To: East Side Neighbors
From: Northfield East Side Neighborhood Association (NESNA)
Re: Current East Side Issues
Date: August 28, 2010
As summer draws to a close, we wanted to advise you of recent NESNA activities.
First, we bring you the very good news that the City recently approved improvements for Memorial Park – including the creation of a system of paths similar to the one outlined in the 2004 master plan. For those of you who attended the session on Memorial Park at the NESNA annual meeting, you know that paths and accessibility were the top choices for park amenities. NESNA representatives have worked to represent this view with the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) and the City Council, and we will continue to lobby for improvements in this important park space. In the meantime, don’t be shy about expressing your gratitude to members of PRAB and the Council!
Next, we want to bring your attention to work being done by the City Planning Commission, which has been charged with drafting a new Land Development Code (LDC) for the City of Northfield. The LDC is a kind of guiding document for building, planning, zoning, and use of property within the city. While the LDC is an extremely complicated document (nearly 300 pages in the current draft, available on the City website), NESNA has tried to follow issues that may be of special interest to its membership. Continue reading Current Issues for NESNA
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