How do you get in and around downtown? All community members are invited to give feedback about how they travel to and around downtown by March 31. The City of Northfield is conducting a survey to learn more about how and why Northfield residents, businesses and property owners travel to and from downtown and whenContinue reading “Downtown Mobility Survey”
Category Archives: Pedestrian Safety
Non-Motorized Transportation Moves Forward…Downtown
I was walking across Bridge Square on my way to the post office the other afternoon when I heard someone calling out my name. It was Bruce Anderson (the photographer for this picture), along with Bill Ostrem, and some guy in a bike suit signed by Lance Armstrong (no kidding). The mystery guy was SteveContinue reading “Non-Motorized Transportation Moves Forward…Downtown”
Carleton College, City of Northfield, NDDC and RENew Work Together to Bring Satellite Broadcast to Northfield
The three groups that made a commitment to work together for greater bike and pedestrian safety in Northfield have enlisted the assistance of Carleton College to bring a satellite broadcast of a teleconference to Northfield. The discussion will focus on new ideas and resources for increasing bike and pedestrian safety in communities. The teleconference willContinue reading “Carleton College, City of Northfield, NDDC and RENew Work Together to Bring Satellite Broadcast to Northfield”
Help Create a Bicycle Safe Northfield,
Bring Your Bike Downtown! On Saturday, May 6th, at 10 am, as part of Sping Fling, the NDDC is sponsoring an event to promote bicycle friendliness. Bring your bike downtown, be entered in a drawing for prizes and enjoy bicycling around our wonderful downtown community. It all takes place in the “Old Jacobsen Parking Lot”Continue reading “Help Create a Bicycle Safe Northfield,”
It’s 7 am, do you know where your Bike Rack is?
At this month’s Forum, there was much discussion about making Northfield more bike-friendly. With me present, of course there was some discussion of downtown’s need for more bike racks. On the recent edition of Locally Grown, I announced that I had conducted a survey of the locations of bike racks downtown. Several people have askedContinue reading “It’s 7 am, do you know where your Bike Rack is?”