City of Caledonia Alternate Side Parking
Alternate Side Parking Winter Period goes into effect November 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024
A traffic control plan to facilitate snow plowing/removal during designated winter months, requiring all motor vehicles, trailers, wagons, dumpsters and all other obstacles to snow plowing vehicles to park on opposite sides of the street every other day.
Alternate Side Parking Daily Restrictions: City Code requires that when parking on any public roadway between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. (early morning hours), all residents and visitors must park on the even-numbered side of any public roadway on even-numbered days and the odd-numbered side of any public roadway on odd-numbered days.
Violators may be fined and/or towed. Alternate Side Parking Regulations apply regardless of weather conditions. Alternate Side Parking Regulations do not apply to those streets in which parking is allowed on one side only.
For more information, please stop by City Hall or call 725-3450.
City of Caledonia Fall Clean-Up 2023
Fall Clean-Up 2023 is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 30th and end on Friday, November 3rd. Residents shall be responsible for having their items set at the curbside by Friday, November 3rd. The Street Department will make one final sweep of the City on Friday, November 3rd but will not return to collect any items which may have been placed at the curb after 7:00 a.m. on that day. Only acceptable materials will be collected.
Acceptable items for composting include grass, vegetables, leaves, and other kinds of vegetation in its natural state. These items should be placed by the curb in containers such as biodegradable bags or cardboard boxes, not garbage containers. In an effort to become more environmentally friendly the City of Caledonia is requiring residents to use paper biodegradable 30 gallon leaf bags. Bags are available at the local hardware/grocery store. The weight limit for each bag or box shall be 40lbs. Leaves & grass MUST be put in the proper container or they will not be collected. Tree branches and brush will be accepted so long as they are cut into pieces not to exceed four feet in length and six inches in diameter and are tied into bundles. The City will NOT collect materials which are not cut or bundled as prescribed. Plastic bags will NOT be collected
Examples of items which shall not be collected are dirt, rocks, concrete, furniture, dimension lumber, blacktop, and garbage.
The City Of Caledonia Diseased Tree Disposal Site will be open for anyone wishing to haul their materials to the dump at their own convenience during Fall Clean-up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. In addition, the Diseased Tree Disposal Site will still be open regular hours during fall clean up. Regular hours are Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Tree Site will be open until Saturday, November 4th, or longer as weather permits. Questions concerning the Fall Clean-Up may be directed to the City Clerk’s Office at 725-3450, or the Street Department at 725-2060.
The City wishes everyone a safe and happy fall season!
City of Caledonia Awarded Participant of SMIF REV Program
The City of Caledonia was recently selected as a participant of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) Rural Entrepreneurial Venture Program (REV). Rural Entrepreneurial Ventures (REV) is a proven entrepreneurial development program designed to advance small town economies through a targeted business approach.
REV provides coaching, resources and connections throughout the visioning and implementation process as each community explores what economic development means for their town. The REV program works with selected small towns over a three-year period. It takes a targeted approach to entrepreneurial development through outreach, investment and community ecosystem building. The participating communities are supported through a trained REV coach, who gives them the tools and resources they need to develop and execute entrepreneur-led strategic priorities.
The program will be launched in January 2024 where the core team will identify targeted talent, industry clusters, and research and discover local entrepreneurs followed by creating an action-oriented outreach plan.
To learn more about the REV program, visit smifoundation.org/REV