Economic Development
The following are all future and past events that have impacts on economic development.
Note: For more info about the Destination Medication Center initiative, please visit Beam's DMC Document Portal.
| Start Date | Title | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2023 06:00 PM | SBDC: How Do I Start a Business - Session 6 | How do I get started? | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Nov 09, 2023 06:00 PM | SBDC: How Do I Start a Business - Session 5 | How will people know my business? | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Nov 02, 2023 06:00 PM | SBDC: How Do I Start a Business - Session 4 | Managing your money | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Oct 26, 2023 06:00 PM | SBDC: How Do I Start a Business - Session 3 | Finding money for you business | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Oct 25, 2023 08:00 AM | Next Level Conference: Inspiring Beginnings | Organized in Rochester, Minnesota, each year in cities across the United States, Small Business Forum will host a two-day event that brings together hundreds of restless minds united by their passion for business. 1 Learn from and be inspired by renowned individuals from business and beyond – a blend of content comprised of CEOs, entrepreneurs, innovators, thinkers, and celebrities. 2 The conference focuses on the issues most relevant to today’s businesspeople, stimulating new thinking and inspiring action. 3 It provides a unique exclusive networking environment to connect with business leaders. | ('Education', 'Diversity', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Oct 26, 2023 10:00 AM | 2023 Fall Co-design Leadership Training Session 2 Option 2 | Co-design has become a valued and effective community-centric approach to developing healthy and equitable projects, policies, and practices in the Rochester region. However, we have also seen what can happen if co-design is co-opted as just another “box” to be checked. If you are not familiar, co-design is an approach to encourage, compensate, and prioritize the inclusion of diverse populations throughout the design and development process. We would like to invite you to participate in training sessions designed to proactively ensure that those leading organizations and projects are able to create meaningful co-design opportunities and structures for shared decision-making in the work that you do. | ('diversity', 'dmc', 'co-design') |
| Oct 25, 2023 12:00 PM | Data-informed tools to drive racial equity and inclusion within organizations | Data-informed tools to drive racial equity and inclusion within organizations: the Racial Equity Dividends Indices | ('DMC', 'Diversity', 'Housing', 'key', 'data', 'CMRC') |
| Oct 24, 2023 01:00 PM | 2023 Fall Co-design Leadership Training Session 2 Option 1 | Co-design has become a valued and effective community-centric approach to developing healthy and equitable projects, policies, and practices in the Rochester region. However, we have also seen what can happen if co-design is co-opted as just another “box” to be checked. If you are not familiar, co-design is an approach to encourage, compensate, and prioritize the inclusion of diverse populations throughout the design and development process. We would like to invite you to participate in training sessions designed to proactively ensure that those leading organizations and projects are able to create meaningful co-design opportunities and structures for shared decision-making in the work that you do. | ('diversity', 'dmc', 'co-design') |
| Oct 12, 2023 06:00 PM | SBDC: How Do I Start a Business - Session 2 | What do I need to start a business? | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Oct 12, 2023 11:00 AM | 2023 Fall Co-design Leadership Training Session 1 Option 2 | Co-design has become a valued and effective community-centric approach to developing healthy and equitable projects, policies, and practices in the Rochester region. However, we have also seen what can happen if co-design is co-opted as just another “box” to be checked. If you are not familiar, co-design is an approach to encourage, compensate, and prioritize the inclusion of diverse populations throughout the design and development process. We would like to invite you to participate in training sessions designed to proactively ensure that those leading organizations and projects are able to create meaningful co-design opportunities and structures for shared decision-making in the work that you do. | ('diversity', 'dmc', 'co-design') |
| Oct 10, 2023 01:00 PM | 2023 Fall Co-design Leadership Training Session 1 Option 1 | Co-design has become a valued and effective community-centric approach to developing healthy and equitable projects, policies, and practices in the Rochester region. However, we have also seen what can happen if co-design is co-opted as just another “box” to be checked. If you are not familiar, co-design is an approach to encourage, compensate, and prioritize the inclusion of diverse populations throughout the design and development process. We would like to invite you to participate in training sessions designed to proactively ensure that those leading organizations and projects are able to create meaningful co-design opportunities and structures for shared decision-making in the work that you do. | ('diversity', 'dmc', 'co-design') |
| Oct 05, 2023 06:00 PM | SBDC: How Do I Start a Business - Session 1 | Introduction to starting a business | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Oct 05, 2023 10:00 AM | 2023 DMC Emerging Developer Expo | One of aims of the Expo is to disrupt the systemic racial barriers to real estate investment and development. The Expo is an opportunity for organizations, government, and community partners to showcase the resources offered in service of creating equity in development and investment of housing in our communities. | ('Housing', 'DMC', 'Diversity', 'openbeam') |
| Oct 03, 2023 07:00 PM | October 2023 Co-Design Summer Cohort Graduation | Celebrating the graduation of 2023 summer cohorts | ('diversity', 'DMC', 'co-design', 'openbeam') |
| Sep 28, 2023 05:30 PM | SBDC: Setting & Adjusting Pricing | Join us to learn about pricing strategies, including how to set initial prices and change them with the market! | ('cmrc', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Sep 28, 2023 09:30 AM | September 28, 2023 DMCC Board Meeting | Metrics, 2024 Work Plan and Budget, Business Development and Lead Generation, Communications Strategy, DEED Main Street, Discovery Square, District Energy, Downtown Riverfront, Equitable Economic Development, Heart of the City, Housing, Mobility, Rochester Downtown Task Force, Soldiers Field Memorial Park, West Transit Village | ('EDA', 'key', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Sep 27, 2023 12:00 PM | Enhancing equitable housing opportunities through community initiatives and collaboration | Across the United States, there is a growing emphasis on using community collaboration and partnerships to produce more housing, ensure affordability, and create more opportunities for homeownership to build community wealth. Minnesota has one of the largest racial homeownership gaps in the country. | ('DMC', 'Diversity', 'Housing', 'key', 'CMRC') |
| Sep 21, 2023 04:00 PM | 2023 Destination Medical Center’s Annual Meeting | Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency cordially invites you to our 2023 Annual Meeting on September 21, 2023. The meeting will be held near Soldiers Memorial Field in the grassy area east of Zumbro Lutheran Church from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Please register on the Eventbrite page. If you have any questions, please reach out to Anna Hicok at annahicok@dmceda.org. We hope to see you there! The Destination Medical Center team | ('DMC', 'Entrepreneurship') |
| Sep 15, 2023 10:00 PM | September 2023 Bi-Monthly Community Co-Design Meeting (By Invitation) | We will be 1) offering updates on co-design projects and training, 2) sharing guidance and tools for co-design project preparation (what questions to ask, how much will it cost, how long will it take, etc), and 3) discuss future co-design opportunities, barriers, and ways we might be able to support them/you. | ('DMC', 'diversity', 'openbeam', 'key', 'co-design') |
| Aug 26, 2023 10:00 AM | Pamoja Women Cultural Day | Pamoja Women is celebrating African women in Rochester by hosting the first “Pamoja Women Cultural Day” on the 26th of August 2023. This is an opportunity for the Rochester community to explore the diverse and rich local African communities. | ('Diversity', 'CMRC', 'Entrepreneurship') |
