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Apr 19, 2022 05:00 PM UMR and Mayo Clinic: Health disparities within Native & Indigenous Communities ('diversity', 'Education', 'Health', 'community')
Apr 18, 2022 07:00 AM Highway Heavy Construction Careers Training ()
Apr 14, 2022 12:00 PM Training for Good: A Primer on Nonprofit Finances ('npc', 'community') A Primer on Nonprofit Finances Convened by Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium & Sponsored by Home Federal
Apr 14, 2022 11:00 AM DEED Innovation Roundtable ('commerce', 'diversity', 'Entrepreneurship') Commissioner of Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Steve Grove
Apr 13, 2022 10:00 AM April 2022: Coalition for Rochester Area Housing Alliance Meeting ('community',)
Apr 13, 2022 08:00 AM RAEDI: Community-Led Financing Rountable ('Entrepreneurship',)
Apr 12, 2022 12:00 PM NPC - April Commitment to racial justice ('Diversity', 'npc') Topics include: CMRC Intro; Nonprofit DEI examples: Channel One, Reading Center, Commitment Evaluation
Apr 12, 2022 10:00 AM RPS: April 2022 Monthly District Family Engagement Meeting ('youth', 'Education') Learning at Home; April Events: School Board Academy; IMAA MNSure Info; Enrollment Kindergarten; Mental Health Supports;
Apr 08, 2022 01:00 PM Main Street Grant Opportunity ('dmc', 'diversity', 'Entrepreneurship')
Apr 06, 2022 11:00 AM Workforce Wednesday: Engaging with Minnesota's Second Chance Workforce Resources ('diversity', 'workforce')
Apr 06, 2022 09:00 AM Human Library City of Rochester Leadership Team ('welcoming', 'openbeam', 'Human Library', 'diversity', 'CMRC') The Human Library of Southeastern Minnesota educates people using human experience, cultivating empathy in such a manner that differences, barriers, and prejudice fall away - we expose and nurture the spirit of humankind by building common understanding and connections.
Mar 30, 2022 05:30 PM Diversity Council: Human Book Training ('community engagement', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'Human Library')
Mar 29, 2022 04:30 PM Ready to Lead 2022 Final Session ('diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'Civic Equity', 'leadership', 'networking', 'community engagement')
Mar 27, 2022 07:00 PM Diversity Council and Thesis: Human Stories ('community engagement', 'Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'Human Library') Diversity Council will be at Thesis delivering a workshop aimed at broadening our understanding and empathy for different lived experiences.
Mar 26, 2022 05:00 PM Small Business Administration: Business Training in Rochester ('networking', 'diversity', 'Entrepreneurship') Topics include: Business Financing 101 with potential SBA loan and DEED grants; Business Trend in MN - Amour, Ange and Kim
Mar 26, 2022 01:00 PM Town Hall with the Somali Community ('Diversity', 'Diversity Council', 'HEALINGS', 'Covid', 'Health/Wellness', 'Health', 'covid', 'CMRC') Representatives from Olmsted County Public Health, and Rochester Public Schools will join a virtual town hall with Diversity Council’s Community Mobilization Resource Coalition, Mayo Clinic, Project HEALINGS and Pamoja Women
Mar 26, 2022 10:00 AM Vaccination Pop-Up Clinic ('diversity', 'Health', 'Covid') Asian Media Access is hosting an event – “Vaccination Pop-Up Clinic”. $25 Incentive given to the first 100 registered.
Mar 25, 2022 08:00 AM ‘Riverfront Talks’ Informal Open House ('Housing', 'DMC', 'Diversity') Urban Design and Programming
Mar 24, 2022 06:00 PM Riverfront Talks: Urban Design + Programming ('Housing', 'DMC', 'Diversity')
Mar 17, 2022 04:30 PM March 2022 CMRC General Meeting ('Health', 'Diversity', 'cmrc') Topics include: Olmsted CHAP; Rural CHAP; Updates from City, County One Olmsted, and RPS
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October 2021 Activities

FORUM  WITH INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DR. KENT PEKEL- October 21, 6:30 to 8:00:

In the City for Good will be presenting an online forum to give all in the community an opportuniy to hear from Rochester Public Schools Interim Superintendent Kent Pekel. Dr. Pekel will give an overview of his time so far in the district, along with more information on the strategic plan he will be proposing. Interested Rochester residents may submit questions ahead of time or during the meeting to be used in a Q&A time period after his primary presentation. The October 21 forum will be from 6:30 to 8.

