tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58641353254974220572024-02-22T11:29:43.793-06:00My CrookstonHumble thoughts and opinions on what we could do to create positive change in Crookston Minnesota. All positive suggestions and questions are welcomed here!Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-61366210988897949452013-12-02T18:51:00.001-06:002013-12-02T18:51:37.583-06:0013 Ways to Kill Your Community | PlaceMakersAn awesome read: <br />
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<a href="http://www.placemakers.com/2013/12/02/13-ways-to-kill-your-community/">13 Ways to Kill Your Community | PlaceMakers</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-62144909168487642862013-11-18T18:43:00.001-06:002013-11-18T18:43:03.168-06:00The Case Against Cars in 1 Utterly Entrancing GIF - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/the-case-against-cars-in-1-utterly-entrancing-gif/281615/">The Case Against Cars in 1 Utterly Entrancing GIF - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-74272191001001922782013-08-13T21:01:00.001-05:002013-08-13T21:01:03.199-05:00Top 10 Websites - 2013 | Planetizen: The Urban Planning, Design, and Development NetworkA good read for Crookston leaders <br />
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<a href="http://www.planetizen.com/websites2013">Top 10 Websites - 2013 | Planetizen: The Urban Planning, Design, and Development Network</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-63620193361889271842013-07-15T07:42:00.001-05:002013-07-15T07:42:29.408-05:00Speak Your Piece: The Extractive Arts | Daily Yonder | Keep It RuralBring them home! <br />
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<a href="http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/82022/publisher_ID/29/">Historic Kirkbride in Fergus Falls to feature hotel, apartments, spa and restaurants | WDAY | Fargo, ND</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-65014097472551047762013-06-09T15:15:00.001-05:002013-06-09T15:15:27.187-05:00The One About the Parking-Pinched Merchant… | PlanetizenAnother urban legend demythed. <br />
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<a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/63473">The One About the Parking-Pinched Merchant… | Planetizen</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-4212414419422896262013-04-23T10:49:00.001-05:002013-04-23T10:49:47.469-05:00Seth's Blog: You don't have to panderI was wondering how to say it about the reuse of the former Cathedral on Ash. Here it is:<br />
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<a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/61498">The Power of Place: On Democracy and Public Participation in Planning | Planetizen</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-81346451717900600712013-03-25T07:45:00.001-05:002013-03-25T07:45:41.738-05:00Stop the madness for artificial, fake, expensive, and ugly.This explains the classic wood window in simple terms. Just adjust the rope pulley as you put the window sash back in. And don't forget caulking every joint except sash joints. <br />
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<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/Pull-back-the-curtains-to-show-the-finer-points-2771665.php#page-2">Pull back the curtains to show the finer points of fenestration - SFGate</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-44197538273478997962013-02-25T19:03:00.001-06:002013-02-25T19:03:56.520-06:00This is what we need in Central Park in CrookstonThis is what we need in Central Park in Crookston: A living piece of man and nature's architecture.<br />
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More information on the living cathedral in Norway can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipsnade_Tree_Cathedral. Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-372117664230725052013-02-09T13:40:00.001-06:002013-02-09T13:40:12.687-06:006 Easy Ways to Make a City More Livable | Planetizen A good article. Quick Read.<br />
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Tearing down the former “Professional Building”
is the biggest example of county government waste and haste yet<span class="uficommentbody">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, with
no plan in place for the empty space, Polk County
is determined to tear down a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fourth</i> historic
building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think anyone on the street
can figure out that if the building was rehabbed into apartments, all those
tenants are going to contribute to the tax base and the local economy.</span> </div>
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Before the building housed professional services, it was the
Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does
anyone remember going with Garfield Reichert to sing carols every Christmas to
the elderly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before that it was a
hospital which treated Charles Lindbergh’s father, and before that it was the
original Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Benedict and built of the finest
materials and workmanship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Names like
your grandparents and great grandparents built it, and names like McKinnon,
Rasmussen, Stone, Spence, Hagen, Farley, Mercil & Sylvester and many, many
more donated to the building of the Addition. </div>
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Memories aside, I have heard that the 28,000 (estimated)
square foot building has a relatively new roof, and boiler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve seen the leaded glass windows and doors,
ceramic tile, hard Maple floors, and the all original Georgia pine
woodwork not even painted over! I’ve read about an elevator, and it is built of
solid white brick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in walking
distance from downtown!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This huge
building is three times the size of the Wayne Hotel.
