Rochester A City of Compassion (RocCoC)

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Rochester MN A City of Compassion

Contact: Cathy Ashton ; Email: cashtonchina@charter.net ; Phone: 507-254-9618

Known/Likely Collaborators: Assisi Heights Spirituality Center (AHSC) ; Catholic Charities ; City of Rochester, MN ; Rochester Community & Technical College

Potential Collaborators: Diversity Council ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; Lutheran Social Service (LSS) in Rochester

Related Projects

Allies & Advocates ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Community Dashboard ; Community Health Assessment Process ; Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan ; Diversity Council Civic Equity Focus Area ; Health Equity: Community Health Collaboration Portal ; Improve health insurance coverage for minority groups in Southeast Minnesota ; In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth) ; Locks of Compassion ; Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard) ; Prenatal to Age 3 Network ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Civic Engagement, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Health & Wellness

Community Health Impacts:

Mental Health

Type of Project

Planning, Programming  

3 Focus areas

 Stewardship of universal values of kindness, love and compassion

–       Honoring and supporting compassionate thought and action already existing in our community

–       Growing a culture of compassion as a binding force in our community

–       Creating opportunities for meaningful participation in compassionate actions

This space offers a number of reference materials for City of Compassion, the 2016 theme of Journey of Peace.

Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.

 PB Reporting regarding TIF $14M Requests (Sherman and Prairie Ridge) 2024-12-14 

PB Reporting: Measuring the breadth of Mayo Clinic’s medical data abundance. 

Researchers beyond Mayo Clinic’s walls might make use of the Mayo Clinic Platform. Its data network, Connect, uses millions of de-identified patient records, test results, imaging, pathology reports and more from Mayo Clinic and seven other large health care systems across the world.

Mayor Norton Honors 2023 Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Mayor Norton Honors 2022 Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

Press Release: Olmsted County residents encouraged to apply for Restorative Practices Advisory Committee (RPAC)

This new RPAC will bring together residents, justice system representatives, and community organizations to promote and sustain restorative practices throughout Olmsted County. 

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

PB Reporting on Referendum Efforts and Results

Love Wins: Community Empowerment Initiative

Free Workshop and Community Townhalls Press Release

Oct 2024 Reports

Reading Literacy Updates

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

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

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

C2C October 9, 2024 Summit

Presentation Slides  

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

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.