Government

The Northfield School Board held its regular meeting on Monday, September 14, 2015, at 7 pm, in the high school media center. Highlights of the meeting included:

Northfield Mayor Dana Graham talks about the Meadows Park Project in his latest “Minute with the Mayor”.

http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/mediacenter.aspx?VID=79

Northfield - The City of Northfield invites the public to a “Grand Opening Event” of the Northfield Skateboard Park on Thursday, September 10th at 4:00 PM at Old Memorial Park.  The Northfield Skateboard Park officially opened on August 17th, and this event will mark the successful collaboration between numerous groups that have invested countless hours of time fundraising and working to make this park a reality. 

For more information, contact Project Manager Jasper Kruggel at 507-645-3027 or jasper.kruggel@ci.northfield.mn.us

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It's full steam ahead for the Northfield Public Library's renovation project.  You are invited to join in the celebratory groundbreaking at the 210 Washington Street site.  Tuesday, September 15 at 4 pm. 

http://northfieldpubliclibrary.blogspot.com/2015/09/library-renovation-groundbreaking-set.html

The City of Northfield will be removing various trees at Wheeler Park located at the corner of Jefferson Parkway and Prairie Street on Thursday, September 3rdat noon.  There are approximately 20 trees that are 3-4 years old available to the public for free on a first come/first serve basis. If interested, please bring a truck or adequate vehicle to transport the trees.  If you would like to look at the trees before September 3rd, trees located on the west end of Wheeler Park marked with a yellow ribbon are available to the public. 

For more information, contact Project Manager Jasper Kruggel at 507-645-3027 or jasper.kruggel@ci.northfield.mn.us

Northfield Mayor Dana Graham talks about the Council’s preliminary tax levy discussion in his latest video.

http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/MediaCenter.aspx?CID=Minute-with-the-Mayor-13

The stairs that lead to the Riverwalk adjacent to the Fourth Street Bridge will be closed due to some exterior building work at 11 Bridge Square.  The sidewalk on the north side of the Fourth Street Bridge will also be closed during the work.  This closure is expected to begin on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 and last until Friday, September 4, 2015.

For additional information contact Sean Simonson at 507-645-3049.

Northfield MN- Construction of the Northfield Skateboard Park has been completed and the park has been open to the public since  Monday, August 17, 2015.  Please remember to be safe, read the posted rules, and abide by the park hours of 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM.  Any injuries or vandalism must be reported to the City immediately by calling 507-645-3045; for emergencies, call 911.

For more information, contact Project Manager Jasper Kruggel at 507-645-3027 or jasper.kruggel@ci.northfield.mn.us

The Northfield School Board held its regular meeting on Monday, August 10, 2015, at 7 pm, in the high school media center. A full packet of materials from the meeting can be found here. Highlights of the meeting included:

June 8, 2015

July 13, 2015

The Northfield Public Schools hosted 18 stakeholder meetings last Fall with staff and community members to begin the process of creating a long-term Master Facilities Plan for the District. During the Winter of 2014-15, district staff worked with ATS&R, an architectural firm, to review community feedback and create a series of approaches to be considered for the long-term Master Facilities plan. The District will be hosting a series of meetings in late August and September 2015 regarding the next steps in developing a long-term Master Facilities Plan.

The City of Northfield and Northfield’s PRIMEtime out-of-school-time network were featured in a recent national newsletter published by the National League of Cities.  The article highlights the efforts of the PRIMEtime collaborative to provide free summer programming to over 500 Northfield youth this summer.  Northfield is recognized as a national leader among small cities in creating citywide out-of-school-time systems.

The article notes the City of Northfield’s support for PRIMEtime, including partnerships with the Northfield Public Library, Northfield Police Department, and Northfield City Pool.  The piece also recognizes valuable financial grants provided to PRIMEtime by the Northfield Area United Way, Women In Northfield Giving Support, and Youthprise.

Participating PRIMEtime summer programs include:

• Summer PLUS – serving youth in grades K-5, four days per week for 7 weeks at Greenvale Park Elementary School
• Summer BLAST – serving youth in grades 6-8, four days per week for 7 weeks, and splitting time between Northfield Middle School & Carleton College
• The Key – a youth-run youth center in downtown Northfield, open daily to all youth ages 12-20

Partners in the PRIMEtime collaborative include the Northfield Public Schools,Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes, Carleton College, St. Olaf College, and Minnesota Alliance With Youth Promise Fellows program.

To access the full National League of Cities article, CLICK HERE.

The new River Walk gazebo was installed. This is a friendly reminder to the entire Northfield community: please be cautious about the unfinished concrete ramp leading to the Gazebo. The concrete ramp will be re-poured the week of July 13.

For more information, contact Project Manager Jasper Kruggel at 507-645-3027 or jasper.kruggel@ci.northfield.mn.us.

The City of Northfield had the honor of being recognized as a Minnesota GreenStep City and received Step 2 and 3 block awards at the recent League of Minnesota Cities Conference on June 26th for advancing through Step 2 to become a Step 3 City in the Minnesota GreenStep Cities program.

“This recognition shows community members and other cities across Minnesota that the City of Northfield is taking great steps in the direction of energy and resource conservation and innovation,” shared Jasper Kruggel, the Minnesota GreenStep Cities Coordinator for the City of Northfield.