At the 3-22-2006 meeting, the EDA approved funding of $20,000 to the Northfield Downtown Development Corporation. The NDDC has achieved several visible accomplishments in the past year and has many more plans for 2006 and beyond. The NDDC is the organization to thank for providing the impetus for the new street banners, the full-color Downtown Directory in Bridge Square, renewed Third Thursday cultural programming, ArtSwirl, and many retail initiatives. Their partnerships with the Northfield Arts Guild, the colleges, local businesses and downtown property owners, and others leverages the dollars invested and helps promote both the economic vitality of Northfield and a serious amount of goodwill between these organizations with different priorities and focuses (or foci, in the case of the colleges).