http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/ "Locally Grown" is a weekly show about local Northfield, Minnesota issues. It features Ross Currier, Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) Executive Director and member of the Northfield Planning Commission; Tracy Davis, local business owner and member of the Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) and a member of the Northfield Planning Commission; and Griff Wigley, citizen. Copyright © 2005-06, Northfield Citizens Online, All Rights Reserved. griff@wigleyandassociates.com en-us Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:13:20 GMT Hipcast RSS Feeder 1.25 General Discussion 60 http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/albumart/1064.1216404800.jpg http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/ Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley "Locally Grown" is a weekly show about local Northfield, Minnesota issues. It features Ross Currier, Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) Executive Director and member of the Northfield Planning Commission; Tracy Davis, local business owner and member of the Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA); and Griff Wigley, Executive Director of Northfield Citizens Online (NCO). "Locally Grown" is a weekly show about local Northfield, Minnesota issues. It features Ross Currier, Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) Executive Director and member of the Northfield Planning Commission; Tracy Davis, local business owner no Northfield Copyright © 2005-06, Northfield Citizens Online, All Rights Reserved.NorthfieldNews & Politicsgriffw@northfield.orgRoss Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff WigleyThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. c204bda4-c7ed-f383-b004-33f9f6c2b88e http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/337736466/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:53:09 GMT 00:31:29 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest today: Representative Journalist Bonnie Obremski, the reporter for the Northfield Representative Journalist project . #102 Locally Grown for week of 07.13.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/4288/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/89239173-6e65-d8ed-4e2e-a13c9652ba6c.mp3 686e916d-ec4d-e9b7-185c-61d817b87750 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/337736471/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:51:49 GMT 00:30:32 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Triumvirate discussion about city council filings, the stalemate between the mayor and council over board and commission appointments, Hwy 19 and regional transportation, the comp plan, the CIP, plus the usual fluff. #101 Locally Grown for week of 07.06.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/4193/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/8f894904-4882-51de-a16e-666ba3970137.mp3 0f584816-e158-41b1-4a77-c3480ed7856d http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/325359894/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:54:42 GMT 00:28:03 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis A discussion about who’s running for City Council, Mayor, School Board, and County Board. #100 Locally Grown for week of 06.29.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/4068/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/ff77e516-aa35-785a-1e82-9642f622317d.mp3 d68ea5bc-575d-5c3b-045d-08c87b92741c http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/320565416/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:22:48 GMT 00:33:46 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Kathleen 'Mac' McBride, the City of Northfield's EOF (Empress of Finance) was our guest this week. (She's also known as the city's Finance Director). We mainly talked about the city's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that's currently in draft form, awaiting further input from citizens. #99 Locally Grown for week of 06.22.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3987/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/39328507-3b3b-d91b-eb3c-1e412889dd9c.mp3 4fa90d48-a71d-abae-63d8-6b96a4b7dd08 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/315134459/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:49:36 GMT 00:31:45 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest: the soon-to-be-former pastor of the Northfield United Methodist Church, Clay Oglesbee. We discussed Northfield’s drug problem, the encroachment of kids’ organized activities on family life, and Christian oppression of atheists. #98 Locally Grown for week of 06.15.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3895/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/b70e4c0d-08b2-b65b-7977-a7371acae406.mp3 51be7a15-9dde-10bc-fdb4-17758ecee9c0 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/310331621/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:16:56 GMT 01:01:38 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest was Randy Jennings, local citizen, long time Northfielder, and eloquent critic of Locally Grown. We mostly discussed his criticism of our recent controversial blog posts and comment threads about the 6/2 Council meeting and the CVB’s performance, with an occasional tangent about citizen journalism. #97 Locally Grown for week of 06.08.