Members of the NDDC Board recently visited with PRMIA, the Professional Risk Manager’s International Association. PRMIA is a member-based organization with almost 80,000 members in 201 countries around the world. Jodi Lundell, the company’s Chief Operating Officer told us that PRMIA recently celebrated its 10th anniversary; from its very beginning, the company has been basedContinue reading “NDDC Board Visits PRMIA”
Category Archives: Economic Development
TIF District #4, The Streetscape Task Force, and Downtown Parking
In April of 1986, the Northfield City Council voted to create a Municipal Redevelopment District in downtown Northfield within which improvement projects could be funded with tax increment financing (TIF). The TIF district became known as Municipal District #4 and included a couple dozen parcels located in the C-1 and C-2 zoning districts, Downtown CoreContinue reading “TIF District #4, The Streetscape Task Force, and Downtown Parking”
The NDDC and the Colleges
The NDDC has been conceptually and programatically connected with both Northfield colleges, Carleton and St. Olaf, since the organization’s birth in 2000. These two large local employers are perhaps our most frequent collaborators. One of the NDDC’s founders, Bardwell Smith, is Professor Emeritus of Religion and Asian Studies at Carleton College. The organization has always hadContinue reading “The NDDC and the Colleges”
Welcome the Weitz to Downtown Northfield
The NDDC welcomes the Weitz Center for Creativity to Downtown Northfield. Technically only a half block away from the C-1 Zone (part of the definition of the downtown as per the City Zoning Code), what was once “the old middle school” is only a block away from the Carnegie Library and only two blocks awayContinue reading “Welcome the Weitz to Downtown Northfield”
Downtown Northfield is an Economic Driver
Downtown is a powerful driver for the Northfield economy. Taken as a single entity, it is one of our largest employers. It is also home to most of the businesses in our community, more than two-thirds of all of the firms in Northfield are located in the downtown. However, downtown’s contributions to the Northfield economyContinue reading “Downtown Northfield is an Economic Driver”