By Ed Lufkin, on July 12th, 2010
As City Staff, the Planning Commission, and the City Council continue to discuss imporant issues around the Land Developement Code, NESNA hopes to continue educating our membership concerning these important discussions. Therefore, we are attaching links to the current zoning map and current Land Development Code draft for your information.
Below is the path to the LDC.
http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/assets/z/Zoning-map—March-2009.pdf http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/assets/v/version-28—-LDC-7-01-10.pdf We appreciate your interest. Ed
By Ed Lufkin, on July 2nd, 2010
We thank Alice Thomas for this current info on how we might save the depot. Ed
By Ed Lufkin, on July 1st, 2010
This just in from Steve Spehn: Everything remains on schedule at the Arts Union project. The demolition
> is on track. Once the adjoining gym wall that will
> become a temporary exterior wall is shored up the rest of
> the cafeteria and north entry space will come down.
> The old boiler room and its stack have been demolished
> (The 1910 smoke stack will stay) Site work and utilities
> work will follow and we will begin footings and
> foundations. Abatement work is occurring in the 1910
> and 1934 building and will be completed mid-July. We
> will see more activity starting the end of July with
> interior renovation. Ed
By Ed Lufkin, on June 24th, 2010
Memorial Park Watch: Update
Local residents near Memorial Park have been watching the Park Board’s efforts to expedite a master trail and landscaping plan for Memorial Park. The Board has been working hard to bring a Plan forward: sought and won funding for the project, and has been pressing diligently to get the project completed.
Led by Scott Carpenter, Anne Maple and me, the Friends of Memorial Park gathered resident input at the Annual meeting, and brought those ideas forward to the City. We then attended three successive months of Park Board meetings to continue to urge that that input be considered as the plans for the park trails were developed in sessions held by City Staff.
The last sketch of the trail and landscaping plan, presented at the June Parks Board meeting, included 1. the completion of a paved pedestrian path around the 7th Street parking lot (to address the safety concern about bike riding through the parking lot); 2. the completion (at last) of the path that enters at the end of Elm and 5th Streets, which will now wrap round the back of the pool to connect with the pool entrance, and finally, 3. the addition of a new connecting pedestrian path from the dead end of 6th Street East.
These are all most welcome additions to the Park – and funds well spent! They will provide the structure needed for future landscaping and development of the park, as called for in the Park Board Master Plan.
After the trail plan is finalized and approved by the Park Board, bids will be received and its hoped that there will be funds left for the introduction of some trees and landscaping including shrubs needed to hide the solar panels that now lie exposed, just north of the pool. Its now hoped that trail construction could begin in July – I will keep you posted.
Hats off to Commission Chair Rick Vanasek, Board Member Grace Clark, Nathan Knutson and others for their leadership in pressing to get this project funded AND completed! And hats off to Council Member Betsey Buckheit for her close watch of this process and receptivity to neighborhood concerns.
Suzie Nakasian
By Ed Lufkin, on June 24th, 2010
POST:Coming soon to the East Side Neighborhood: THE BRASS! The 2nd Annual Northfield Vintage Band Festival, upcoming on August 5-8, 2010will bring dozens of the world’s best brass ensembles to Northfield from around the world,and will feature 50 (!) concerts throughout Northfield including the following events in our East Side neighborhood – so mark your calendars:
Thursday August 5 2:00-WindWorks Quintet- Northfield Public Library
Friday, August 6
12:30- Kentucky Baroque Trumpets – First United Church of Christ
1:30- Independent Silver Band – Central Park
Saturday, August 7
1:30- Dodworth Saxhorn Band- Central Park
1:30- Kentucky Baroque Trumpets- Northfield Public Library
1:30- Gargoyle Brass and organ concert- First United Church of Christ
Sunday, August 8
Music featured during local Church services:
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church – Kentucky Baroque trumpets
Methodist Church – Independent Silver Band
First United Church of Christ Northfield – Dodworth Saxhorn Band
and
8:00- Evening of Vaudeville featuring the North Star Cinema Orchestra- Grand Event Center
The full Festival schedule and information about featured artists and sponsorship opportuntities are all available on the Vintage Band Festival website www.vintagebandfestival.org
Please join in supporting this memorable musical festival in Northfield!
Residents interested in volunteering for the VBF Festival are encouraged to contactJohn Hiscox <jhiscox@walbon.com or the VBF email. vbf2010@gmail.com.
Thank you!Sujzie Nakasian
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