City Of Northfield: Winners Of The 2022 Stormwater Pollution Poster Contest Announced

Press release from the City of Northfield:

June 8, 2022

The Clean River Partners and the City of Northfield presented the winners of the 2022 Stormwater Pollution Poster Contest during the City Council meeting on June 7. Northfield students in grades 2 through 5 were asked to create a poster that represented the theme “Be the Solution to Stormwater Pollution.”

The top three posters in each category will be displayed at Northfield City Hall throughout the year. First place receives free custard for a year from Culver’s, second place receives ten free admissions to the Northfield Pool, and third place receives five free admissions to the Northfield Pool.

Students from all five Northfield elementary schools submitted a record number 245 posters for the contest. The previous record was 100 posters in 2017.

The contest is co-sponsored by the City of Northfield and Clean River Partners to help educate students and families about what they can do to keep city stormwater and the Cannon River clean and safe. Three simple ways residents can keep the water that runs into city storm drains clean are by picking up litter in their neighborhood, sweeping grass and fertilizer pellets off of sidewalks and streets and back into their lawn, and by picking up after their dog.

Clean River Partners and the City thanks participants in the contest and everyone taking action to make sure that only rain goes down the drain in their neighborhood.

• First place: Laurel Benson, Spring Creek Elementary
• Second place: Freya Davis, Spring Creek Elementary
• Third place: Claire Morrell, Bridgewater Elementary

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