<span class="uficommentbody">What a perfect building to work together with UMC to
create an entire live/work space for one of their growing majors. </span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">OK, Polk County,
so you own the building; does that mean you can do whatever you want with
it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think so. Where are the
facts and figures that led you to this decision?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is your goal here?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want another parking lot for the Government Center employees, just come out and say
so. If you want it off your back, hire a realtor!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be refreshing to read about your
goals in the newspaper or hear about them on the radio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heck, the County could even have an
interactive web site with agendas and minutes written so a lay person can
understand them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Explaining your goals
and communicating effectively is a much more positive approach than saying NO,
you can’t tour the building to “Artspace,” the non-profit housing developer for
the arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">How well I remember sitting in
the “hot seat” in the overly formal County
Board room being hammered by a newer
Commissioner for a plan when I had just handed out a plan to preserve the Wayne Hotel
as the “Palace Pavilion.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so
brutal, I asked what the County’s plan for the empty space was and another
Commissioner said “First we take it down, and then we will worry about a
plan.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that along with
understanding how the tax base is decreased or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>increased, people do <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>understand that planning comes first and not
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I've been away from blogging and here is why: “My” Foundation, Prairie Skyline Foundation, had received a
grant from the State Historical Society from “Legacy” funding in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always interested in an artistic use for the
former Cathedral we started with the economic value of the arts: Check out the
article by Liz Dwyer on <a href="http://bit.ly/LZnj80">http://bit.ly/LZnj80</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“In a survey conducted by IBM last year,
1,500 CEOs <a href="http://www.good.is/post/solving-the-creativity-crisis-the-no-right-brain-left-behind-challenge/">identified
creativity</a> as the number one competitive edge" of the future. And
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan <a href="http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/03/it%E2%80%99s-march-do-you-know-how-strong-your-schools%E2%80%99-arts-programs-are/">recently
wrote</a> that dance, music, theater, and visual arts "are essential to
preparing our nation's young people for a global economy fueled by innovation
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Always I’ve wanted some arts focus in the former Cathedral
because of the fantastic layout. (see <a href="http://bit.ly/LwHnvP"><span class="hash">bit.ly/LwHnvP</span></a><span class="copycustomize"> for layout) </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In visiting with Bob Knudson, the Small Business
Development Center
consultant from Bemidji, he asked me some hard
questions, like how will the Cathedral
Art Center
project be a project that doesn’t take away from existing institutions that
serve <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the people of Crookston and the
surrounding area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow, the project
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articles in the Crookston Times, but I read about her daughter looking out over
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Dan Johanneck, former CHEDA director, mentioned that he
wanted to develop a nickname or a slogan for Crookston, perhaps running a
contest. I called him and said, “You know, Crookston has always been called “C-Town”
on the radio by Tommy Helgeson and others. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See the origins of “C-Town” in an older post: <a href="http://bit.ly/MkT0TU">http://bit.ly/MkT0TU</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling like I was on Sesame Street, I realized that the
Cathedral, the “Castle,” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Central Park and C-Town, all begin with C just like
Crookston does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I started playing
around with the letter “C” on my “Printmaster” program. Add an “e” to Town and
add in the Methodist
Church as the “Fortress,”
and it starting sounding like a real project! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I heard that Mary LaFrance, our
elementary art teacher, was not going to teach art classes anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe this was due to the budget, if
memory serves me right. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other school
districts have done the same, cutting the arts programming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was the gap I was looking for, on we
could fill without hurting anyone and with everything to gain for Crookston. </div>
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Later, while driving to Grand Forks out of the blue, the slogan,
