Pathways to College and Careers (Emerging Leaders Program)

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Workforce Development Inc

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Center for Business & Workforce Education (BWE) ; Mayo Clinic ; Rochester Community & Technical College ; United Way of Olmsted County ; Workforce Development Inc

Potential Collaborators: Diversity Council ; Journey to Growth Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Related Projects

Bridges to Careers ; Community Dashboard ; Hubsource.mn (employment hub) ; Maintain and Evolve the 2016 Rochester/Olmsted County Compass Points (Community Dashboard)

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Diversity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Education, Income, Workforce Development

Level 2: Education, Education, Best Practice, Leadership

DMC Impacts:

Livable City, Education/Learning Environment

Community Health Impacts:

Financial Stress/Homelessness

Type of Project

Workforce Development Inc. has received a $125,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

The funding will be used to support the Emerging Leaders program, designed to combine work experience and work readiness programs, with a focus on youth who are under-represented in the workforce.

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.

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

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.

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

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