Last week I initiated an online discussion (via Northfield.org’s ISSUES list that I’m moderating) about getting public wi-fi access for all of downtown Northfield. The city of Chaska, MN was in the news last week for this. A colleague, Bob Courchaine of Northfield Internetworking, is now in a position (literally) to do this as he’s relocated his office to the SMSQ building just across the river from downtown.
I’d like to see the Northfield Chamber of Commerce, the City of Northfield’s EDA, and the Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC – a new client) collaborate to make all of downtown a wi-fi hotspot. If it’s common knowledge that “Hey, we can get together/have our meeting anywhere downtown Northfield because wi-fi is everywhere there” then that’s likely to be good for the overall economic vitality of downtown.
