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March 10, 2024

EBE: Equity in the built environment

Housing: Economic Development Incentives for Housing

OpenBeam Questions regarding New Org Structure

2024: Year of Respect

February 20, 2024

City of Rochester Support of Mayo Clinic Bold Forward Unfound

Get Paid to help others toward homeownership

ACT-SO Olympics of the Mind

Black History Month

January 23, 2024

Equity in Built Environment (Bloomberg)

2024 Year of Respect

ACT-SO Olympics of the Mind

SE SBDC Partners with ACHLA

December 5, 2023

Protect MN Presentation to CMRC

DMC Riverfront Plan Discussions

Co-designing to increase healthcare access for pregnant people.

DMC Equity Alliance Series

October 19, 2023 Top 4

City Council October Study Session Co-design Q/A

Technology Referendum: Takeaways from CMRC September Meeting

CMRC to Call for Allignment of Omsted County BUP Effotrts

Health Equity: Community Health Collaboration Portal Proposal Enters Second Round of Mayo Social Innovation Grant Evaluation

Link to Previous Top 4's

October 8, 2023 Top 4

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 10//08/20/23)

Health Equity: Community Health Collaboration Portal Proposal Enters Second Round of Mayo Social Innovation Grant Evaluation

Technology Referendum: Takeaways from CMRC September Meeting

Community Co-design Dashboard added C2C Childhood Insights

Rochester Public: Photo Gallery Exhibit

September 2023 Top 4

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 08//29/20/23)

CMRC Support of BioRochester Tech Hubs Grant Application

Superintendent to present to CMRC Tech Referendum

CMRC in contact with UMR, Mayo and Olmsted County Health Build UP Trust NIH Prize

Let's Spiill the T.E.A

Septemeber DEI Talk

Augst 2023 Top 4

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 08/01/20/23)

CMRC advocating Community Portal to drive health equity

About Journie presentation CMRC 7/20/2023 meeting

Olmsted County Public Health Community Council: Joint Study of Race/Racism BIPOC Health Impacts, SHIP, One Olmsted

DMC Equity Series Community Wealth Building

July 2023 Top 4

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 07/03/20/23)

RAF DEI Practitioner

Convenings Report

CERT Affiliated Projets

NIH Build Up Trust Grant Concept

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Presentation April City Council Study Session

May 2023 Top 4

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 05/12/20/23)

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Presentation April City Council Study Session

Housing: Rochester Area Housing Analysis

Mr. & Miss Juneteenth Scholarship

Co-Design: Inauguration of Co-design Partners

March 2023 Top 4

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 03/19/20/23)

Co-Design: Inauguration of Co-design Partners

Older Adults: Community Co-design Report

Housing: Rochester Area Housing Analysis

Free Training: Rchester Area Highway Carpenter

January 2023

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 01/22/20/23)

Housing: BIPOC Co-design Report

Economic Development: DMC Second Phase Mainstreet Grant

Grant Funding: United Way Grant RFP from Black-led programs

Education: Rochester Public School Strategic Plan Buildiing Blocsks

November 2023

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 11/20/20/22)

Joint Studies: Racism and Public Health

Olmsted County Presentation to

CMRC November 17. 2022

City of Rochester

City of Rochester DEI

Update to CMRC

Mixed Use Site Development

Riverfront Small Area

DMC

DMC Equitable Development Status

October 2022

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 10/16/22)

Public Health

Joint Studies on tackling Racism as a Public Health Final Report

Education

Oct. 11, 2022 Study Session

Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022

Housing

Request for Proposals to Spur Senior Housing Development

DMC Housing Summit

Transit

6th Street Bridge

USDOT $19.9M Award

Bridge Concept Design Meeting November 2021

September 2022

Education

Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022

Housing

Request for Proposals to Spur Senior Housing Development

DMC Housing Summit

Downtown Development 6th Street Bridge

USDOT $19.9M Award

Bridge Concept Design Meeting November 2021

Community Pulse

County of Olmsted, MN Resident Survey

August 2022

Top Four Noteworthy Beam Aware Community Activities (Updated 8/27/22)

Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022

Request for Proposals to Spur Senior Housing Development

Downtown Development 6th Street Bridge

USDOT $19.9M Award

Bridge Concept Design Meeting November 2021

County of Olmsted, MN Resident Survey

July 2022

The following projects have noteworthy updates

2022 Jul 19. 3033 RPS Board Study Session RPS Student Data

Housing Alliance Jun 15, 2022 Meeting

Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization 2022 Communication

Q2 2022 Health Assessment & Planning

June 2022

The following projects have noteworthy updates 2022-03-21)

Olmsted County Joint Study

One Olmsted Presentation to CMRC

City of Rochester DEI Action Plan

After completing a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) audit in early 2021, the City of Rochester developed DEI goals for the years to come.

