator Al Roder, and League of Minnesota Cities General Counsel Tom Grundhoefer offering their ideas and insights to theContinue reading “Allies Assemble”
Greener Streetscape Projects?
Anyone following City of Northfield initiatives or the NDDC blog postings would be at least somewhat aware of the Streetscape projects that have been discussed for the past three or four years and the actual results, including the pavers to Bridge Square, the Library Plaza, and, my favorite, the bike racks. One of the nextContinue reading “Greener Streetscape Projects?”