 

Steering Committee- Tuesday, October 5, 4:00 p.m.

Topic: In the City for Good Steering Committee

Time: Oct 5, 2021 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

 Join Zoom Meeting

Contact InTheCityForGood@gmail.com for Zoom info. 

 

Housing Team- Monday, October 11 7:00 p.m.

Our next In the City for Good Housing Team meeting will be on October 11 at 7 pm. We will be discussing the proposed Unified Development Code with Ryan Yetzer, Interim Deputy Director, Community Development for the City of Rochester leading the discussion along with others in the Community Development area. We will especially focus on what some of the proposed changes could mean related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the role of ADUs in addressing the concerns around the affordability of workforce and senior housing. This will be an online meeting, with the link to be sent out later this week.

 

Age-Friendly- Oct 12th and 26th 2:30 to 4:00

Meeting Information:

Age-Friendly Olmsted County Planning Group

Tues. Oct 12 and 26

2:30pm - 4pm

 

Contact DBeal@familyservicerochester.org for Zoom info

 

Social Services/Social Justice- Watch for info of upcoming November meeting

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"Link BRT a milestone project for Rochester

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Last Updated October 26, 2024



Certification Workshops

City of Rochester, DMC EDA, Equity in The Built Environment Program, and State of Minnesota Department of Administration APPEX Accelerator are partnering to host a series of Free Certification Workshops” to help Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and Targeted Group/Economically Disadvantaged/Veteran-Owned (TG/ED/VO) companies apply for certification.

Last Updated October 25, 2024



Rochester NAACP And Mayo Clinic AD MERG

Love Wins: Community Empowerment Initiative

Free Workshop and Community Townhalls Press Release

Last Updated October 24, 2024



DMC September 2024 Job Creation Metric

Presentation Slides 

Video Clip of Job Creation Metric

 

Last Updated October 21, 2024



RPS Family Engagement Reports

Oct 2024 Reports

Reading Literacy Updates

Last Updated October 21, 2024



Olmsted County shares update on opioid settlement fund use

Support for: Drug and Alcohol Response Team (DART), CredibleMind, "Be in the Know Olmsted" Campaign

 

Last Updated October 17, 2024



DMC 2025 Budgets

2025 Budget and Workplan September DMCC Board Meeting

City Council Oct 2024 on DMC 2025 Budget

 

Last Updated October 16, 2024



2024 Destination Medical Center Reports

Proceedings

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting with 2025 Workplan Breakout

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

Last Updated October 16, 2024



Juneteenth Activities

November 2024 Selma Film and Discussions

2024 Recognition: $1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support, Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth

Last Updated October 11, 2024



Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)

Students Decoded: The Mental Health Database

C2C October 9, 2024 Summit

Presentation Slides  

 

Last Updated October 09, 2024



Rochester Vision 2050

Call for inputs: Mayor Norton YouTube Messages

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

 

Last Updated October 02, 2024



OpenBeam to support collective impact

Presentation Slides of Education Portal for C2C Oct 9, 2024 Education Summit

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

Last Updated October 02, 2024



Resources for Homeless Students and Families in Rochester

Collaboration of Rochester Public Schools, Olmsted County, and Three Rivers Community Action

Last Updated October 01, 2024



Early Childhood Resource Hub Launch

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

Last Updated October 01, 2024



West Transit Village

September 2024 DMCC Board Update

September 2022 DMCC Board Status: NTH to run a developer selection process with Mayo

 

Last Updated September 30, 2024



Economic Vibrancy & Growth Management

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

Last Updated September 30, 2024



DMC Housing Reporting

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

Housing as Infrastructure: Video Clip and Presentation

Last Updated September 26, 2024



A Study of Financial Hardship

2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

Last Updated September 23, 2024



Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan

National Sustainability Society awards Minnesota’s Climate-Smart Municipalities Program with 2024 Achievement Award

Last Updated September 18, 2024



Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024

RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

Last Updated September 17, 2024