“Crookston Creates!” came to mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Shop
Crookston!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>came to mind as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing like a drive to bring out the creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could be the name of the Gift Shop in C-Towne
be called “Shop Crookston!?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a
great double meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling amazed at
how this just arrived into my brain from nowhere, I realized we were still a
long ways away from a real working plan for the Cathedral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So I remembered my business plan software and how it came
with some free templates for a variety of businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I bought the best software in the business at
the time:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Business Plan Pro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always I have loved the arts, mostly because
I totally lack talent in that regard, and there it was a “Hands-On Art Museum”
in Chicago!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I got together with my friends from
“Artspace,” the non-profit developer for the Arts from Minneapolis and we decided to "Crookstonize"
the plan together and make the case for the Cathedral as the proposed
site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While they were writing, I had the
good fortune of visiting my son-in-law’s parent’s home in Detroit Lakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were talking about thrift stores, and they
said that Detroit
Lakes had a strong Boys
and Girls Club that was funded in part by running a thrift store. “Click!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remembered Northwest Minnesota Foundation's Jim Steenerson’s good comments
about the Boys and Girls Clubs around Northwest Minnesota
and that there were not enough of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
first we went thrift shopping, and then we toured the Boys and Girls Club which
was housed in a former school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had
a huge art room and a small gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
teens there were helping out with everything from supervising kids in the gym
to organized activities, to helping with administration details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can find out more on their facebook page:
<span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://on.fb.me/u1cUEz">http://on.fb.me/u1cUEz</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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If ever there was an “Aha” moment, this was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here was the structure to help run the
children’s museum, reduce staffing costs, and do so much good for the teens
themselves!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Teens were developing
life skills that made them proud of their accomplishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Put it all together while filling the gap in
elementary arts education made up the most perfect fit for Crookston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have long thought She should strive to be
the best place to grow a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thinking
I was really hot now, I read about Fargo’s
plan for an addition to their museum which will be a “Center for Creativity,” I
assumed it was my children's art museum and my heart fell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are too late, as usual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I had to finish the study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Later, I reread the article, and their plan
is quite different from ours.)</div>
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While looking for some real costs and figures that we could
use in the proposed profit and loss statements, I discovered that there is an Association
for Children’s Museum’s and that it is a hot and growing field of
learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On their website, I found that
three children’s museums are developing as we speak, one in Northfield,
one in Grand Rapids, and one in Rochester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I discovered that there are none in Grand Forks or Bemidji! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, if we focused in even more and made it a
children’s museum for the arts, we could have something unique that people
would drive for miles to come and stop in with their kids, and entire busloads
of kids from other school districts besides ours could come in and play for the
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After the busloads leave, then what, why not keep the center
open for the teens to hang out and have access to all the art tools they could
possibly want, including a stage?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think that’s the best part of all, a place for teens to hang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How long have we wanted a teen center?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Decades.<span> </span></div>
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So what about the “Fortress?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to ask the Rainbow Coffee House’s
Board if they might consider selling the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it does need a new roof, but just
