tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58641353254974220572012-03-10T21:47:04.506-06:00Humble 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.comBlogger51125MyCrookstonhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-53998077633839572582012-02-01T10:59:00.000-06:002012-02-01T10:59:16.847-06:002012-02-01T10:59:16.847-06:00This grand old "four-square" is vinyl-sided to the point of losing the charm of the window frames.&nbsp; And this is just one of many throughout Crookston.&nbsp; In our search for a "quick fix" we...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/YQq9yOXtXo4" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2012/02/we-are-over-vinyled.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-46702993011902799692011-12-10T08:16:00.000-06:002011-12-10T08:16:35.095-06:002011-12-10T08:16:35.095-06:00I have always hated the one way streets in Crookston.&nbsp; 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...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/-VTu84XCePo" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/12/one-way-streets-must-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-64137922390657731442011-11-25T19:29:00.000-06:002011-11-25T19:29:14.949-06:002011-11-25T19:29:14.949-06:00Everywhere I look I see too much taupe.&nbsp; Yes taupe it is, not tan, not brown, not beige, but taupe as in the color of pantyhose.&nbsp; It doesn't go well with the rich natural colors of red...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/o_w-G__Zz6I" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/11/too-much-taupe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-83803126672345042862011-09-29T09:49:00.000-05:002011-09-29T09:49:55.446-05:002011-09-29T09:49:55.446-05:00This is the introduction to a series of ten blogs focused on ten things I hate about my hometown, Crookston, Minnesota.&nbsp; I was inspired to write this series by the following quote from the work...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/hblashWxSek" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/09/ten-things-i-hate-about-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-78868925496498309322011-06-19T17:05:00.000-05:002011-06-19T17:05:58.082-05:002011-06-19T17:05:58.082-05:00They found some money... Duluth Economic Business Authority creating jobs in local businesses - Lake Voice<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/7A1xfgeGNMQ" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/06/duluth-economic-business-authority.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-39283433275483701252011-04-02T19:28:00.000-05:002011-04-02T19:28:39.823-05:002011-04-02T19:28:39.823-05:00Stephen Moore: We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers - WSJ.com<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/tnLFrsJ5H3g" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/04/stephen-moore-weve-become-nation-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-54918975832747204312011-02-26T18:23:00.000-06:002011-02-26T18:23:09.955-06:002011-02-26T18:23:09.955-06:00The photo is of Franklin, Tennessee and is part of a series of "America's Most Romantic Streets" at&nbsp;http://huff.to/gjBc6H.<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/bF2b7Wp5AyQ" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/02/picture-of-downtown-to-die-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-38004407976434157162011-02-12T18:58:00.000-06:002011-02-12T18:58:20.065-06:002011-02-12T18:58:20.065-06:00Saving the Soul of a Barn | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/RGLlTfEz7jo" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2011/02/saving-soul-of-barn-daily-yonder-keep.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-26666621924979956032010-11-27T16:31:00.000-06:002010-11-27T16:31:43.348-06:002010-11-27T16:31:43.348-06:00Photo from the Crookston Times &nbsp;&nbsp; Push Play to listen while reading... "Patient Trust in Ourselves and the Slow Work of God" Above all, trust in the slow work of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/SmeiJYWCPDw" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-i-feel-about-palace-hotel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-79186444302925294642010-11-13T21:07:00.000-06:002010-11-13T21:07:25.381-06:002010-11-13T21:07:25.381-06:00• In Michigan, $1 million in building rehabilitation creates 12 more jobs than does manufacturing $1 million worth of cars; • In West Virginia, $1 million of rehabilitation creates 20 more jobs than...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/4O3Tz-vadKs" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/11/historic-preservation-and-jobs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-30986721096052137722010-11-05T20:37:00.000-05:002010-11-05T20:37:43.282-05:002010-11-05T20:37:43.282-05:00from the October 25th Crookston Times, no online comments. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/Fmcge4FWO_E" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/11/now-why-cant-umc-do-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-21093801284583462882010-11-02T09:05:00.000-05:002010-11-02T09:05:34.132-05:002010-11-02T09:05:34.132-05:00Crookston&amp;#8217;s historic Palace Hotel faces the wrecking ball<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/T3rRs-jL7yg" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/11/crookston-historic-palace-hotel-faces.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-90343404348756366552010-10-16T18:52:00.000-05:002010-10-16T18:52:08.703-05:002010-10-16T18:52:08.703-05:00It would be so cool to have a flashlite tour for Halloween! Crookston’s Own Winchester House2010 October 15tags: Crookston's, house, Winchesterby adminCheck out these build your own house...