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3762/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/1f06711e-4583-d0b0-c982-6a2fe881236d.mp3 16d1e61f-1f26-726b-e9d6-135b8c711f47 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/304195599/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:39:17 GMT 00:30:07 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis We did the usual community fluff up front, followed by some chat about the NDDC forum on tourism, and then we ended the show with our reactions to what we heard about (since none of us attended) the Monday night Northfield City Council meeting, including items on the agenda. #96 Locally Grown for week of 06.01.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3635/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/d062c7e1-d728-058f-c9f0-48c6bbf6dadc.mp3 89d78475-df77-b2aa-4287-f69b0bdc11d9 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/295543564/ Thu, 22 May 2008 04:01:06 GMT 00:33:28 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Jane McWilliams, former Northfield School Board member, Board Member for Nothfield Citizens Online (NCO), and Northfield City Council Observer for the League of Women Voters, was our guest this week. #95 Locally Grown for week of 05.18.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3471/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/34e0937b-510c-ed5e-3b63-546b9ad70485.mp3 cd4e8d3b-c322-0182-e344-af1ebbd42fc4 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/290628686/ Thu, 15 May 2008 03:27:47 GMT 00:30:23 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Triumvirate ranting about all things city-related: Al Roder, the Planning Commission, the Comp Plan, annexations, citizen engagement. #94 Locally Grown for week of 05.11.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3363/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/7e8e57a5-95d9-012b-5365-75882dd3b5f6.mp3 c246ac02-a31a-9e22-c0c9-0680a8988917 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/285313826/ Wed, 07 May 2008 11:33:24 GMT 00:29:58 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Charter Commissioner and former Planning Commissioner Betsey Buckheit was our guest this week, discussing the proposed annexation of land near the hospital for a business park. #93 Locally Grown for week of 05.04.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3328/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/2c988f29-b507-1d41-4636-939a293b1965.mp3 06ad807f-3b94-8cbe-44c3-c2f9cd542a3d http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/281539070/ Thu, 01 May 2008 16:16:53 GMT 00:28:45 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Local civic-oriented bloggers whose feeds we currently aggregate on our right sidebar. #92 Locally Grown for week of 04.27.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3313/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/14157a1f-4e7a-8b58-659f-3b775ec096b4.mp3 7954865f-9084-9ae7-b7d3-ab63cd3b3435 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/275877152/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:53:40 GMT 00:31:37 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest: Northfield Police Captain Mark Taylor who was named our new police chief by approval of the City Council last night. #91 Locally Grown for week of 04.20.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3294/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/99c2ff60-f5b4-1f86-5154-3bc960c79568.mp3 e6c729a4-399a-7aec-8661-fd3422f982cf http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/272874031/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:18:42 GMT 00:30:32 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest this week: proprietor of Present Perfect, Mary Rossing, President of the NDDC board of directors and Board member of the Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce. #90 Locally Grown for week of 04.13.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3282/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/9fce30c3-8db2-ec70-3a89-60ad07cde681.mp3 4b9eb253-f3c8-14eb-e1f5-d1b5cc0bdca9 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/267004807/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:03:29 GMT 00:30:11 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis We wedged in some discussion about A) who might run for mayor/council; B) the police chief candidates/hiring process; and C) the profession of journalism/business of newspapers. #89 Locally Grown for week of 04.06.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3246/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/6578994e-a0be-ea1f-d9a3-e40bfe488b64.mp3 cef7c8d9-d8a5-5083-6e39-7274c6a143c9 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/262828976/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:32:02 GMT 00:30:45 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest this week: Judy Code, president of the Northfield Garden Club. #88 Locally Grown for week of 03.30.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3221/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/e4b910c2-9055-b7ff-f083-052c45446379.mp3 f31a14af-85a0-0fa6-63e1-5dcc9bd6c188 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/258274231/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:51:59 GMT 00:30:01 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest this week: Peter Dahlen, Chair of the Northfield Charter Commission. #87 Locally Grown for week of 03.23.