think of all the studio spaces, and the GYM!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps another small practice theatre in the sanctuary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or it could be more of a science focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add in tree houses (do not miss this
site!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/MA1qKU"><span class="hash">bit.ly/MA1qKU</span></a><span class="copycustomize">.) </span>in Central Park (there is no liability in public spaces like
parks) and there you have it, a real working vision for Crookston. How about
it, Polk County, why not give “Artspace” a chance
to develop the former Villa St. Vincent for affordable housing for artists?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Artists will come for miles to live here
where rents are reasonable and the river is close. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Want to expand C-Towne even more?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> While parking my school bus, I noticed a sign hanging on the wall crookedly. It said in black letters on white: "To Poultry." It made me think of the former use of the o</span>ld bus garages
which used to be the Winter Shows buildings!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now memories fade, was it Bob Gustafson who brought an idea of a petting zoo to City Council
members in about 2004? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Sometimes its amazing what results when some concentrated time and prayer is spent on a problem. </span></div>
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The living room window probably had a stained glass upper and clear glass on the lower windows. What a loss. And where did the window to the side of the door come from? These are typical of modern structures, '70's and above. Now I ask you, why didn't the person sell the old beauty and just buy a newer house?<br />
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I will give it one "saving grace" and that is they kept the double-hung look of the upper story windows. A lot of people have flipped out over casement styles inappropriate to the four-square, or more "munioning" (is that a word?) than was ever on the original house. <br />
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If you must vinyl side your home and windows, then at least do it in an appropriate way. Although munioned, the following home right across the street shows a classic look that preserves the original look and proportion of the the house.<br />
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Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-46702993011902799692011-12-10T08:16:00.000-06:002011-12-10T08:16:35.095-06:00One way streets must go!I have always hated the one way streets in Crookston. First of all, it encourages drivers to drive to the maximum speed limit, 35 mph through the heart of downtown. So much so that every year the police department has to put out those yellow markers to watch for pedestrians. People in cars speeding past them do not even look to the sides for pedestrians wanting to cross the street. Talking on your cell phone while going 35 mph is just not right! Trucks taking the "shortcut" through town drop their chicken feathers and noise all over the place. Now granted we don't have too much to offer to look at (yet) but at least slow down enough to watch for pedestrians. Furthermore, if you are a retailer, only one side of your window and building can be seen. Retailers hurting for business downtown get only 1/2 the chance to advertise! <br />
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Furthermore you can no longer tell me it can't be done. Just look at Fargo: <br />
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</tbody></table><div class="m10t cleafix"> <div class="float_l m5r dateline">Fargo, N.D. — </div><div class="entry-content"> North Dakota's largest city in coming years will be converting two major downtown one-way streets to two-way traffic.<br />
After a decade of discussion, Fargo leaders voted last week to convert NP and First avenues, which have been one-ways for more than half a century. Reconstruction could start as early as 2013, with the multimillion-dollar project taking years to complete. Eventually, each avenue will have two lanes in the current direction and one lane in the opposite direction, along with a bike lane.<br />
The vote was 3-1, with Commissioner Dave Piepkorn (PEP'-kohrn) casting the lone dissenting vote. He worries about increased traffic congestion downtown. But many business owners back the move, saying it will bring more business and investment downtown.<br />
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"What we need is not the cold acceptance of the world as a compromise, but some way in which we can heartily hate and heartily love it. We do not want joy and anger to neutralize each other and produce a surley contentment; we want a fiercer delight and a fiercer discontent. We have to feel the universe at once as an ogre's castle to be stormed, and yet as our own cottage to which we can return at evening.<br />