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/m45lAn5F7MI" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/10/crookstons-own-winchester-house-reblog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-42721237418615595542010-09-12T18:49:00.000-05:002010-09-12T18:49:02.197-05:002010-09-12T18:49:02.197-05:00"The fact that this country has any important historic buildings and places at all did not happen by accident and did not happen because the government was the first to recognize that it would take...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/0czQ1aJsCGo" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/09/power-of-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-57151129355966259752010-09-10T09:00:00.000-05:002010-09-10T09:00:06.019-05:002010-09-10T09:00:06.019-05:00Give your servant therefo, unknown author | Dictionary.com<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/JLm24G7ZehA" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/09/give-your-servant-therefo-unknown.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-36823852399816054452010-08-31T19:20:00.000-05:002010-08-31T19:20:45.045-05:002010-08-31T19:20:45.045-05:00Central Park has so many good memories for me, the swings, the thing that went around in a circle and you had to run to make it go fast and then you got sick.&nbsp; The teeter totters where we used...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/EB7T2wphdL8" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-couldnt-wading-pool-be-put-back-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-21032711257419529752010-08-23T10:51:00.000-05:002010-08-23T10:51:29.439-05:002010-08-23T10:51:29.439-05:00Don't forget to show up!&nbsp; Tonight, August 23, 2010 at 7 pm in City Hall is our last chance to save the Wayne/Palace Hotel.&nbsp; We will be presenting three new ideas for the historic...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/99KIjL1SVNA" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/08/city-council-7-pm-sharp-tonight-save.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-10228608904880757042010-08-15T18:33:00.000-05:002010-08-15T18:33:27.956-05:002010-08-15T18:33:27.956-05:00Latest brainstorm, The Palace Pavilion.&nbsp; Open the doors for impromptu art and entertainment!&nbsp; Let's bring more events downtown besides Crazy Days.&nbsp; I can envision the Hotel Wayne as a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/pbYVeSboWrA" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/08/palace-pavilion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-66561897046034597812010-07-29T20:24:00.000-05:002010-07-29T20:24:21.326-05:002010-07-29T20:24:21.326-05:00OK, This is just darn stupid.&nbsp; I've complained the last couple of years about the improper and poor pruning of our lovely downtown shrubbery.&nbsp; The pruner, whoever that is, trims flowering...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/moSBn8c6D04" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/07/they-did-it-3-years-in-row.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-21277564121967899352010-07-17T12:55:00.000-05:002010-07-17T12:55:41.058-05:002010-07-17T12:55:41.058-05:00Where was I at the time? Probably during my 20's busy with nothing important at the time. This was "urban renewal:"&nbsp; Tear it down and build new."&nbsp; This Bank of Crookston stood where the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/KzokagWDaA4" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/07/can-you-believe-crookston-tore-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-43811486177093931682010-07-01T10:35:00.002-05:002010-07-02T08:07:44.525-05:002010-07-02T08:07:44.525-05:00Check out this important document for Crookston: Crookston final report View more documents from Kay Hegge. free web counter <br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/BO-8dNO81o4" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com1http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/07/crookston-artspace-rreport.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-39801903252371855602010-06-24T20:09:00.000-05:002010-06-24T20:09:56.231-05:002010-06-24T20:09:56.231-05:00Sorry to take so long between posts and thanks to all my readers!&nbsp; I've been working hard on not one, but four historic buildings and have lost 7 pounds!&nbsp; Come help me out and you too can...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/DcMhbZpYefE" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/06/follow-my-diet-plan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-26043200314981961682010-05-02T19:08:00.001-05:002010-05-02T21:49:43.043-05:002010-05-02T21:49:43.043-05:00I have a vision for Crookston and have been actively pursuing it. I believe we can do this with faith not fear.&nbsp; My vision is for Crookston has seven parts: 1.&nbsp; First do no harm, keep...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/HfeVKX8xcJ4" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/05/vision-for-crookston-condensed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-65486026758443336582010-04-08T15:18:00.000-05:002010-04-08T15:18:08.118-05:002010-04-08T15:18:08.118-05:00Which picture do you like better? "The groundbreaking manual for walkable urban thoroughfares jointly created by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and the Institute of Transportation...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/ylFqvaFokD8" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-streets.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864135325497422057.post-32518423498063771882010-04-03T12:56:00.001-05:002010-04-03T14:21:35.684-05:002010-04-03T14:21:35.684-05:00Artist, David Danielson from Roseau offers this great idea:&nbsp; "I have been brainstorming about the Palace/Wayne Hotel. I'm hoping for the best with the Artspace meeting. Nonprofits have been...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyCrookston/~4/IrnLjBSfInk" height="1" width="1"/>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0http://mycrookston.blogspot.com/2010/04/american-crystal-palace.html