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Last modified: November 11, 2016

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Compass Points brought out a number of notable trends and needs from a pure data analysis standpoint.  At the same time, area organizations are doing their stakeholder surveys.

The next question is: how does the community ensure there are linkages between the various metrics and actions.

For example, back in September, the United Way releases the following community findings. 


United Way releases summary detailing findings of community conversations effort

Rochester – As part of an increased community outreach effort to critically inform its work in the coming years, United Way of Olmsted County hosted numerous community conversations over the last several months. With 45 conversations completed and 424 people attending, United Way is now releasing a summary of findings for public use.

“United Way is actively turning outward, diving deeper into knowing who our community is and what its aspirations are,” United Way President Jerome Ferson said. “These community conversations have revealed a great deal about people’s desires for the community, and we’re grateful so many people were willing to share their aspirations with us. We look forward to hosting many more conversations in the future.”

Each conversation focused first on learning what kind of community the participants hoped for – understanding their aspirations for our shared community. From those aspirations, the conversations sought to identify barriers and challenges to reaching those preferred futures. Most of the conversations were held by invitation, with requests extended primarily to communities that are traditionally underrepresented or that disproportionately experience barriers to reaching their full potential. Additionally, public sessions were held in Byron, Stewartville and Rochester with open invitations to the entire community of Olmsted County.

The summary document, with findings prepared by United Way staff and volunteers actively involved in the community conversations effort, revealed a community that finds itself socially disconnected from one another, where cost of living is a primary concern for many, and where accessibility of services and awareness could be improved.

Social Disconnection

The most consistent and powerful theme from these conversations has been the strong sense of disconnection that people feel from one another and from the rest of the community. Disconnectedness presents in three distinct, but related ways: inequity, segregation and isolation.

Cost of Living

There are several specific concerns that are repeatedly raised in the conversations: affordable housing, public transit, affordability and availability of childcare, and the “cliff effect” on public benefits. Considered together, these specific issues add up to a broader concern about the cost of living in Olmsted County.

Accessibility of Services

Another of the most frequently raised concerns has been the ability of individuals in our community to access and navigate the human services system. There is a perception that supports exist in our community, but that people in need are unaware or unable to access them. Awareness is lifted up as an information problem – people don’t know about the availability of services, programs and supports, and they don’t know what their own knowledge gaps are. Additionally for those who are aware of the availability of supports, there are perceived barriers to accessing services for marginalized groups – often the very groups most in need of such supports. A support currently available in the community, and supported by United Way of Olmsted County, that might significantly impact this concern is the 2-1-1 information and referral service.

A more detailed summary of the collected community conversations findings can be found at www.uwolmsted.org/conversations.

 


 

 

  

 

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Other Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) Pinned Reports


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May 08, 2018 : CNG Steering Committee working on 2018 Compass Points
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February 24, 2016 : Community Dashboard - CNG coodintating funding request to build Community Dashboard.
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CNG Steering Committee is forwarding request for City funding.



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Pinned openBEAM.net organization and project reports


. Project Report of Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) : March 10, 2024 : DMC Dashboard Metrics Portal
Impact Lvl1: Metrics
Impact Lvl2:

In the public comments portion of the May 25, 2023 DMCC Board meeting, Al Lun reminded DMCC Board the need to update the DMC Metrics Dashboard per Tax revenue metrics September 2019 memo

2024-03-10 added YouTube video clip 

Sep 20, 2019 Memo to DMCC Board  about DMC Dashboard to be updated twice a year

Tax revenue metrics



Project Report of Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) : April 27, 2021 : Minnesota Compass
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Impact Lvl2:

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Project Report of Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) : May 08, 2018 : CNG Steering Committee working on 2018 Compass Points
Impact Lvl1: Basic Needs, Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Housing, Metrics, Public Safety, Sustainability, Transportation, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2:

CNG Steering Committee is working on the next version of Rochester/Olmsted County Compass report.



Project Report of Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) : October 30, 2016 : CNG Releases Compass Points 2016, City of Rochester and Olmsted County
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Impact Lvl2:

 2016-10-27 CNG releases Compass Points in today's meeting.



Project Report of Community Dashboard : May 21, 2016 : Community Beam presentations
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Project Report of Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) : February 24, 2016 : Community Dashboard - CNG coodintating funding request to build Community Dashboard.
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Impact Lvl2:

CNG Steering Committee is forwarding request for City funding.



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  • Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

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