This brightly colored, little hand-printed box stands outside St. John's Lutheran Church and next to Open Door Preschool on Northfield's west side. (Photo by Pamela Thompson)

Northfield’s Little Free Libraries Are Abundant, and Community-Supported

Delight-Cultivating
Greater Minnesota
Neighborhoods

Pamela Thompson • August 14, 2023

Northfield, Minn., may be a modest-sized city, but with two liberal arts colleges and a robust public library, it is rich in readers — and Little Free Libraries.

Urbanism in College Towns

Greater Minnesota
Neighborhoods
Planning
Uncategorized

Betsey Buckheit • May 20, 2014

A college is the best thing for a community have in its backyard, noted Carleton College President Steve Poskanzer soon after his arrival in Northfield in 2010. Northfield, of course, has two. The city’s character and development pattern have certainly been shaped by Carleton College on the east side; St Olaf on the west with […]