Comments on: Winter Walking http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/2008/12/04/winter-walking/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:04:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/2008/12/04/winter-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-940 admin Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:48:31 +0000 http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/?p=901#comment-940 Dean - Thanks for the great, informative comment. I knew that the Winter Walk was a "community event," not a City one (or any single organization's), but the scale of the volunteer involvement is really amazing. It's inspiring, the same way the Defeat of Jesse James Days are. Dean -

Thanks for the great, informative comment. I knew that the Winter Walk was a “community event,” not a City one (or any single organization’s), but the scale of the volunteer involvement is really amazing. It’s inspiring, the same way the Defeat of Jesse James Days are.

]]> By: Dean Kjerland http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/2008/12/04/winter-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Dean Kjerland Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:51:31 +0000 http://www.tassava.com/blowing-and-drifting/?p=901#comment-939 Yes, we are a great little town. Keep in mind, however, that the fun and merriment were not a tax payer funded event ('tho some services are provided by the City). While some folks see events like this as seemingly being a 'public service', they are in fact paid for by volunteer hours and contributions in kind and in cash. The Chamber of Commerce budget was, I think, $3000 + labor, and funded by businesses and shopkeepers. The 400 bag red luminaria display on the riverwalk by Riverwalk Arts Quarter cost nearly $500 + labor, too. We donate our time and treasure both as a celebration of our great downtown as well as in hopes that those who might simply see it as a free evening will stop in our businesses and find something to buy. Many do, Northfield is great that way, too. Yes, we are a great little town. Keep in mind, however, that the fun and merriment were not a tax payer funded event (‘tho some services are provided by the City). While some folks see events like this as seemingly being a ‘public service’, they are in fact paid for by volunteer hours and contributions in kind and in cash. The Chamber of Commerce budget was, I think, $3000 + labor, and funded by businesses and shopkeepers. The 400 bag red luminaria display on the riverwalk by Riverwalk Arts Quarter cost nearly $500 + labor, too. We donate our time and treasure both as a celebration of our great downtown as well as in hopes that those who might simply see it as a free evening will stop in our businesses and find something to buy. Many do, Northfield is great that way, too.

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