Q1 2022 Health Assessment & Planning

Health Dashboard

Community Anchor Projects: Anchor projects provide the backdrop of our community's major initiatives and have overarching impacts to the community:

Aging: Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

Civic Engagement: 2024 The Year of Respect

Co-designing: Co-design Tracker

Community Mobilization: Building Out Community Mobilization Resources Coalition

Diversity and Inclusion: Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Economic Development: Destination Medical Center (DMC)

Education: Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan

Entrepreneurship: Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization

Health Determinants: Community Health Assessment Process

Health Determinants: Joint Studies on tackling Racism as a Public Health Issue

Housing: Housing Alliance Coalition

Mobility: Bus Rapid Transit (2nd Street SW Link)

Regional Growth: Mayo Clinic Bold Forward Unbound

Sustainability: Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan

Vision/Identity: America's City for Health

Vision/Identity: Rochester Vision 2050

Workforce Development: Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg)

Community News: This panel displays the latest community news. For a standalone view please click this LINK.

Rochester Vision 2050
The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

Last Updated April 19, 2024

Rochester Public Library
The Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, is seeking proposals from consultants and groups with experience working with libraries to engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan.

Last Updated April 18, 2024

Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan
Cradle 2 Career (C2C), Rochester Public Schools (RPS), and Arch to Philanthropy are launching a College Coordinator Pilot to provide College Based Organizations (CBOs) resources for College Readiness.

Last Updated April 02, 2024

Equity in the Built Environment (Bloomberg)
1. Part of Feb 26, 2024 City Council Study Session on DEI: Presentation Slides include actions and measures to City Council Study Session and Link to City Council video

2. Career Opportunities for Women of Color

Last Updated April 01, 2024

Workforce Development Inc

Application Due April 5, 2024: Workforce Development, Inc. is seeking a friendly and professional Career Navigator to join our team.

Last Updated March 27, 2024

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Grant Opportunities:

Due April 17, 2024 Community Asset Building and Health and Wellness Priorities Grants

Due March 5, 2024 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation seeking applications for Early Literacy Grants

Last Updated March 26, 2024

City of Rochester: 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan

City Council Approved Requests for City Council Approval of two DEI Contracts:

Contract 1: 2024: Professional Development: Cultural Humility Series $41.3K;

Contact 2 : Critical Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit ($30K); Cultural Humility Professional Development Series: Digging Deeper $13.5K ;

Video clip of council discussions and voting and related info about GoodEnough.

Last Updated March 21, 2024

National Institutes of Health Common Fund

We invite community organizations and partners who expressed interest in the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) initiative to participate at no cost in several opportunities hosted by CEACR.

Last Updated March 20, 2024

Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index
Comment at the 3/18/2024 City Council Meeting:

To act on September 21, 2020 council resolutions for the city staff to develop a Intercultural City action plan.

Last Updated March 19, 2024

Planning To Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan (P2S)

P2S Implementation Report

P2S Update Request for Proposal

Last Updated March 18, 2024

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
Funding Opportunities: DEI for Small Employers, Targeted Populations Capacity Building

Employer subsidies: 1. The state of Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) program offers grants to help train or retrain your workforce.; .2. New Minnesota Fund Reimburses Employers for Costs of Reasonable Accommodations

Last Updated March 13, 2024

Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium
Rochester Nonprofit Consortium (The Consortium) is seeking proposals for event planning and implementation services.

Last Updated March 12, 2024

University of Minnesota Rochester
DMCC Board November 17, 2023 Meeting UMR Update

Presentation Slides

Video Recording

Last Updated March 12, 2024

West Transit Village
September DMCC Board Status: NTH to run a developer selection process with Mayo

2024-03-10 Added Video Clip Loop of Sep 2022 DMCC board meeting

Last Updated March 10, 2024

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

Last Updated March 10, 2024

Rochester-Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI)

2023 Annual Report

Last Updated March 07, 2024

Housing Alliance Coalition

Feb 26 City Council Study Session Housing Portion: Economic Development Incentives for Housing

Video Clip

Presentation Slides

Last Updated March 07, 2024

City of Rochester, MN

DEI Presentation Topics: Language Access and Accessibility; Equity in the Built Environment; 2024 Initiatives

Economic Development Incentives for Housing

Mayor Updates: Black History Month, Luther College: Mutable City; International Relations Committee

Last Updated March 04, 2024

County of Olmsted, MN
Reorganization: Olmsted County announces changes to advisory boards for human services and human rights.

“This new model positions us to better learn from our residents and address community needs.”

Open Beam Comments : Accountability of actions and results

Last Updated March 04, 2024

Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization

1Q 2024:

Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report

Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report

Special callouts

Last Updated March 01, 2024