No one doubts that an ordinary man can get on with this world...(but) can he hate it enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?"Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-78868925496498309322011-06-19T17:05:00.000-05:002011-06-19T17:05:58.082-05:00Duluth Economic Business Authority creating jobs in local businesses - Lake VoiceThey found some money...<br /><a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/writ/jour/lakevoice/?p=7025">Duluth Economic Business Authority creating jobs in local businesses - Lake Voice</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-39283433275483701252011-04-02T19:28:00.000-05:002011-04-02T19:28:39.823-05:00Stephen Moore: We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers - WSJ.com<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704050204576219073867182108-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwMTEwNDEyWj.html">Stephen Moore: We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers - WSJ.com</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-54918975832747204312011-02-26T18:23:00.000-06:002011-02-26T18:23:09.955-06:00A picture of a downtown to die for<img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/17209/slide_17209_238636_large.jpg?1298762366832" /><br />
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The photo is of Franklin, Tennessee and is part of a series of "America's Most Romantic Streets" at http://huff.to/gjBc6H.Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-38004407976434157162011-02-12T18:58:00.000-06:002011-02-12T18:58:20.065-06:00Saving the Soul of a Barn | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural<a href="http://www.dailyyonder.com/vernacular-architecture/2011/01/11/3120">Saving the Soul of a Barn | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-26666621924979956032010-11-27T16:31:00.000-06:002010-11-27T16:31:43.348-06:00How I feel about the Palace Hotel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpzL99R_YcxmFJxKZFJMn_M__BHrpAqZLjz974aDlgjtG7qxJMf_Pe0EbUi_LIwX1-0Z_lecrkPxYzv3lDZNeuRBMCnfwAUeJ9CP0BTaOlunE0kfOftN-HwTB0cQpGRNdUXNdEo-m6t7x/s1600/Gaping+Hole+Wayne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpzL99R_YcxmFJxKZFJMn_M__BHrpAqZLjz974aDlgjtG7qxJMf_Pe0EbUi_LIwX1-0Z_lecrkPxYzv3lDZNeuRBMCnfwAUeJ9CP0BTaOlunE0kfOftN-HwTB0cQpGRNdUXNdEo-m6t7x/s1600/Gaping+Hole+Wayne.jpg" /></a></div>Photo from the Crookston Times Push Play to listen while reading...<br />
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"Patient Trust in Ourselves and the Slow Work of God"<br />
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. I am, quite naturally, impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. I like to skip the intermediate stages. I am impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability -- and that it may take a very long time. And so I think it is with (historic preservation). Ideas mature gradually -- I should have started early and let them grow, let them shape themselves, without undue haste. I shouldn't have tried to force them on, as though (we, Prairie Skyline Foundation) could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on our own good will) will make (us) tomorrow; Only God can say what this spirit (of restructuring our organization) gradually forming within (us) will become, and (we must) accept the anxiety of feeling in suspense and incomplete. Adapted from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. <br />
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Who knows what will become of us. We are heartbroken. <br />
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• In West Virginia, $1 million of rehabilitation creates 20 more jobs than mining $1 million worth of coal;<br />
• In Oklahoma, $1 million of rehabilitation creates 29 more jobs than pumping $1 million worth of oil;<br />
• In Oregon, $1 million of rehabilitation creates 22 more jobs than cutting $1 million worth of timber;<br />
• In Pennsylvania, $1 million of rehabilitation creates 12 more jobs than processing $1 million worth of steel;<br />
• In California, $1 million of rehabilitation creates five more jobs than manufacturing $1 million worth of electronic equipment;<br />
• In South Dakota, $1 million of rehabilitation creates 17 more jobs than growing $1 million worth of agricultural products;<br />
• In South Carolina, $1 million of rehabilitation creates eight more jobs than manufacturing $1 million worth of textiles.<br />
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<h4>Essay: Can Historic Preservation Help Lead Us Out of the Recession</h4><div class="date">Sept 28, 2009</div><div class="author">-By James T. Kienle, FAIA</div>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-30986721096052137722010-11-05T20:37:00.000-05:002010-11-05T20:37:43.282-05:00Now why can't UMC do that?from the October 25th Crookston Times, no online comments.<br />
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Grand Forks, N.D. —<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">GRAND FORKS</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks city leaders are setting up a task force to look at extending the University of North Dakota’s presence downtown.<br />
UND President Robert Kelley has spoken repeatedly of his desire to see that happen, and City Council President Hal Gershman tells the Grand Forks Herald he decided to do something about it.<br />
Gershman says it’s too soon to talk about the potential spending of city money or renting of city property. He says he’d like to see the private sector play a role.</span><br />
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</span>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-21093801284583462882010-11-02T09:05:00.000-05:002010-11-02T09:05:34.132-05:00Crookston’s historic Palace Hotel faces the wrecking ball<a href="http://www.mnpreservation.org/2010/11/01/crookstons-historic-wayne-hotel-faces-the-wrecking-ball/">Crookston&#8217;s historic Palace Hotel faces the wrecking ball</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0