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”
Category Archives: Historic Middle School
Making Northfield an Art Town
Four or five years ago, a group of people gathered together in pursuit of a shared goal: to make Northfield into an Art Town. Some months later, they realized that at least two other organizations, the Northfield Arts Guild (NAG) and the NDDC, shared some of the same goals. The groups got together and haveContinue reading “Making Northfield an Art Town”
School District to Consider Reuse Proposal for Historic Middle School
On Thursday, May 19th, the Northfield School District is holding an Open House for the public to view and provide feedback on Carleton College’s proposal for reuse of the Historic Middle School and site. The Open House will be held at the New Middle School Media Center, 2200 Division Street South, from 5 pm toContinue reading “School District to Consider Reuse Proposal for Historic Middle School”
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”
College Builds Community Arts Center
For better or worse, I’m not a Carl or an Ole. I got my undergraduate degree (in Government, with a comparative politics focus) from Wesleyan in Middletown, Connecticut. An article in the 2005 Issue 1 of the Wesleyan magazine was of particular interest to me: SCHOOL OF DREAMS: The newly opened Green Street Arts CenterContinue reading “College Builds Community Arts Center”