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3175/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/33377ca6-0b96-e05c-8529-817d47446f98.mp3 d59ba005-6ee4-f77e-4b40-30bc8e4b5676 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/252766592/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:04:35 GMT 00:30:56 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Discussion of the Representative Journalism project with Bill Densmore, Len Witt, and Chris Peck. #86 Locally Grown for week of 03.16.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3141/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/8b9d4d8c-a5a0-0f50-7b79-f4b789e48a14.mp3 936f69a4-c9e9-34c6-6805-eaa1a6f3f486 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/250107340/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:44:02 GMT 00:31:53 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest: Hayes Scriven, executive director of the Northfield Historical Society, talking about the upcoming NHS annual meeting and ball on Saturday night. #85 Locally Grown for week of 03.09.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3131/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/bafe413b-567d-8a2d-0ce2-404110fe48f0.mp3 8635c5b1-9f5e-24a4-012e-2151d1c950a3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/242767608/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:44:28 GMT 00:31:08 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis City of Northfield’s Housing and Redevelopment Division staff person Michele “Mitch” Merxbauer was our guest this week. Northfield was just selected, out of communities all around the state, for funding by the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMHF) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation. #84 Locally Grown for week of 02.24.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3100/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/e7e5a945-b651-ee70-efac-efeacc926729.mp3 1ee07ceb-5d92-d45e-aeaa-c0cb06d4c471 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/238825553/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:01:37 GMT 00:31:23 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Ray Cox was our guest yesterday, talking all-things transportation. #83 Locally Grown for week of 02.17.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3080/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/e72abfc2-03eb-1463-45a8-283188527f07.mp3 277dc4aa-433d-0190-3388-e7fec9da04fe http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/235255438/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:20:28 GMT 00:32:11 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest this week: Rick Estenson, chair of Northfield’s Economic Development Authority (EDA). The discussion was all about the availability of commercial property in Northfield, and the possibilities for business parks. #82 Locally Grown for week of 02.13.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3063/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/5ceec095-b2e6-103e-72e1-aad1ad4b0594.mp3 bbd233fe-7c1d-3ce2-3cf3-4d0495ffbf31 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/231034716/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:04:44 GMT 00:31:44 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Library board member Margit Johnson on the library’s long-range planning, with a couple of brief forays into transportation issues and Minnesota Supreme Court decisions involving Northfield referenda. #81 Locally Grown for week of 02.03.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/3028/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/c03da56d-cf26-5545-eef9-960d515cd537.mp3 574bfc54-8cd0-dfba-d266-4c223643c263 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/226574883/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:09:12 GMT 00:31:16 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis We discussed the comp plan, the charter commission, and the poodle shoot. #80 Locally Grown for week of 01.27.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/2979/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/9638fa8b-a10a-5ab6-068f-f77bb80e4c30.mp3 9a6c3c10-2d65-32e5-ca5f-6aa3b42fdb8c http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/222302819/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:56:55 GMT 00:22:40 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Our guest this week: Dave Hvistendahl who's one of the people working on a plan that would have a kayak/canoe park replace the current Ames Mill dam. #79 Locally Grown for week of 01.20.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/2957/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/30c30e97-d8c6-4830-5e69-7fb1d44def72.mp3 2945167f-16b8-a23c-671b-5cc76bf4f371 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LocallyGrown/~3/218476721/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:36:12 GMT 00:31:19 Griff Wigley, Ross Currier, Tracy Davis Tracy and I discussed our Locally Grown civility/discussion guidelines. #78 Locally Grown for week of 01.13.08 no griffw@northfield.org (Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigley)Northfieldhttp://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/2930/http://griffinjay.hipcast.com/deluge/31d80793-9e23-badd-8d7d-8890ae57d8c8.mp3 Ross Currier, Tracy Davis, Griff Wigleynonadult"Locally Grown" is a weekly show about local Northfield, Minnesota issues. It features Ross Currier, Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) Executive Director and member of the Northfield Planning Commission; Tracy Davis, local business owner