by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 29, 2008 | Northampton Redoubt
While watching this Ted Talk I kept thinking of the proposal to create a Business Improvement District in Northampton. Often actions speak as loudly as words so examining the current proposals for the downtown area is telling. There is the proposed solicitation...
by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 31, 2008 | Northampton Redoubt
Northampton conservation commission chairperson and Williamsburg resident Paul Wetzel (left) and conservation commission staff person Bruce Young work on breaching the Barrett Street Marsh beaver dam in December 2006. Northampton is a quaint city for the most part,...
by Northampton Redoubt | Jan 3, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
The following link is to Frontline's, "A Class Divided." In 1968 after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jane Elliott segregated her Riceville, Iowa third grade class for two days, based on eye color. Elliott ran the exercise each year...
by Northampton Redoubt | Jan 4, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
The following came out over the Paradise City Forum listserv the other day. Apparently Northampton is near the top of the heap when it comes to its sustainability efforts. It is not clear what the highest achievable score is, but Northampton efforts are outpacing the...
