Category Archives: Economic Expansion Committee

This morning the NDDC’s E R Team met with representatives of Rice County to discuss the issue of rapidly rising real estate taxes. Pictured from left to right are County Administrator Gary Weiers, County Auditor Fran Windschitl, and County Commissioner Galen Malecha. Commercial real estate taxes in Downtown Northfield have been increasing on average 30%Continue reading “NDDC Meets with Rice County on Real Estate Tax Issue”

I think it was success. The Second Annual Taste of Northfield, that is… I was so busy and there were so many people and there was so much going on that I didn’t have time to take many pictures, much less try to quantify the results. When Dan Bergeson, Dale Finger, Joe Grundhoefer and IContinue reading “Whew!”

Perhaps you too have been at least peripherily following the Miss Rockaway Armada. It’s a group of a couple of dozen or so artists floating on a raft (shown here under construction) from St. Paul to St. Louis. This morning I actually visited their website. I found it to be rather interesting. I suppose thatContinue reading “TAZ or DMD?”

Following up on the recent Block Head Gathering, NDDC E. R. Team members started work on minimizing the adverse impacts of Highway 3 Reconstruction on our community’s economic vitality. Encouraged by Northfield’s Public Works Director Heidi Hamilton’s offer to take the NDDC’s recommendations for signage to MNDOT, NDDC Community Advisor Victor Summa and Executive DirectorContinue reading “More Heavy Lifting Gets Done”

In the course of following Norman Butler’s efforts to relocate Chapati into the vacant Church of the Rock building, I became aware of Chapter 1306 of the 2003 Minnesota State Building Code. In my amateur summary, Chapter 1306 requires the installation of fire sprinklers in all projects, regardless of any other fire and safety elementsContinue reading “City Council to Discuss Chapter 1306”